“If Henry James were still with us, he'd not only approve of Paris, He Said, he could have written it himself, though without his serpentine syntax. It's a delicious treat, studded with wise and beautifully observed detail, that places side by side those perpetually fascinating antagonists, the eager, casual American and the meticulous, pleasure-driven French. Christine Sneed knows everyone's intimate secrets and her book is lively, amusing, and, ultimately, kind to pretty much all of them.” IfsKnowsKindSaidStillsBookSidesPleasureSecretWiseWrittenTreatsDetailsDrivenParisIntimateFascinatingDeliciousCasualAmusingLivelyAntagonistSyntaxMeticulousChristine Author:Rosellen Brown
“And what shall I tell you, lady, of the natural secrets I have discovered while cooking? And I often say, when observing these details: had Aristotle prepared victuals, he would have written more.” NaturalSecretWrittenFoodCookingPreparedDetailsCulinaryObserving Author:Juana Inés de la Cruz
“The good diarist writes either for himself alone or for a posterity so distant that it can safely hear every secret and justly weigh every motive. For such an audience there is need neither of affectation nor of restraint. Sincerity is what they ask, detail, and volume; skill with the pen comes in conveniently, but brilliance is not necessary; genius is a hindrance even; and should you know your business and do it manfully, posterity will let you off mixing with great men, reporting famous affairs, or having lain with the first ladies in the land.” KnowsMenNeedsShouldWritingFirstsAsksSecretAudienceLandGeniusSkillsAffairDetailsMotiveGreat MenPensSincerityVolumeRestraintDiariesPosterityBrillianceMixingHindranceFirst Lady Book:Collected essays Source: Collected essays
“Key feature of sexual revolution is the large-scale publication and commercialization of details that were once secret. Sexuality has been trivialized. The interesting thing about this is that exaggerated portrayals apparently destroy desire more effectively than any repression.” Has BeensDesireInterestingSecretRevolutionKeysDetailsSexualityScalesFeaturesRepressionInteresting ThingsPublicationExaggeratedLarge ScalePortrayalSexual RevolutionCommercialization Author:Volkmar Sigusch
“There is a secret society of seven men that controls the finances of the world. This is known to everyone but the details are not known. There are some who believe that it would be better if one of those seven men were a financier.” IfsMenWorldBelieveWould BeSecretKnownSevenDetailsFinanceSecret SocietyFinanciers Book:Does Anyone Else Have Something Further to Add? Source: Does Anyone Else Have Something Further to Add?