"A bientot, Paris!"

"I now feel so embraced while embracing all my Parisian phases—the ‘young and abandoned’ Dina, the ‘unhappily-married’ Dina, the ‘reborn and rebellious’ Dina, the ‘single and not on the dating apps’ Dina, the ‘insatiable Londoner girlfriend’ Dina, and the current phase I haven’t got a label for yet..."

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"What a night, Paris!"

"All the same, I feel such tenderness toward everything and everyone these days—yes, even you—especially you! I feel that I understand them and I want them to feel seen so that in turn they can see themselves, all that good and all the goods. I feel that I understand you and I want you to feel seen so that in turn you can see yourself, all that good and all the goods."

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"Happy new year, Paris!"

"And do you know that this is my 21st podcast?"

Links to the previous 20 titles, in the order as mentioned in this episode:

• I (IP27)
• Right place at the right time (IP34)
• Fading (IP26)
• Light, open, touched (Ip32)
• Unfolding (IP40)
• I don't miss you, Paris (IP21)
• Looking at you (IP39)
• Waves (IP30)
• Here and everywhere else (IP25)
• I have nothing, Paris (IP22)
• Madame est servie! (IP24)
• Il a neigé (IP36)
• Chez moi (IP29)
• I'm not home (IP28)
• Je vais bien, I think (IP23)
• It's not about you, Paris (IP31)
• I had a strange dream (IP35)
• Reprise (IP38)
• Si jamais, t'as ton coeur (IP37)
• Joyeux anniversaire to us! (IP33)

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"This is where we are, Paris. This is what we’re doing. I have asked for you and thus you exist for me – the you I have imagined so far. One by one, things are revealed to us that bring us closer to the vision—alright, too abstract for you?"

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"I’m looking at you—have you grown with me, Paris? Is that you allowing me to relax about not knowing what I’m going to do, or even where I’m going to live, come the new year? I’m here right now and I’m practicing my art; I’m writing and I’m acting again—I’m acting in Paris again! My daughter can hardly cope with how cool her ibu is! Well, maybe she can, but I still ‘eat’."

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"Bonjour, Paris!"

"Today I feel free. I have been walking with myself for the last few days and today I walk like someone in love. Little dances that I predicted last week have been translated into something more profound and more aligned with who I am, that is tears of joy...."

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"I'm still here, Paris...."

"Broken but intact, I imagine myself walking along the Seine, or some unknown stream, somewhere, with a full-bodied smile from my heart to my face, and perhaps a little dance here and there too. Like someone in love, like someone free, for I'll be one with clarity...."

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"It snowed, Paris. It snowed in Paris and I’m staying inside my head. I threw away my train ticket back to London last night so I get to spend another day and a half here, mostly to convince myself that Paris is still a good idea...."

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"I had a strange dream, Paris. All my dreams are strange."

"Maybe I’ll still walk in the rain alone, occasionally, for feeling misunderstood. But that’s alright – a falling star would fly back up in a hurry if anyone wished to understand me fully. It’s good to be understood by someone, albeit not fully, and it’s great to never be misunderstood by oneself."

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"You seem so far away with all the paperwork required for my long stay visa. And when there’s any delay in getting any document, you feel even further. But not forgotten – yet. I guess I’m just living in the present more these days – because when there’s still enough water in the tank to flush the toilet, I’m reminded of my existence: I can flush, thus I exist. That, and my casual meditations...."

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