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We'll Always Have Paris: A Mother/Daughter Memoir QUOTES

We'll Always Have Paris: A Mother/Daughter Memoir QUOTES

1 " A trip to Paris had sounded so adventurous when I was first talking about it a year earlier. People spoke about the city with dreamy longing, as though Paris possessed a magic that could not be found elsewhere. I'd never heard anyone talk about Paris without sighing. The city was a Promised Land that held appeal for most everyone: artists, lovers, even people who just liked cheese. "

― Jennifer Coburn , We'll Always Have Paris: A Mother/Daughter Memoir

2 " To know Paris, Bruno began, pulling on his cigarette, you need to relax, have a glass of wine, and enjoy life. "

― Jennifer Coburn , We'll Always Have Paris: A Mother/Daughter Memoir

3 " Visiting Florence was like attending a surprise party every day. "

― Jennifer Coburn , We'll Always Have Paris: A Mother/Daughter Memoir

4 " At forty-two, I was still holding up pretty well, but my once effortlessly lean body now look as though it belonged in a Dove firming cream ad -- the one where they give women permission to have thighs. When I unbuttoned my jeans at night, I swore I heard the same sound that Pillsbury dough made when I twisted the cylindrical container. My hair was beginning to gray, and when I smiled, the parentheses around my mouth remained. My least favorite position in yoga class was the downward dog because, as I hung my head downward, I always felt the skin from my face was about to splatter against my mat like a pancake batter hitting the griddle. So being called the top model by a young Italian was a wonderful souvenir, though cheaper than the toys sold outside the Pantheon in Rome. "

― Jennifer Coburn , We'll Always Have Paris: A Mother/Daughter Memoir

5 " Fear of dying young isn't an altogether bad thing. Sometimes it makes you try what you might otherwise delay. "

― Jennifer Coburn , We'll Always Have Paris: A Mother/Daughter Memoir