Parisian Quotes

“The comedy in our lives was those first few weeks we lived together in Paris: Our bodies desired one another, our souls opened for one another. We experienced all of the happiness and anguish of first love. Those first few weeks in Paris, we barely touched lips; yet the few times we did, it had the force of a collision of stars.”
― Roman Payne, The Wanderess

“The mainspring of genius is curiosity.”
― Charles Baudelaire

“Americans want beauties, not me. I'm not the Parisian bombshell they expected. Can you see me as a chorus girl? Where's my feather up the ass? They think I'm sad, they're dumb. I don't connect to them.”
― Edith Piaf

“I chose the Scheherazade, an irresistible-sounding combination of pistachio cake with cream cheese frosting and a raspberry center, topped with a generous sprinkling of crushed pistachios and one perfect raspberry. I've always loved raspberries but since arriving in Paris had a newfound passion for pistachios, which were included in so many delectable desserts and pastries, either whole or ground with sugar into delicious marzipan.”
― Amy Thomas, Paris, My Sweet: A Year in the City of Light

“After living in Paris, does not the rest of the world seem but a hovel?”
― Pietros Maneos

“Celebrating Valentine's Day is like falling in love with Paris all over again.”
― Anthony T. Hincks

“Always be fuckable: when standing in line at the bakery on a Sunday morning, buying champagne in the middle of the night, or even picking the kids up from school. You never know.”
― Anne Berest, How to Be Parisian Wherever You Are: Love, Style, and Bad Habits