• Can it be that chance has made me one of those women so immersed in one man that, whether they are barren or not, they carry with them to the grave the shriveled innocence of an old maid?

  Sidonie Gabrielle Colette
  French writer 1873-1954
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Subjects in these quotes:

1. shriveled
2. innocence
3. barren
4. carry
5. grave

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Can it be that chance has made me one of those women so immersed in one man that, whether they are barren or not, they carry with them to the grave the shriveled innocence of an old maid? by : Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

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