(1873–1954)
French novelist
Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette
Only in this sun-steeped country can a heavy table, a wicker chair, an earthenware jar crowned with flowers, and a dish whose thick enameling has run over the edge, make a complete furnishing.
Break of Day (New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2001), new introduction by Judith Thurman, 62.