saint-sulpice – Orangette https://orangette.net Thu, 24 Dec 2015 22:00:45 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.2.2 October 19 https://orangette.net/2011/11/october-19/ https://orangette.net/2011/11/october-19/#comments Thu, 03 Nov 2011 18:28:00 +0000 https://elitemporaryblog.wordpress.com/2011/11/03/october-19 I come from a family that goes to church only on occasional Christmas Eves, but somehow, I have come to love the feeling of being inside a church. I like the high ceilings, the wood and the stone and the gold leaf, and I like them best when they’re empty. There’s no other silence like it. My favorite church is in Paris, and it’s called Saint-Sulpice. I first loved it because my grandmother loved it, but now I love it because I do. I never forget to go to Saint-Sulpice. I usually go on a weekday, when it’s quiet, and I make sure that I have some coins on me, so that I can light a candle. My grandmother used…

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