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> [“I thought of the fifteen years I lived 'sans papiers' in France and how Paris had belonged to me. I was like a king in France. And now that suddenly I was French, Paris was gone for me. I had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roman-payne/i-thought-of-the-fifteen-years-i-lived-sans-papiers-in-france-and-how/)

[Roman Payne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roman-payne/)

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> [“People wonder why so many writers come to live in Paris. I’ve been living ten years in Paris and the answer seems simple to me: because it’s the best place to pick ideas. Just like Italy, Spain.. or Iran are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roman-payne/people-wonder-why-so-many-writers-come-to-live-in-paris-i-ve-been/)

[Roman Payne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roman-payne/)

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## More by Roman Payne

> [“She is my morning, she is my evening; we have a love that blooms over and again, more beautifully each time than the last.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roman-payne/she-is-my-morning-she-is-my-evening-we-have-a-love-that-blooms-over/)

[Roman Payne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roman-payne/)

> [“Ô, Wanderess, Wanderess When did you feel your most euphoric kiss? Was I the source of your greatest bliss?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roman-payne/wanderess-wanderess-when-did-you-feel-your-most-euphoric-kiss-was-i/)

[Roman Payne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roman-payne/)

> [“No man sings as beautifully as when his song is accompanied by a woman’s voice.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roman-payne/no-man-sings-as-beautifully-as-when-his-song-is-accompanied-by-a/)

[Roman Payne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roman-payne/)

> [“As I look back on my life, I think of how few rules should be followed. As for men, they must learn bravery and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roman-payne/as-i-look-back-on-my-life-i-think-of-how-few-rules-should-be-followed/)

[Roman Payne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roman-payne/)

> [“The green-eyed angel came in less than a half hour and fell docile as a lamb into my arms. We kissed and caressed, I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roman-payne/the-green-eyed-angel-came-in-less-than-a-half-hour-and-fell-docile-as/)

[Roman Payne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roman-payne/)

> [“When a Wanderess has been caged, Or perched with her wings clipped, She lives like a Stoic, and lives most heroic, When she smiles…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roman-payne/when-a-wanderess-has-been-caged-or-perched-with-her-wings-clipped-she/)

[Roman Payne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roman-payne/)

> [“Never did the world make a queen of a girl who hides in houses and dreams without traveling.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roman-payne/never-did-the-world-make-a-queen-of-a-girl-who-hides-in-houses-and/)

[Roman Payne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roman-payne/)

> [“Champagne arrived in flûtes on trays, and we emptied them with gladness in our hearts... for when feasts are laid and classical music is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roman-payne/champagne-arrived-in-fl-tes-on-trays-and-we-emptied-them-with/)

[Roman Payne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roman-payne/)

> [“We look up to see if it is day or night. If stars burn cool and moon does shine, we take to smoke divine…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roman-payne/we-look-up-to-see-if-it-is-day-or-night-if-stars-burn-cool-and-moon/)

[Roman Payne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roman-payne/)

> [“We were hooked when we woke. We had arms for each other. But I yearned to resume My dreams of another.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roman-payne/we-were-hooked-when-we-woke-we-had-arms-for-each-other-but-i-yearned/)

[Roman Payne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roman-payne/)

> [“We made love outdoors Without a roof, I like most, Without stove, to make love, assuming the weather be fair and balmy, and the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roman-payne/we-made-love-outdoors-without-a-roof-i-like-most-without-stove-to/)

[Roman Payne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roman-payne/)

> [“I was angry at myself for my inclination to vice. I longed for the day when a state of frenzy would lead my mind…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roman-payne/i-was-angry-at-myself-for-my-inclination-to-vice-i-longed-for-the-day/)

[Roman Payne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roman-payne/)

> [“In my experience, when a woman's cruelty is combined with love and devotion, it is almost always without exception an act performed not out…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roman-payne/in-my-experience-when-a-woman-s-cruelty-is-combined-with-love-and/)

[Roman Payne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roman-payne/)

> [“With the need for the self in the time of another / I left my seaport grim and dear / knowing good work could…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roman-payne/with-the-need-for-the-self-in-the-time-of-another-i-left-my-seaport/)

[Roman Payne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roman-payne/)

> [“Coffee, my delight of the morning; yoga, my delight of the noon. Then before nightfall, I run along the pleasant paths of the Jardin…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roman-payne/coffee-my-delight-of-the-morning-yoga-my-delight-of-the-noon-then/)

[Roman Payne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roman-payne/)

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