Leslie

“My inner control freak had taken the day off... I had descended from the mountain of the perfect, into the valley of the possible, and was now on the happy shaded trail, dappled with sunlight, of the present. It was the most wonderful walk of my life.”
― Elizabeth Bard, Lunch in Paris: A Love Story, with Recipes

“The box was beginning to feel like another person in my house, a person with too much power for the space she took up.”
― Diane Chamberlain, The Midwife's Confession: A Captivating Mystery Thriller and Emotional Family Drama

“A French conversation starter is more subtle. Work is considered boring, money is out of the question, politics comes later (and only in like-minded company). Vacation is a safe bet - it's no exaggeration to say that French people are always going on, returning from, or planning a holiday. But more often than not, social class in France is judged by your relationship to culture.”
― Elizabeth Bard, Lunch in Paris: A Love Story, with Recipes

“That's the real reason why French women don't get fat: every day they make "petites" decisions that keep the larger weight loss struggle from ever having to begin.”
― Elizabeth Bard, Lunch in Paris: A Love Story, with Recipes