“You'd think the sight of beautiful Place Vendôme would lift my spirits but oddly the arc of jewellery - so obviously beyond the means of a jobless person like me - only depresses me more. I plod on feeling confused,… — Sarah Turnbull Copy Share Image
“I know of no other place that is so fascinating yet so frustrating, so aware of the world and its own place within it but at the same time utterly insular. A country touched by nostalgia, with a past so… — Sarah Turnbull Copy Share
“You'd think the sight of beautiful Place Vendôme would lift my spirits but oddly the arc of jewellery - so obviously beyond the means… — Sarah Turnbull Copy Share Image
“I know of no other place that is so fascinating yet so frustrating, so aware of the world and its own place within it but at the same time utterly insular. A country touched by nostalgia, with a past so great - so marked by brilliance and achievement - that French people today seem both enriched and burdened by it.… — Sarah Turnbull Copy Share
“The trail of lime trees outside our building is still a public loo. …where else are they supposed to go to the toilet in… — Sarah Turnbull Copy Share Image
Such is the nature of an expatriate life. Stripped of romance, perhaps that's what being an expat is all about: a sense of not… — Sarah Turnbull Copy Share Image
It is a bitter-sweet thing, knowing two cultures. Once you leave your birthplace nothing is ever the same. — Sarah Turnbull Copy Share Image
![“Such is the nature of an expatriate life. Stripped of romance, perhaps that's what being an expat is all about: a sense of not wholly belonging. [...] The insider-outsider dichotomy gives life a degree of tension. Not of a needling, negative variety but rather a keep-on-your-toes sort of tension…” quote by Sarah Turnbull](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/c81/sarah-turnbull-54185_appreciate_such-is-the-nature-of-an-expatriate-life_2351769.jpg)
