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

... far be it from a Frenchman to interfere with love.

— E. A. Bucchianeri

“Random acts of kindness show that even amidst the hustle and bustle, Paris inhabitants are more welcoming that their reputation gives them credit for.”

— Vicki Lesage

Parisians won't admit that they go to the gym, let alone that they're scared of terrorists.

— Pamela Druckerman

“I was supposed to stay for 3 months. But I think I always knew I would stay a little longer, despite the crazy Frenchies.…

— Vicki Lesage

“These Parisians came, one from Toulouse, another from Limoges, the third from Cahors, and the fourth from Montauban; but they were students; and when…

— Victor Hugo

Paris had more sex than most church-laden places, and more church than most sex-laden places. Parisians crowed about Travail-Famille-Patrie while frequenting brothels. They enjoyed…

— Luc Sante

“Vampires took offense SO easily—and Parisian vampires were the worst of all.' - The Runaway Queen (The Bane Chronicles, 2) by Cassandra Clare and…

— Cassandra Clare

“Paris Syndrome” affects roughly a dozen Japanese tourists every year, who arrive in Paris bearing romantic expectations of the French capital, but end up…

— Martin Lindstrom

“Giveaway T-shirts stretched over monstrous beer bellies. Puffy NFL jackets and porky jowls. Granted, I'm in a bowling alley,but the differences between Americans and…

— Stephanie Perkins

I like Paris. My problem is I don't like Parisians.

— Olivier Martinez

“Many French people were difficult conversationalists. Asking them not only where they were originally from but what they did in life was considered rude—I…

— Edmund White

“Apparently foreigners were not welcome, or Parisians thought they were superior to all other peoples of the earth. I”

— Paulo Coelho

“I thought of the fifteen years I lived 'sans papiers' in France and how Paris had belonged to me. I was like a king…

— Roman Payne

“It has become somewhat trite, nowadays, to say that after so many years of destruction it is a kind of miracle that Paris is…

— Julien Green

Parisians are so besotted, so silly and so naturally inept that a street player, a seller of indulgences, a mule with its cymbals,a fiddler…

— Francois Rabelais