{"id":1631,"date":"2017-08-29T10:00:55","date_gmt":"2017-08-29T14:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/?p=1631"},"modified":"2017-07-03T11:36:32","modified_gmt":"2017-07-03T15:36:32","slug":"quotes-leaving-paris","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/blog\/2017\/08\/29\/quotes-leaving-paris\/","title":{"rendered":"Quotes Leaving Paris"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"(Paris) The city is a testament to civilization….It makes tourists of all of us. It anchors your heart to a place. Just like Sydney Harbor, the wonderful sights of Paris inspire emotion.<\/p>\n

Almost French<\/em> by Sarah Turnbull<\/p>\n

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We stayed up late one night, watching snow fall over the city in frosty chunks, covering tree branches, spreading over the garden in a marzipan sheet.<\/p>\n

It’s Not Love, It’s Just Paris<\/em> by Patricia Engel<\/p>\n

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As he neared the Place de le Concorde, he thought of the Concorde-the SST. He wished it would fly over, a happy coincidence, tying history in a knot. Moments of history entwined here\u2014Marie Antoinette lost her head, the Egyptian obelisk replaced the guillotine, Napoleon dreamed the triumphant march.<\/p>\n

The Girl in the Blue Beret<\/em> by Bobbie Ann Mason<\/p>\n

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Good bye, Paris! Good bye, France!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

(Paris) The city is a testament to civilization….It makes tourists of all of us. It anchors your heart to a place. Just like Sydney Harbor, the wonderful sights of Paris inspire emotion. Almost French by Sarah Turnbull   We stayed up late one night, watching snow fall over the city in frosty chunks, covering tree branches, spreading over the garden in a marzipan sheet. It’s Not Love, It’s Just Paris by Patricia Engel   As he neared the Place de le Concorde, he thought of the Concorde-the SST. He wished it would fly over, a happy coincidence, tying history in...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1734,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,7],"tags":[245],"class_list":["post-1631","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-musings","category-quotes","tag-paris-in-quotes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1631","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1631"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1631\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1735,"href":"http:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1631\/revisions\/1735"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1734"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1631"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1631"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1631"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}