Sunday Sweets For Paris

"Vous aurez beau faire, vous n’anéantirez pas cet éternel reste du cœur de l’homme, l’amour."

Try as you will, you cannot annihilate that eternal relic of the human heart, love.
- Victor Hugo

(By Bistra Dean)

"C'est intolérable, c'est impossible, que, de tant de mort, tant de sacrifice et de ruine, tant d'héroïsme une meilleure humanité ne puisse s'élever."

It is not tolerable, it is not possible, that from so much death, so much sacrifice and ruin, so much heroism, a greater and better humanity shall not emerge.
-Charles de Gaulle

(By Krisis' Cakes)

"L’amour est l’emblème de l’éternité, il confond toute la notion de temps, efface toute la mémoire d’un commencement, toute la crainte d’une extrémité."

Love is the emblem of eternity; it confounds all notion of time, effaces all memory of a beginning, all fear of an end.
-Madame de Staël

(By For The Love Of Cake)

"À vaillant coeur rien d'impossible."

For a valiant heart nothing is impossible.
-Jacques Coeur

(By Anna Elizabeth Cakes)

Soyons fermes, purs et fidèles; au bout de nos peines, il y a la plus grande gloire du monde, celle des hommes qui n'ont pas cédé."

Let us be firm, pure and faithful; at the end of our sorrow, there is the greatest glory of the world, that of the men who did not give in.
-Charles de Gaulle

(Baker unknown, featured here)

"Impossible n'est pas français."

Impossible isn't French.
-French Proverb

(By Mutlu Gün Kurabiyecisi)

"Elle est agitée par les vagues, et ne sombre pas"

She is tossed by the waves, but does not sink.
-the official motto of Paris, France

(By M&T Events)

Today, we are all French.
 

Paix á Paris.

Comments

[mindy1]

Omg when will we get peace :'(

[Cathy]

Beautiful. PariStrong!

[Anne]

Lovely cakes, perfect quotes. Crying (again) but in a good way. Thank you for this.

[cherrellann]

When you think of Paris you think of beauty,that'
s why these cowards chose this city,they wanted to make it as ugly as the inside of their souls,they did not succeed.

[Maureen]

Thank you Jen

[MP]

Amen.

[Tiggy]

Beautifully done.

[DNA]

Merveilleux!

[LoopTheLup]

Beautiful.

[Julia]

This was such a great tribute. As France has been there for us,(the USA) we are there for them. And yes, today we are all France.

[Sue W.]

It's hard to see the beautiful cakes thru the tears in my eyes. Thank you for this wonderful tribute.

[Sandy in SoFla]

What a wonderful and heartfelt tribute! Thank you, Jen.

[Diane]

Nicely done.

[Trista]

Beautifully done. Thank you.

[Pam R]

What a beautiful and touching tribute...

[Raienya]

Absolutely beautiful. Nothing more needs to be said.

[Marebabe]

So beautiful, the selected texts as well as the cakes. Thanks for this, Jen, one of the most moving posts I've ever seen from you or anyone. God bless you and John.

[teabunny]

The cakes are beautiful. The care behind the post even more so. Truly you have cakes for everything. Misty-eyed AND smiling on this Sunday.

[Caroline B]

One of the best and most thoughtful tributes I've seen this weekend.

[Susie]

Thank you. What a perfect way for this site to stand in solidarity.

[s.marie]

Je suis Paris. Viva la France. God bless America.

[TLC]

What a beautiful tribute in the midst of this horror. Thoughtfully and honorably done. Thank you, Jen and John.

[T]

Sweet!

[W Bryant]

That.Was.Beautiful.
And I'm not even talking about the pretty cakes.

[Anniebaby26]

Brava, dear Jen! Beautiful cakes, beautiful quotes. Merci!

[Kathy S]

Vive La France!

[Lian]

What about Lebanon and Bagdhad? Where's the love for them?

[Deirdre]

Beautiful. Thank you so much.

[Stephanie]

All I can say is MERCI!!! :)

[Carma]

Thank you, that was perfect.

[LadyC]

[Typing through tears, escuse any typos.]

Thank you for this. The quotes were perfect, the cakes beautiful.
Pray for Paris. Pray for peace. Pray for all humankind.

[Mary Jayne]

Love, always love. That was beautiful, Jen. Merci beaucoup.

[Ginger]

This is one of your most beautiful posts to date. Thank you.

[Virginia LeeMagnificent.]

Magnificent. Thank you.

[Kimberly]

Merci. Perfection personified - just like Paris, Jon, and Jen.

[Andrea]

Beautiful, Jen. Perfect!

[MadTigerKitty]

I knew you would have a fitting tribute today and you did not disappoint. This moved me to tears.

[Marybeth King]

Nice job. Thanks.

[Junebug]

Thank you, thank you Jen and John for all you do to bring beauty and smiles to our lives, even at the worst of times.

[MC from NZ]

Thank you John and Jen, simply beautiful

[Kristin]

That was absolutely lovely. Thank you.

[Addie]

Lovely tribute

For all those suffering from the impact tyranny and terrorism everywhere.

[SuBee]

Beautiful, Jen. Thank you for the sweetest of Sunday Sweets.

[Julie]

Merci, and Amen

[Jenn]

Beautiful trubute

[Rachel CrazyMum]

That was a beautiful tribute. Just perfect.

[Melinda]

Thank you for the beautiful tribute!

[Brenda]

A most wonderful and moving tribute

[Carol]

Lovely tribute. Thanks.

[Carrie]

Très manifique! Merci.