---
title: "1 Years Paris Quotes By Paula McLain"
description: "1 Years Paris quotes by Paula McLain. Plus more from Paula McLain and more Years Paris sayings from other authors."
image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/848/paula-mclain-3064_hemingway_we-knew-what-we-had-and-what-it-meant-an_207788.jpg"
---

> [“We knew what we had and what it meant, and though so much had happened since for both of us, there was nothing like those years in Paris, after the war. Life was painfully pure and simple and good, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paula-mclain/we-knew-what-we-had-and-what-it-meant-and-though-so-much-had-happened/)

[Paula McLain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paula-mclain/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/848/paula-mclain-3064_hemingway_we-knew-what-we-had-and-what-it-meant-an_207788.jpg)

## More by Paula McLain

> [“There are some who said I should have fought harder or longer than I did for my marriage, but in the end fighting for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paula-mclain/there-are-some-who-said-i-should-have-fought-harder-or-longer-than-i/)

[Paula McLain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paula-mclain/)

> [I hope we'll get lucky enough to grow old together.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paula-mclain/i-hope-we-ll-get-lucky-enough-to-grow-old-together/)

[Paula McLain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paula-mclain/)

> [“That's what terrible, sordid situations did to you, made you act crazily, against your own truths, against yourself.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paula-mclain/that-s-what-terrible-sordid-situations-did-to-you-made-you-act/)

[Paula McLain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paula-mclain/)

> [“He didn't know how love managed to be a garden one moment and war the next.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paula-mclain/he-didn-t-know-how-love-managed-to-be-a-garden-one-moment-and-war-the/)

[Paula McLain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paula-mclain/)

> [Books could be an incredible adventure. I stayed under my blanket and barely moved, and no one would have guessed how my mind raced…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paula-mclain/books-could-be-an-incredible-adventure-i-stayed-under-my-blanket-and/)

[Paula McLain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paula-mclain/)

> [People belong to each other only as long as they both believe. He stopped believing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paula-mclain/people-belong-to-each-other-only-as-long-as-they-both-believe-he/)

[Paula McLain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paula-mclain/)

> [I miss good old-fashioned honorable people just trying to make something of life. Simply, without hurting anyone else. I know that makes me a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paula-mclain/i-miss-good-old-fashioned-honorable-people-just-trying-to-make/)

[Paula McLain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paula-mclain/)

> [... and yet he could also be very charming, in a bookish, infinitely apologetic way.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paula-mclain/and-yet-he-could-also-be-very-charming-in-a-bookish-infinitely/)

[Paula McLain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paula-mclain/)

> [“It was august. for years it was august … . there was heat like wet gauze and a high, white sky and music coming…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paula-mclain/it-was-august-for-years-it-was-august-there-was-heat-like-wet-gauze/)

[Paula Mclain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paula-mclain/)

> [“If you're ready to make the mad dash I'm game.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paula-mclain/if-you-re-ready-to-make-the-mad-dash-i-m-game/)

[Paula McLain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paula-mclain/)

> [“We knew what we had and what it meant, and though so much had happened since for both of us, there was nothing like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paula-mclain/we-knew-what-we-had-and-what-it-meant-and-though-so-much-had-happened/)

[Paula McLain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paula-mclain/)

> [“There are things I didn't see before, like how nice it is to have someone around. Not the white knight whisking you away, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paula-mclain/there-are-things-i-didn-t-see-before-like-how-nice-it-is-to-have/)

[Paula McLain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paula-mclain/)

> [“That's obviously, isn't it?' she said. 'A hawk is always a hawk, except'- and here she raised on heavy eyebrow and gave a mysterious…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paula-mclain/that-s-obviously-isn-t-it-she-said-a-hawk-is-always-a-hawk-except-and/)

[Paula McLain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paula-mclain/)

> [“I hope we’ll get lucky enough to grow old together. You see them on the street, those couples who’ve been married so long you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paula-mclain/i-hope-we-ll-get-lucky-enough-to-grow-old-together-you-see-them-on/)

[Paula McLain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paula-mclain/)

> [“It was terrible to feel so empty, as if I were nothing. Why couldn't I be happy? And just what was happines anyway?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paula-mclain/it-was-terrible-to-feel-so-empty-as-if-i-were-nothing-why-couldn-t-i/)

[Paula McLain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paula-mclain/)

```json
{
    "@context": "https://schema.org",
    "@graph": [
        {
            "@type": "ItemList",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/years-paris/paula-mclain/#itemlist",
            "name": "1 Years Paris Quotes By Paula McLain",
            "numberOfItems": 1,
            "itemListElement": [
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 1,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "“We knew what we had and what it meant, and though so much had happened since for both of us, there was nothing like those years in Paris, after the war. Life was painfully pure and simple and good, and I believed Ernest was his best self then. I got the very best of him. We got the best of each other.”",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "Paula McLain"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paula-mclain/we-knew-what-we-had-and-what-it-meant-and-though-so-much-had-happened/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/848/paula-mclain-3064_hemingway_we-knew-what-we-had-and-what-it-meant-an_207788.jpg",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/848/paula-mclain-3064_hemingway_we-knew-what-we-had-and-what-it-meant-an_207788.jpg",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/848/paula-mclain-3064_hemingway_we-knew-what-we-had-and-what-it-meant-an_207788.jpg",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“We knew what we had and what it meant, and though so much had happened since for both of us, there was…” — Paula McLain",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "@type": "CollectionPage",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/years-paris/paula-mclain/#webpage",
            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/years-paris/paula-mclain/",
            "name": "Years Paris Quotes by Paula McLain",
            "isPartOf": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website"
            },
            "mainEntity": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/years-paris/paula-mclain/#itemlist"
            },
            "primaryImageOfPage": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/848/paula-mclain-3064_hemingway_we-knew-what-we-had-and-what-it-meant-an_207788.jpg"
            },
            "description": "1 Years Paris quotes by Paula McLain. Plus more from Paula McLain and more Years Paris sayings from other authors.",
            "breadcrumb": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/years-paris/paula-mclain/#breadcrumb"
            }
        },
        {
            "@type": "BreadcrumbList",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/years-paris/paula-mclain/#breadcrumb",
            "itemListElement": [
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 1,
                    "name": "Home",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 2,
                    "name": "Quotes",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 3,
                    "name": "Topics",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/categories/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 4,
                    "name": "Years Paris",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/years-paris/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 5,
                    "name": "Paula McLain",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/years-paris/paula-mclain/"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "@type": "WebSite",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website",
            "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/",
            "publisher": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
            }
        },
        {
            "@type": "Organization",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization",
            "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/",
            "logo": {
                "@type": "ImageObject",
                "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/themes/sq/assets/icons/icon-512.png",
                "width": 512,
                "height": 512
            }
        }
    ]
}
```