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“There is a truism in the world of architecture that design creates culture.”
― The Hotel on Place Vendome: Life, Death, and Betrayal at the Hotel Ritz in Paris
― The Hotel on Place Vendome: Life, Death, and Betrayal at the Hotel Ritz in Paris
“I write entirely to find out what I'm thinking, what I'm looking at, what I see and what it means. What I want and what I fear.”
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“There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea.”
― The Portrait of a Lady
― The Portrait of a Lady
“All is well. Everything is working out for my highest good. Out of this situation only good will come. I am safe." It will work miracles in your life.”
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“It was the heart of any true moment of decadence: the knowledge that an epoque is already slipping from us, inexorably, even in the moment of its glory.”
― The Hotel on Place Vendome: Life, Death, and Betrayal at the Hotel Ritz in Paris
― The Hotel on Place Vendome: Life, Death, and Betrayal at the Hotel Ritz in Paris
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