Juliette Sobanet > Quotes

“Fourvière”
― Juliette Sobanet, Honeymoon in Paris

“Now, after the dust has settled, I see the value in every single choice I have made, including the decisions that resulted in joy and happiness, and especially in the choices that have had catastrophic ends. Because it was through those dark times that I found my strength, that I became the woman I have always wanted to be. A woman who is not afraid to be herself. A woman who loves herself first, and who understands that only in doing this, can she love others. A woman who speaks her truth and then writes that truth. It is only from hitting rock bottom that I was able to shed all the parts of myself that were no longer serving me, and emerge to be the woman I am today. Nothing about me is perfect. I may never make the choices that society or my family or friends think I should make. But I believe that the beauty of an individual lies in her imperfections, her surprises, her unique way of being. And I no longer feel the need to stifle those lovely parts of myself. Instead, I’m revealing them, for all the world to see. My hope is that readers will walk away with this one simple but strong message: it’s okay to be who you are.”
― Juliette Sobanet, Meet Me in Paris

“of my France travels. Although when I spy the trepidation on Katie’s face as she sizes up the teeny-tiny bedroom and the single bed we are supposed to sleep in together, I know we’ll have to make other arrangements. That’s the thing with my France friends—they are all so lovely and welcoming and hospitable, but they are also very last minute and sometimes hard to pin down when it comes to plans. They don’t have the obsession with planning that we Americans have—the way we plot out our entire lives down to the minute on a Google calendar, send Evites ten weeks in advance to book friends for a simple dinner party, and start planning Thanksgiving and Christmas in July. In France, my friends don’t”
― Juliette Sobanet, Meet Me in Paris

“I have always had this impression that there is a path I should take, and that I’ve deviated from that path. That’s wrong, though. There’s only one life, one path, and it’s the one I’m on. There are no shoulds in life.”
― Juliette Sobanet, Meet Me in Paris

“What I didn’t realize until now is that I would continue to draw people and circumstances into my life that would ultimately deny me until I learned to stop denying myself. It is only when I am embracing every last part of me—from my greatest strengths to my most embarrassing weaknesses—and being exactly who I am that I will begin to attract people and circumstances in my life that will embrace me right back.”
― Juliette Sobanet, Meet Me in Paris

“I’ve been in love with falling in love since I was a little girl.”
― Juliette Sobanet, Meet Me in Paris

“Vieux Lyon.”
― Juliette Sobanet, Honeymoon in Paris