An American in Paris Quotes

“Starting your day with nourishment, gratitude and joy sets you up for an awesome day to come,’ she’d written. ‘Write a gratitude list. Drink lemon water. Move your body.”
― Siobhan Curham, An American in Paris

“Keep your face always towards the sunshine, and the shadows will fall behind you.”
― Siobhan Curham, An American in Paris

“invisible to the naked eye, but scar a person to their very core. My daddy once told me that he believed trees were the wisest creations on God’s green earth because they grow close enough to give each other shelter but far enough apart to allow each other to thrive. He said that he wished us humans could live like trees. I wish that, too. And I hope that my story encourages people to do so, allowing each other the space to grow in their own unique ways, but supporting each other, always.”
― Siobhan Curham, An American in Paris

“That day in the hospital, watching her mother die, she'd felt something inside of her close up like a drawbridge. The enormity of what had happened was too huge for her to process, so she hadn't processed it at all. She'd carried on living her life online as if everything was perfect, and at night she'd numbed the pain by drinking herself into oblivion. But now there was no escape. She'd burned her pretend perfect life down to the ground”
― Siobhan Curham, An American in Paris

“The pressures had polluted her perspective on everything. By constantly needing to present her life as perfect, she'd become blind to all of the imperfect beauty surrounding her. And she'd become incapable of living in the moment, constantly framing her experiences in terms of whether or not they'd make great content. But since she'd been here, in the wild, rugged beauty of Arkansas, she'd had glimpses of how her life could be, and for the first time in years she felt truly excited”
― Siobhan Curham, An American in Paris

“But on balance, I think I'm glad that we don't know our future. If nothing else, it enables us to move forward with hope in our hearts instead of despair”
― Siobhan Curham, An American in Paris

“It's funny. I'd never had a problem telling a white lie before, especially if it was to save the other person's feelings, but with Otto, lying just didn't seem to be an option. I felt as if he could see right through me”
― Siobhan Curham, An American in Paris

“This is perfect!" Otto exclaimed, opening the book and inhaling its pages. I took this as yet another sign that he was indeed my kindred spirit - is there any aroma sweeter than the musty scent of a book?”
― Siobhan Curham, An American in Paris

“The war had always seemed so far removed from Sage before, something terrible that had happened to other people, another lifetime ago. The thought of her own grandmother being so directly affected sent a shiver down her spine”
― Siobhan Curham, An American in Paris

“I looked at one of the tigers Lady Hamilton-Jones had imported from India, pacing up and down inside its gilded cage. It felt like the perfect metaphor for the party, all of us trapped inside a glittering prison that shone so bright, most of us were too dazzled to see the bars. This was the column I burned to write, but I knew Harry would have my guts for garters if I filed it”
― Siobhan Curham, An American in Paris

“But somehow, I lost sight of my original goal and I lost sight of me, and I got swayed by the money...”
― Siobhan Curham, An American in Paris

“Dramatic sighs were Rosalie's speciality, and she seemed to reserve the most dramatic for me. But what she didn't understand was that I was never running from things, I was always running to them. To something better, brighter, more filled with adventure.”
― Siobhan Curham, An American in Paris