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“What got you here won't get you there.”
― One Italian Summer
― One Italian Summer
“History, memory is by definition fiction. Once an event is no longer present, but remembered, it is narrative. And we can choose the narratives we tell—about our own lives, our own stories, our own relationships. We can choose the chapters we give meaning.”
― One Italian Summer
― One Italian Summer
“I wondered if there was a word for homesickness not for a place but for people;”
― Mrs. England
― Mrs. England
“The present is relentless. It forces us over and over again to pay attention. It requires all of us. As well it should.”
― One Italian Summer
― One Italian Summer
“For many of these women," Nella whispered, "this may be the only place their names are recorded. The only place they will be remembered. It is a promise I made to my mother, to preserve the existence of these women whose names would otherwise be erased from history. The world is not kind to us...There are few places for a woman to leave an indelible mark." I finished tracing an entry, moving on to the next one. "But this register preserves them -- their names, their memories, their worth.”
― The Lost Apothecary
― The Lost Apothecary
Every Day Parisian
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Every Day Parisian is a book club for anyone with a Francophile interest. Each month a different book will be suggested.
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