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
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.
and-love
You have to digest life. You have to chew it up and love it all through.
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.