Paula McLain
Paula McLain
Paula McLainis an American author best known for her novel, The Paris Wife, a fictionalized account of Ernest Hemingway's first marriage which became a long-time New York Times bestseller. She has published two collections of poetry, a memoir about growing up in the foster system, and the novel A Ticket to Ride...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionAuthor
CountryUnited States of America
know-how knows
Maybe no one can know how it is for anyone else.
stupid love-is stupid-things
But love is love. It makes you do terribly stupid things.
thinking action speak
Don't tell readers what to think. Let the action speak for itself.
believe long people
People belong to each other only as long as they both believe. He stopped believing.
fighting cities trying
But in the end, fighting for a love that was already gone felt like trying to live in the ruins of a lost city.
artist paris interesting
In Paris, you couldn't really turn around without seeing the result of lovers' bad decisions. An artist given to sexual excess was almost a cliché, but no one seemed to mind. As long as you were making something good or interesting or sensational, you could have as many lovers as you wanted and ruin them all.
and-love
You have to digest life. You have to chew it up and love it all through.
way lasts persons
The way I see it, how can you really say you'll love a person longer than love lasts?
men eight long
At twenty-eight I'd had a handful of beaux, but had only been in love once, and that had been awful enough to make me doubt men and myself for a good long while.
dog eye tails
Dogs are easy. If their tails are up and their eyes are soft, you're in.
mistake thinking sometimes
And sometimes I think there isn’t anything to us but our mistakes.
sea looks said
I preferred to look at the sea, which said nothing and never made you feel alone.
europe sea together
On December 8, 1921, when the Leopoldina set sail for Europe, we were on board. Our life together had finally begun. We held on to each other and looked out at the sea. It was impossibly large and full of beauty and danger in equal parts-and we wanted it all.
book adventure heart
Books could be an incredible adventure. I stayed under my blanket and barely moved, and no one would have guessed how my mind raced and my heart soared with stories.