“I suddenly discovered that cooking was a rich and layered and endlessly fascinating subject. The best way to describe it is to… — Julia Child Copy Share Image
The French were generous in giving us assistance in corps and army artillery, with its personnel, and we were confident from the… — Kelly Miller Copy Share Image
One night I was driving and so infatuated with dipping French fries into my milk shake that I drove right through a… — Arielle Kebbel Copy Share Image
“The English language is like London: proudly barbaric yet deeply civilised, too, common yet royal, vulgar yet processional, sacred yet profane. Each… — Stephen Fry Copy Share Image
“Poetry is a machine that manufactures love. Its other virtues escape me.” — Jean Cocteau Copy Share Image
“I transform "Work" in its analytic meaning (the Work of Mourning, the Dream-Work) into the real "Work" - of writing.) for: the… — Roland Barthes Copy Share Image
I was too prissy, too refined, too abstemious, too French to be a good American writer. — Edmund White Copy Share Image
I sometimes think I should go back to school to learn French and music, but who would have me? — Bette Midler Copy Share Image
“It was not the way Curve smelled that Colin liked - not exactly. It was the way the air smelled just as… — John Green Copy Share Image
Canada was for me very much Sweden, you know? Very much open people, that they read books, they go see films. I… — Michael Nyqvist Copy Share Image
When I first started working, I was very aware of the fact that I'd been to university and studied Russian and French… — Kate Beckinsale Copy Share Image
In the Middle Ages, I think the French kings murdered slightly fewer of their family members than the English kings, though I… — Karen Maitland Copy Share Image
Gradually I became aware of details: a company of French soldiers was marching through the streets of the town. They broke formation,… — Ernst Toller Copy Share Image
“The variations of the Duchess's judgment spared no one, except her husband. He alone had never been in love with her, in… — Marcel Proust Copy Share Image
“Propped on a small easel she uses for orders and ingredient lists is a request for a 'gateau Saint-Honore' bearing the legend… — Diana Abu-Jaber Copy Share Image
For me, it was kind of like going into the military or something. And anybody - any male - who has ever… — Alton Brown Copy Share Image
“But genius, and even great talent, springs less from seeds of intellect and social refinement superior to those of other people than… — Marcel Proust Copy Share Image
Be happy, be proud, be generous, be respectful, be proud to be French citizens. — Francois Hollande Copy Share Image
“Jean smirked, and delicately swirled the mic in his hands, careful not to make a sound. “Oui. C’est normal. C'est pas spécial.… — Zechariah Barrett Copy Share Image
I read everything. I'll read a John Grisham novel, I'll sit and read a whole book of poems by Maya Angelou, or… — Jessye Norman Copy Share Image
