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“It is a bitter-sweet thing, knowing two cultures. Once you leave your birthplace nothing is ever the same.”
― Almost French: Love and a New Life in Paris
― Almost French: Love and a New Life in Paris
“Such is the nature of an expatriate life. Stripped of romance, perhaps that's what being an expat is all about: a sense of not wholly belonging. [...] The insider-outsider dichotomy gives life a degree of tension. Not of a needling, negative variety but rather a keep-on-your-toes sort of tension that can plunge or peak with sudden rushes of love or anger. Learning to recognise and interpret cultural behaviour is a vital step forward for expats anywhere, but it doesn't mean that you grow to appreciate all the differences.”
― Almost French: Love and a New Life in Paris
― Almost French: Love and a New Life in Paris
“I know of no other place that is so fascinating yet so frustrating, so aware of the world and its own place within it but at the same time utterly insular. A country touched by nostalgia, with a past so great - so marked by brilliance and achievement - that French people today seem both enriched and burdened by it. France is like a maddening, moody lover who inspires emotional highs and lows. One minute it fills you with a rush of passion, the next you're full of fury, itching to smack the mouth of some sneering shopkeeper or smug civil servant. Yes, it's a love-hate relationship.”
― Almost French: Love and a New Life in Paris
― Almost French: Love and a New Life in Paris
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If you could move to another country for one year, where would you go?
Explore paradise with Sarah Turnbull in her new memoir, All Good Things: A Memoir of Paradise Lost and Found
Explore paradise with Sarah Turnbull in her new memoir, All Good Things: A Memoir of Paradise Lost and Found
Australia
France
Tahiti
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