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> [As an American married to an Englishman and living in France, I've spent much of my adult life trying to decode the rules of conversation in three countries. Paradoxically, these rules are almost always unspoken.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pamela-druckerman/as-an-american-married-to-an-englishman-and-living-in-france-i-ve/)

[Pamela Druckerman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pamela-druckerman/)

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## More by Pamela Druckerman

> [“if you act (and dress) as if you have a fascinating inner life, you may soon find that you actually do—and that you feel…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pamela-druckerman/if-you-act-and-dress-as-if-you-have-a-fascinating-inner-life-you-may/)

[Pamela Druckerman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pamela-druckerman/)

> [Practically every time I speak up at a school conference, a political event, or my apartment building association's annual meeting, I'm met with a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pamela-druckerman/practically-every-time-i-speak-up-at-a-school-conference-a-political/)

[Pamela Druckerman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pamela-druckerman/)

> [The French talk about education, the education of their children. They don't talk about raising kids. They talk about education. And that has nothing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pamela-druckerman/the-french-talk-about-education-the-education-of-their-children-they/)

[Pamela Druckerman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pamela-druckerman/)

> [It's refreshing to have some time off from wondering whether I look fat.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pamela-druckerman/it-s-refreshing-to-have-some-time-off-from-wondering-whether-i-look/)

[Pamela Druckerman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pamela-druckerman/)

> [“Within a few hours of meeting him, I realized that "love at first sight" just means feeling immediately and extremely calm with someone.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pamela-druckerman/within-a-few-hours-of-meeting-him-i-realized-that-love-at-first-sight/)

[Pamela Druckerman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pamela-druckerman/)

> [When I tell French parents that I know lots of American kids who will eat only pasta or only white rice, they can't believe…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pamela-druckerman/when-i-tell-french-parents-that-i-know-lots-of-american-kids-who-will/)

[Pamela Druckerman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pamela-druckerman/)

> [I was scared to say I was in my 40s because at that point, it sounded really old, and to out myself as a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pamela-druckerman/i-was-scared-to-say-i-was-in-my-40s-because-at-that-point-it-sounded/)

[Pamela Druckerman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pamela-druckerman/)

> [The whole point of a commencement speech is to say something encouraging.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pamela-druckerman/the-whole-point-of-a-commencement-speech-is-to-say-something/)

[Pamela Druckerman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pamela-druckerman/)

> [My husband is so upset by President Trump's scapegoating of immigrants and Muslims, he refuses to even visit the United States.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pamela-druckerman/my-husband-is-so-upset-by-president-trump-s-scapegoating-of/)

[Pamela Druckerman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pamela-druckerman/)

> [If you worry less about what people think of you, you can pick up an astonishing amount of information about them. You no longer…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pamela-druckerman/if-you-worry-less-about-what-people-think-of-you-you-can-pick-up-an/)

[Pamela Druckerman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pamela-druckerman/)

> [I guess we're all supposed to get used to living in a more dangerous world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pamela-druckerman/i-guess-we-re-all-supposed-to-get-used-to-living-in-a-more-dangerous/)

[Pamela Druckerman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pamela-druckerman/)

> [One of the maddening things about being a foreigner in France is that hardly anyone in the rest of the world knows what's really…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pamela-druckerman/one-of-the-maddening-things-about-being-a-foreigner-in-france-is-that/)

[Pamela Druckerman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pamela-druckerman/)

> [America's parenting customs can shock foreigners.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pamela-druckerman/america-s-parenting-customs-can-shock-foreigners/)

[Pamela Druckerman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pamela-druckerman/)

> [“But in real life, the ideal Parisian woman is calm, discreet, a bit remote, and extremely decisive.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pamela-druckerman/but-in-real-life-the-ideal-parisian-woman-is-calm-discreet-a-bit/)

[Pamela Druckerman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pamela-druckerman/)

> [In your 40s, you kind of know how things are likely to go, and you're better at saying, 'You know what? That just doesn't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pamela-druckerman/in-your-40s-you-kind-of-know-how-things-are-likely-to-go-and-you-re/)

[Pamela Druckerman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pamela-druckerman/)

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