Lucy foley

The paris apartment

Amelia

Amanda Autumn Berrey

Fat in this country is seen as a sign of weakness, even of stupidity. The thought gave me a nasty sort of pleasure.

Ashlyn Barrett

I’ve never let a closed door stay closed for long: I suppose you could say that’s my main problem in life. 

Clueless is dangerous, it makes you vulnerable. 

Soleil de plomb, for when the sun feels as heavy as lead. 

There’s this expression in french. Être bien dans sa peau. To feel good in your own skin. 

I only hope she knows what she is doing. Climbing so high, so quickly: it only makes for further to fall. 

I read somewhere that sixty percent of us can't go more than ten minutes without lying. Little slippages: to make ourselves sound better, more attractive, to others. 

It could have ended so differently. If I hadn't been such a coward. Because the truth is, I was looking. That was the point. I knew exactly what I was doing. It was so close. Just not close enough. 

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