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> [No matter what their background, the southern French are fascinated by food.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-mayle/no-matter-what-their-background-the-southern-french-are-fascinated-by/)

[Peter Mayle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-mayle/)

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> [You don't like it when a French housewife gets mad at you. If she gets steam behind her, she is an unstoppable…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-mayle/you-don-t-like-it-when-a-french-housewife-gets-mad-at-you-if-she-gets/)

[Peter Mayle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-mayle/)

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> [“The French, it seems to me, strike a happy balance between intimacy and reserve. Some of this must be helped by the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-mayle/the-french-it-seems-to-me-strike-a-happy-balance-between-intimacy-and/)

[Peter Mayle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-mayle/)

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> [The funny thing in France is that writers are not allowed to retire, because the French government say you are still earning…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-mayle/the-funny-thing-in-france-is-that-writers-are-not-allowed-to-retire/)

[Peter Mayle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-mayle/)

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## Other authors on French

## More by Peter Mayle

> [Very little happens in my books.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-mayle/very-little-happens-in-my-books/)

[Peter Mayle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-mayle/)

> [I have a very set routine. I work six days a week, but only half days. I work from 9 in the morning till…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-mayle/i-have-a-very-set-routine-i-work-six-days-a-week-but-only-half-days-i/)

[Peter Mayle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-mayle/)

> [“Beh oui. Better sticky than burned.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-mayle/beh-oui-better-sticky-than-burned/)

[Peter Mayle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-mayle/)

> [I am a great believer in people taking control of their own lives.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-mayle/i-am-a-great-believer-in-people-taking-control-of-their-own-lives/)

[Peter Mayle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-mayle/)

> [Nowadays, if you have a journey, albeit a simple one, you consider yourself lucky if nothing happens.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-mayle/nowadays-if-you-have-a-journey-albeit-a-simple-one-you-consider/)

[Peter Mayle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-mayle/)

> [No matter what their background, the southern French are fascinated by food.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-mayle/no-matter-what-their-background-the-southern-french-are-fascinated-by/)

[Peter Mayle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-mayle/)

> [The day when a Frenchman switches from the formality of vous to the familiarity of tu is a day to be taken seriously. It…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-mayle/the-day-when-a-frenchman-switches-from-the-formality-of-vous-to-the/)

[Peter Mayle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-mayle/)

> [“Next to the defeated politician, the writer is the most vocal and inventive griper on earth. He sees hardship and unfairness wherever he looks.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-mayle/next-to-the-defeated-politician-the-writer-is-the-most-vocal-and/)

[Peter Mayle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-mayle/)

> [“We had been here often before as tourists, desperate for our annual ration of two or three weeks of true heat and sharp light.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-mayle/we-had-been-here-often-before-as-tourists-desperate-for-our-annual/)

[Peter Mayle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-mayle/)

> [Day after day we looked for rain, and day after day we saw nothing but the sun. Lavender that we had planted in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-mayle/day-after-day-we-looked-for-rain-and-day-after-day-we-saw-nothing-but/)

[Peter Mayle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-mayle/)

> [“Only snobs kiss once, I was told, or those unfortunates who suffer from congenital froideur. I then saw what I assumed to be the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-mayle/only-snobs-kiss-once-i-was-told-or-those-unfortunates-who-suffer-from/)

[Peter Mayle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-mayle/)

> [“He then expounded a remarkable theory, which had occurred to him while he was playing the clarinet during one of the power cuts that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-mayle/he-then-expounded-a-remarkable-theory-which-had-occurred-to-him-while/)

[Peter Mayle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-mayle/)

> [“The effect of the weather on the inhabitants of Provence is immediate and obvious. They expect every day to be sunny, and their disposition…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-mayle/the-effect-of-the-weather-on-the-inhabitants-of-provence-is-immediate/)

[Peter Mayle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-mayle/)

> [Sundays in France have a different atmosphere to other days, with fewer phone calls, no postman, no delivery men and no one banging on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-mayle/sundays-in-france-have-a-different-atmosphere-to-other-days-with/)

[Peter Mayle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-mayle/)

> [It's very nice to meet the people who read my books.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-mayle/it-s-very-nice-to-meet-the-people-who-read-my-books/)

[Peter Mayle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-mayle/)

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