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• Day after day we looked for rain, and day after day we saw nothing but the sun. Lavender that we had planted…
• Depending on the inflection, ah bon can express shock, disbelief, indifference, irritation, or joy - a remarkable achievment for two short words.
• Sunglasses must be kept on until an acquaintance is identified at one of the tables, but one must not appear to be…
• The day when a Frenchman switches from the formality of vous to the familiarity of tu is a day to be taken…
• I have a terrible weakness for collecting snatches of other people's conversations, and occasionally I'm rewarded with unusual fragments of knowledge. My…
• Next to the defeated politician, the writer is the most vocal and inventive griper on earth. He sees hardship and unfairness wherever…
• It is at a time like this, when crisis threatens the stomach, that the French display the most sympathetic side of their…
• There is nothing like a comfortable adventure to put people in a good humor. . .
• Prescription for writer’s block: fear of poverty.
• I'd rather live precariously in my own office than comfortably in somebody else's.
• Why not make a daily pleasure out a daily necessity.
• Best advice I've ever received: Finish.

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