370 Quotes About France

... you’ll have to fall in love at least once in your life, or Paris has failed to rub off on you.

Intellectuals can tell themselves anything, sell themselves any bill of goods, which is why they were so often patsies for the ruling classes in nineteenth-century France and England, or twentieth-century Russia and America.

For Jeanot reading and writing were as basic as breathing. Without reading to help him escape, the world became paler on the brightest day, and most things stopped making sense. In America, where logic was hard to find, reading was a necessity.

She had been transformed into a lethal machine to gather information, and destroy anyone who interfered with her.

You are hard at work madam ," said the man near her.Yes," Answered Madam Defarge ; " I have a good deal to do."What do you make, Madam ?"Many things."For instance ---"For instance," returned Madam Defarge , composedly ,Shrouds."The man moved a little further away, as soon as he could, feeling it mightily close and oppressive .

{...]I began to feel tears of frustration build up in my eyes, yearning to free themselves from their glandular prisons.

The French believe that kids feel confident when they're able to do things for themselves, and do those things well. After children have learned to talk, adults don't praise them for saying just anything. They praise them for saying interesting things, and for speaking well.

... far be it from a French man to interfere with love.

It was then I thought of Corsica, the place we had discovered together. I craved the wind, the sun and salt, the simplicity of the island.