1830 Quote by Stendhal

“But in real life, the ideal Parisian woman is calm, discreet, a bit remote, and extremely decisive.”

— Pamela Druckerman

“None will ever be true Parisian who has not learned to wear a mask of gaiety over his sorrows...”

— Gaston Leroux

“But there were endless rewards. There was a pervasive sense of adventure, that a surprise was just waiting to be discovered in the next…

— Penelope Rowlands

“Some good things did come out of France, but the place has become unbearably Gaulish don’t you think?”

— Peter Murphy

“Apparently foreigners were not welcome, or Parisians thought they were superior to all other peoples of the earth. I”

— Paulo Coelho

“The French have such an attractive civilization, dedicated to calm pleasures and general tolerance, and their taste in every domain is so sharp, so…

— Edmund White

“There is an admirable fact about the psychology of France: she knows no half measures, loathsome or sublime, she forges the thought and the…

— Josephin Peladan

“We’re both aware that he knows everything about Parisian life, whereas I have he savvy of a chocolate croissant.”

— Stephanie Perkins

“It had not occurred to him how he must appear to an outsider, to the world. For a moment he saw himself as he…

— John Williams

“The Place Blanche, Paris, Life itself. One realized all sorts of things. The value of an illusion, for instance, and that the shadow can…

— Jean Rhys

“Of all the women in the world the Parisian woman is the best to look at. When one knows her one discovers that she…

— Sidney Dark

“On a trip to Paris one day, little Sophie Met a giant lady lighting up the night sky "What's your name, you magical monster?"…

— Emmanuel Macron