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"Welcome to Paris, Anna. I'm glad you've come."
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"This being human is a guest house. Every morning is a new arrival. A joy, a depression, a meanness, some momentary awareness comes as an unexpected visitor...Welcome and entertain them all. Treat each guest honorably. The dark thought, the shame, the malice, meet them at the door laughing, and invite them in. Be grateful for whoever comes, because each has been sent as a guide from beyond."
"Hostess with the Mostest"Think of a time when you have had a party in your home or had friends over for dinner. Didn't you want to make sure they were nurtured, cared for, and well-taken care of? Didn't you want your guests to interact with each other and enjoy the experience so they would remember it fondly?"
"House guests should be regarded as perishables: Leave them out too long and they go bad."
"Guests, like fish, begin to smell after three days."
"Nobody can be as agreeable as an uninvited guest."
"I think that when you invite people to your home, you invite them to yourself."
"ASK YOURSELF: Do you remember a gracious hostess, an engaging guest, or someone who worked the room like a honey bee in a flower garden? They would glide from one person to the next, spreading good will and cheer, being the glue that brought everyone together with ease."
"When I sell liquor, it's called bootlegging; when my patrons serve it on Lake Shore Drive, it's called hospitality."
"He gains everyone's approval who mixes the pleasant with the useful."
"A house may draw visitors but it is the possessor alone that can detain them."
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"I doubted myself, and that made me doubt you. But you weren't the problem. You were never the problem. I should have trusted you, but I didn't, because I couldn't trust myself."
"They blinked in the dusk of the setting sun, a reminder that light was a recurring state."
"Soap?'School of America in Paris' he explains. 'SOAP'.Nice. My father sent me here to be cleansed."
"What...what about when I'm married?'We'll buy a cot. Your husband can sleep on that when he visits."
"I'm beginning to think that maybe it's okay to be a blank canvas. Maybe it's okay that my future is unknown. And maybe, I say with another smile, 'it's okay to be inspired by the people who do know their future."
"You're the most incredible girl I've ever known. You're gorgeous and smart, and you make me laugh like no-one else can. And I can talk to you. And I know after all this I don't deserve you, but what I'm trying to say is that I love you, Anna. Very Much."
"I pull back, gasping for breath. Reeling. His breath is ragged, and I place my hands on his cheeks to steady him. 'Is this okay?' I whisper. 'Are you okay?'His reply is anguished. Honest. 'I love you."
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