Breathing space Quote by Émile Zola

“In Paris, women were not considered interesting until they were middle-aged. The Mist of Montmartre”

— Peggy Kopman-Owens

“She had doll-like, almost delicate limbs, small hands, and hardly any hips. But she now had breasts. All her life she had been flat-chested,…

— Stieg Larsson

“Paris is like a whore. From a distance she seems ravishing, you can't wait until you have her in your arms. And five minutes…

— Henry Miller

“To meet in Paris a fisher-girl from Balbec or a peasant-girl from Méséglise would have been like receiving the present of a shell which…

— Marcel Proust

“The air of Paris is quite different from any other. There's something about it which thrills and excites and intoxicates you, and in some…

— Guy de Maupassant

“... Paris was a city of love for unimaginative folks.”

— Lauren Morrill

“Whenever they were together, fanfares cleared the way before them and they picked up Paris in one hand and put it calmly in their…

— Émile Zola

“You can't ever get too much of Paris.”

— Vicki Lesage

“The arrival in Paris, as grim as ever. The leprous façades of the Pont Cardinet flats, behind which one invariably imagines retired folk agonizing…

— Michel Houellebecq

“Her curvy hips and small waist, her perfectly sized breasts and round ass are imploring me to corrupt every inch of her. Her decadent…

— Ella Dominguez

“All the same, lots of women buy their clothes in Paris, and have not, on that account, necessarily poisoned their husbands.”

— Agatha Christie

“As if anyone in Paris would believe for a second that I was a top. Not only was I made for being manhandled, I…

— Nicole Castle