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Peter Mayle has 25 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:
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Next to the defeated politician, the writer is the most vocal and inventive griper on earth. He sees hardship and unfairness wherever…
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It is at a time like this, when crisis threatens the stomach, that the French display the most sympathetic side of their…
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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…
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Depending on the inflection, ah bon can express shock, disbelief, indifference, irritation, or joy - a remarkable achievment for two short words.
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Sunglasses must be kept on until an acquaintance is identified at one of the tables, but one must not appear to be…
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The day when a Frenchman switches from the formality of vous to the familiarity of tu is a day to be taken…
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I have a terrible weakness for collecting snatches of other people's conversations, and occasionally I'm rewarded with unusual fragments of knowledge. My…
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There is nothing like a comfortable adventure to put people in a good humor. . .
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When your mother asks, 'Do you want a piece of advice?' it is a mere formality. It doesn't matter if you answer…
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I listened to King Oliver and I listened to Louis Armstrong, Jelly Roll Morton, Thelonious Monk, Charles Mingus, John Coltrane, Archie Shepp...…
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The act of nutrition is not a purely physiological event... The family meal is a formality that cultivates in us... a capacity…
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The reason to preserve wilderness is that we need it. We need wilderness of all kinds, large and small, public and private.…
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Writing in other voices is almost Japanese in the sense that theres a certain formality there which allows me to sidestep the…
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I believe the death of Bobby Kennedy was in many ways the death of decency in America. I think it was the…
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He went out with a variety of women, slept with some of them, hated the whole meaningless process. Drinks, dinners, plays and…
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I cling to my anger with every ounce of humanity left in my ruined body, but it's no use. It slips away,…
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