It would take volumes and libraries to tell the story of the Marais, so profoundly French is it in every stone, so tied to the wandering of History that human forgetfulness and urban development could do it no harm.
—LÉON-PAUL FARGUE,
Le Piéton de Paris
In spite of its glamorous appearance, Paris is a hidden, private city. You only get to see inside when Parisians decide to let you in. And they only let you in when they know who you are.
—JEAN-BENOÎT NADEAU AND JULIE BARLOW,
Sixty Million Frenchmen Can’t Be Wrong