16 Quotes & Sayings By Peggy Kopmanowens

Peggy Kopman-Owens is a freelance writer and editor. Her work has appeared in many publications, including the Chicago Tribune and the New York Times. She has also received the Illinois Arts Council's Illinois Literary Award for her book The Other Maid of Cleves: Eleanor of Aquitaine and Katherine Swynford. Her book about the life of Mary Queen of Scots, The Shadow Queen: A Life of Mary Stuart, was published by Viking Penguin in 2005 Read more

Additional history articles by Peggy have appeared in such magazines as Colonial Williamsburg Magazine,the University of Virginia Magazine, and the American History Journal.

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In Paris, the dance was everything. The dance of romance was what a man could remember in his old age. Didn’t all young Americans come to Europe in search of that kind of romance? Peggy KopmanOwens
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The French know the intrinsic value of holding on to the past, its pleasures, its promises, and its tender mercies. Peggy KopmanOwens
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This would become a lifelong pattern, sitting in my comfort zone high above the world in some sort of self-imposed exile. Peggy KopmanOwens
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There are people in this world so rich that when it rains they simply fly away on private jets in search of sun. Peggy KopmanOwens
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For anyone who wanted to throw away his watch, along with his past, this was the place. Peggy KopmanOwens
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How could I ever forget my best friend, the man, who had changed my destiny simply by allowing me to write about him? Peggy KopmanOwens
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In Paris, everything was fixable for the right price. Peggy KopmanOwens
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Beware. Those with the least amount of authority exercise it the most often. Peggy KopmanOwens
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...Don't insult readers by questioning the extent of their imaginations. Most need only to be nudged to solve a good mystery. Peggy KopmanOwens
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In Paris, women were not considered interesting until they were middle-aged. The Mist of Montmartre Peggy KopmanOwens
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He had learned Lesson One: Let French women tell you what they want. Peggy KopmanOwens
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I write to raise the curtain on life's endless possibilities. Because you asked, "Pourquoi? Peggy KopmanOwens
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Whatever the unknown in Europe, it had to be better than the known in a small town, where truth was hidden behind smiles, pleasantries, and an abundance of stretch lace at weddings. Whatever, the yet-to-be-written truth about her own life, it seemed certain to be waiting elsewhere on a blank page, somewhere people made no attempt to predict the future based upon a person's past. Quote from: A Summer Abroad, Mrs. Duchesney's First Real Mysteryc. 2013 Peggy Kopman-Owens . Peggy KopmanOwens
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Paris and Fashion. Books and Art. What would one be. .. without the other? Peggy KopmanOwens
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Picasso created blank spaces through which an imagination could fly. Peggy KopmanOwens