“A French portion is half of an American portion, and a French meal takes twice as long to eat. You do the math.”
― Lunch in Paris: A Love Story, with Recipes
― 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.”
― The Midwife's Confession
― The Midwife's Confession
“In Paris the past is always with you: you look at it, walk over it, sit on it.”
― Lunch in Paris: A Love Story, with Recipes
― Lunch in Paris: A Love Story, with Recipes
“It was the masterful and incommunicable wisdom of eternity laughing at the futility of life and the effort of life.”
― Into the Wild
― Into the Wild
“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.”
― Lunch in Paris: A Love Story, with Recipes
― Lunch in Paris: A Love Story, with Recipes
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