In that house, you will find my heart. You must break in, Henri, and get it back for me.' Was she mad? We had been talking figuratively. Her heart was in her body like mine. I tried to explain this to her, but she took my hand and put it against her chest. Feel for yourself.
Interpretation
This quote emphasizes the deep emotional connection and vulnerability that exists in love.
In this quote, the speaker conveys the idea that true love involves a sense of possession and intimacy, where one's heart is metaphorically linked to another person's heart. The act of retrieving the heart suggests both a struggle and a desire to reclaim one’s emotions, highlighting the powerful and sometimes tumultuous nature of love that transcends just the physical.
In practice
This quote could be used in a wedding speech to illustrate the depth of love between partners.
What is remembered is not a deed in stone but a metaphor. Meta = above. Pheren = to carry. That which is carried above the literalness of life. A way of thinking that avoids the problems of gravity. The word won't let me down. The single word that can release me from all that unuttered weight.
Reading things that are relevant to the facts of your life is of limited value. The facts are, after all, only the facts, and the yearning passionate part of you will not be met there. That is why reading ourselves as a fiction as well as fact is so liberating. The wider we read the freer we become.
I have a list of titles that I leave at the [library] desk, because they are bound to be written some day, and it's best to be ahead of the queue.
Woolf wanted to say dangerous things in Orlando but she did not want to say them in the missionary position.
History is a string full of knots, the best you can do is admire it, and maybe tie it up a bit more. History is a hammock for swinging and a game for playing.
I cannot assume you will understand me. It is just as likely that as I invent what I want to say, you will invent what you want to hear. Some story we must have. Stray words on crumpled paper. A weak signal into the outer space of each other. The probability of seperate worlds meeting is very small. The lure is immense. We send starships. We fall in love
The knowledge that she would never be loved in return acted upon her ideas as a tide acts upon cliffs.
Yes, that's right... love should come before logic ... Only then will man come to understand the meaning of life.
But you make me sing like a guitar humming . . .
A woman is more beautiful than the world in which I live; and so I close my eyes.
One frequently only finds out how really beautiful a beautiful woman is after considerable acquaintance with her.
Don't cry for a man who's left you--the next one may fall for your smile.
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