From a Paris Balcony Quotes

“And it struck her then, right here in that space, how little is left when we are gone. How insignificant we all are. This was, she thought, both liberating and sad. In some ways, she realized now, she had taken her life so seriously in the past. How much did it matter?”
― Ella Carey, From a Paris Balcony

“We all need to work out who we are. But at the same time, we are all labeled from birth.”
― Ella Carey, From a Paris Balcony

“I have been in Paris, in Montmartre with my husband, and what I saw there cemented my views about women’s rights. Montmartre is supposed to be about liberation, or that is what I had been led to believe. And I suppose it is, in a way, but it seems to be about liberation—excuse me if I am shocking you—of men’s flesh, while women are more repressed than ever.”
― Ella Carey, From a Paris Balcony

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― Ella Carey, From a Paris Balcony

“Or, instead of regarding herself as alone and abandoned, she could see herself as free. She could see that anything could happen. That possibilities were endless. Her life was not over, just because she had lost so much. The old life was, but somehow, a new life would begin.”
― Ella Carey, From a Paris Balcony

“Alone, but hopeful. There were worse ways to be.”
― Ella Carey, From a Paris Balcony

“Someone from her new life—there was, she had to remind herself, always a new life to be had.”
― Ella Carey, From a Paris Balcony

“Or, instead of regarding herself as alone and abandoned, she could see herself as free. She could see that anything could happen. That possibilities were endless. Her life was not over, just because she had lost so much. The old life was, but somehow, a new life would begin. She”
― Ella Carey, From a Paris Balcony