595 Quotes About Paris

  • Author Toby Barlow
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    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, devilish gargoyles of St. Jacques.

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  • Author Anne Fortier
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    Fear not! I would rather tear the heart from your bosom than take your bow, for I believe you would miss it less.

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  • Author Anne Fortier
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    Why must a woman always surrender? I am not prey!""No I am. Your arrow struck me long ago." Paris took her hand and placed it on his chest."Right here. And every time I try to pull it out." He used her hand to demonstrate. "You force it back in.

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  • Author Jacques Yonnet
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    Here, in a few words, you’ve said all you need to say. People stand by each other, but they don’t talk. It’s remarkable. I’ve investigated the extraordinary history of these walls. I think I’m the only person who knows that it’s the stones, the stones alone that set the tone here.

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  • Author Imraan Coovadia
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    It was only in a place like Paris where knowing the books someone loved, whether they followed Lévi-Strauss or Sartre, was the yardstick by which to measure them.

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  • Author Eia Uus
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    Kõnnin pisut lummatult ringi, kuni avastan Seine'i äärest rannad. Olin neist kunagi kuulnud - suve kuumimatel kuudel tehakse jõeäärsed, linnatasandist tükk maad madalamal asuvad alad randadeks; muusika mängib, kohale on toodud isegi liiv, üles on seatud rannavarjud, basseinid, dušid, lamamistoolid, lastele lõbustused, lisaks baarid, DJ-puldid. Jões ujumas muidugi ei käida.

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  • Author Anne Fortier
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    Yes you may come." Paris held up a hand to delay Myrina's raptures. "But this time you will not be wearing my crown. You will be my slave, and believe me I shall enjoy ordering you around.

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