“Impossible,'" Matthew said. "'Impossible n'est pas français,' Ysabeau said, her tone tart as vinegar. 'And it certainly was not a word in… — Deborah Harkness Copy Share Image
The main thing my bookcase says about me is that I'm not French. — Pamela Druckerman Copy Share Image
“I'm just a Boche," I thought to myself; "I'm a Boche and I always have been." At that time in France, I… — Ernst von Salomon Copy Share Image
I definitely want to work on a project with young designers, not just French but international. — Carine Roitfeld Copy Share Image
Italian is the language of song. German is good for philosophy and English for poetry. French is best at precision; it has… — Maurice Druon Copy Share Image
“Back in New York I took full advantage of my status as a native speaker. I ran my mouth to shop clerks… — David Sedaris Copy Share Image
“En la forest de Longue Attente chevauchant par divers sentiers m'en voys, ceste année présente où voyage de Desiriers. Devant sont aller… — Hella S. Haasse Copy Share Image
When I went to college, I thought I was going to become a professional musician. I was a French horn player, so… — Joshua Prince-Ramus Copy Share Image
“Je t'aime tant, je ne peux pas trouver la fin de mon amour pour toi (I love you so thar I can't… — Miguel Ángel Sáez Gutiérrez Copy Share Image
I grew up in a literary home and majored in French, English, and sociology. They all have served me well over the… — Gloria Gaither Copy Share Image
“For Sayonara , literally translated, 'Since it must be so,' of all the good-bys I have heard is the most beautiful. Unlike… — Anne Morrow Lindbergh Copy Share Image
“The towering stacks of profiteroles, the mille-feuille and champagne creams were banished in favor of the sweet and the simple; pans of… — Laura Madeleine Copy Share Image
When I was 14 years old, I was with my parents at a restaurant. Some people came in and said, 'Would you… — Nora Arnezeder Copy Share Image
English is really free for me; there's no limits to the music and the imagination. And French, it's just I live in… — Yael Naim Copy Share Image
“What would you expect to find when the muzzle that has silenced the voices of black men is removed? That they would… — Jean-Paul Sartre Copy Share Image
I'm always fetishizing the French woman and French taste and style. My assistant will make fun of me because every time we're… — Joseph Altuzarra Copy Share Image
“He was thirty-six years old, and six foot three. He spoke English to people and French to cats, and Latin to the… — Katherine Rundell Copy Share Image
I ought to at least be able to read literature in French. I went to an enlightened grade school that started us… — Lev Grossman Copy Share Image
When I was 19, I began work at a French sourdough bakery in Balmain. — Adriano Zumbo Copy Share Image
