The sweetness and generosity and politeness and gentleness and humanity of the French had shown me how lovely life can be if one takes time to be fri… - Julia Child

We had a happy marriage because we were together all the time. We were friends as well as husband and wife. We just had a good time.

The Parisian grocers insisted that I interact with them personally: if I wasn't willing to take the time to get to know them and their wares, then I would not go home with the freshest legumes or cuts of meat in my basket. They certainly made me work for my supper — but, oh, what suppers!

If a tourist enters a food stall thinking he's going to be cheated, the salesman will sense this and obligingly cheat hi. But if a Frenchman senses that a visitor is delighted to be in his store, and takes a genuine interest in what is for sale, then he'll just open up like a flower.