“Even after a few years, the charm hadn't disappeared. I still enjoyed finding the first tulip of spring, seeing a buck race across my lawn, feeding cracked corn to birds, gathering kindling for the stove, walking on a blustery beach in December. I even enjoyed boarding up the windows in preparation for a hurricane or going out at night in a robe and pajamas to sweep falling snow off my car before it froze solid. I liked being exposed to the elements as I never was in New York. I think it's good to know the difference between what exists naturally and what is manmade. In cities we lose sight of these basic differences and, I believe, in the end, of ourselves.” GrowthNatureBeautySeasonsIndependenceSeasons Changing Book:A Tale of Five Cities & Other Memoirs Source: A Tale of Five Cities & Other Memoirs
“In the windowpane I caught a glimpse of myself: fat, badly-dressed, the seams on my skirt about to burst, my hair in need of a trim, my shoes run down at the heels, yet for once I didn't give a damn. I thought of how anxious I had been about this city, its intimidating chic, its hostile shopkeepers, Simone de Beauvoir's opinion of me, my clothes, my hairdo, my weight, my inability to speak the language properly. "Bonjour, Madame," I said to the proprietor in my fractured French. "Deux litres du lait, s'il vous plait." Why do we always worry about the wrong things, I wondered?” InspirationalWisdomInspirationGrowthMemoriesConfidenceTravelParisInsecurity Book:A Tale of Five Cities & Other Memoirs Source: A Tale of Five Cities & Other Memoirs
“Corny as it may sound today, I was used to thinking of men in terms of guidance and protection but suddenly no man felt I needed his guidance or protection since I had the aura of money to protect me.” InspirationalInspirationGrowthIndependence Book:A Tale of Five Cities & Other Memoirs Source: A Tale of Five Cities & Other Memoirs