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“Depending on which flavor of academic scholarship you prefer, that age had its roots in the Renaissance or Mannerist periods in Germany, England, and Italy. It first bloomed in France in the garden...”
“A trip to Paris had sounded so adventurous when I was first talking about it a year earlier. People spoke about the city with dreamy longing, as though Paris possessed a magic that could not be fou...”
“Paris. City of love. City of dreams. City of splendour. City of saints and scholars. City of gaiety.Sink of iniquity.In two thousand years, Paris had seen it all.”
“All the buildings lining rue de Conservatoire are constructed of cream marble or limestone. When I went outside today, the sky was pale and fierce, on the very cusp of rain. From the top of the chu...”
“Below Les Avants there was a chalet where the pension was wonderful and where we would be together and have our books and at night be warm in bed together with the windows open and the stars bright...”
“Paris rubbed his forehead against his, running his hands through Roans hair, and said, 'How about we come back here and exchange notes once were done with the interviews? Take a long lunch.''Only e...”
“Paris came down the stairs looking incredible. Hed gone with the simple classic look of the tight white T-shirt, the low-slung jeans that showed off a glimpse of his flat belly, and a black leather...”
“In Rome the statues, in Paris the paintings, and in Prague the buildings suggest that pleasure can be an education.”
“To sit indoors was silly. I postponed the search for Savchenko and Ludmila till the next day and went wandering about Paris. The men wore bowlers, the women huge hats with feathers. On the caf terr...”
“The reality is that many of us in these parts are not enamored of Paris." The Commandant gulped down his coffee. "I worked there as a young officer in the CRS, the riot squad. I speak from personal...”
“In Paris, everything's for sale: wise virgins, foolish virgins, truth and lies, tears and smiles.”
“To err his human, to stroll is Parisian.”
“It is a good thing to go to Paris for a few days if you have had a lot of trouble, and that is my advice to everyone except Parisians.”
“She thought constantly about Paris and avidly read all the society pages in the papers. Their accounts of receptions, celebrations, the clothes worn, and all the accompanying delights enjoyed, whet...”
“Here, in a few words, youve said all you need to say. People stand by each other, but they dont talk. Its remarkable. Ive investigated the extraordinary history of these walls. I think Im the only ...”
“In response to a tactless question he once said to me, What do you expect? This lousy neighbourhood gave me the come-on. I couldnt resist.”
“When Victor Hugo was buried, you couldnt find a whore in all of Paris. They were too busy paying their respects. That was a man and he still has a show on in the West End.”
“It was only in a place like Paris where knowing the books someone loved, whether they followed Lvi-Strauss or Sartre, was the yardstick by which to measure them.”
“He was high up now, gazing across to where Montmartre itself gazed out over the city. He was swept along in the wind, admiring the twin steeples of Notre-Dame as he passed, along with the dogged, d...”
“At Rome thing can or cannot be done when you are told anything cannot be done, there is an end of it.""It is much more convenient at Paris; when anything cannot be done you pay double and it is don...”
