Marie’s Reviews > Paris Letters: A Travel Memoir about Art, Writing, and Finding Love in Paris > Status Update

"And what did I need to know? First and most obviously was that I had all the inner resources I needed to effectively deal with my situations. And secondly, I needed to realize that I was an artist. Not the one who paints letters about Paris. The artist who is the head honcho creative director of her own life."

"...the only way to happiness is to find people with whom you can eat, drink, and laugh. That is all. That is everything...And a spoonful of Nutella each day makes life more beautiful. It's an antidepressant."

"Maybe we weren't our stories. Those could be events, memories, and lessons, but not necessarily definitions of self."