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“Sometimes, I thought, living in Paris was like living in a museum—beautiful and poignant and untouched by time.”
― Ann Mah, Mastering the Art of French Eating: Lessons in Food and Love from a Year in Paris

“Pity and compassion are the easiest to understand. Compassion involves empathy. You see the stricken person as an equal. Pity doesn’t. If you pity someone you feel superior.”
― Louise Penny, The Cruelest Month

“Too bitchy. Male egos were so tender, just like their balls.”
― Liane Moriarty, Three Wishes

“You truly are my friend, aren’t you?” she said. She hadn’t quite believed it, half expecting a ruse, but she didn’t think there was one. “You should know the answer by now,” he replied, but not unkindly. “It’s very difficult, in this place, to discern what’s real from what’s false.” “I know.”
― Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Mexican Gothic