Acts of kindness Quote by Vicki Lesage

“Paris . . . is loath to surrender itself to people who are in a hurry; it belongs to the dreamers, to those capable…

— Elaine Sciolino

“The good news is that while you will get robbed if you stay in Paris long enough and are not vigilant, you’re very unlikely…

— James Laxer

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

— Lauren Morrill

“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 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

“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

People come to Paris, to the capital, to give their lives a sense of belonging, of an almost mythical participation in society.

— Marguerite Duras

“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

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

— Agatha Christie

“There is never any ending to Paris, and the memory of each person who has lived in it differs from that of any other.…

— Ernest Hemingway

“The Paris slums are a gathering-place for eccentric people–people who have fallen into solitary, half-mad grooves of life and given up trying to be…

— George Orwell

“Besides, what is required of a young man in Paris? To speak its language tolerably, to make a good appearance, to be a good…

— Alexandre Dumas