What an immense impression Paris made upon me. It is the most extraordinary place in the world!
Interpretation
Paris left a lasting and profound impact on Dickens, highlighting its uniqueness.
In this quote, Charles Dickens expresses his awe and fascination with the city of Paris, describing it as an extraordinary place that has made a significant impression on him. His words reflect the beauty, cultural richness, and enchanting atmosphere of the city, suggesting that it holds a special place in his heart and possibly the hearts of many who have experienced it.
In practice
This quote can be used to inspire someone planning their first trip to Paris.
I recollected one story there was in the village, how that on a certain night in the year (it might be that very night for anything I knew), all the dead people came out of the ground and sat at the heads of their own graves till morning.
A silent look of affection and regard when all other eyes are turned coldly away-the consciousness that we possess the sympathy and affection of one being when all others have deserted us-is a hold, a stay, a comfort, in the deepest affliction, which no wealth could purchase, or power bestow.
Heaven knows we need never be ashamed of our tears, for they are rain upon the blinding dust of earth, overlying our hard hearts. I was better after I had cried, than before--more sorry, more aware of my own ingratitude, more gentle.
There are not a few among the disciples of charity who require, in their vocation, scarcely less excitement than the votaries of pleasure in theirs.
You might, from your appearance, be the wife of Lucifer,” said Miss Pross, in her breathing. “Nevertheless, you shall not get the better of me. I am an Englishwoman.
Christmas is a poor excuse every 25th of December to pick a man's pockets.
And I have the sunset, and the Tuscan wine, and the white teeth of the women in Rome. I am a traveler in Romance.
I would like to spend the whole of my life traveling, if I could anywhere borrow another life to spend at home.
to travel is worth any cost or sacrifice.
Once the travel bug bites there is no known antidote, and I know that I shall be happily infected until the end of my life
If you are lucky enough to have lived in Paris as a young man, then wherever you go for the rest of your life it stays with you, for Paris is a moveable feast.
The best travel is that which one can take by one's own fireside. In memory or imagination.
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