She wanted to crawl into his pocket and be safe forever.
Interpretation
This quote expresses a desire for safety and intimacy in a romantic relationship.
In this quote, F. Scott Fitzgerald captures the essence of longing and vulnerability that often accompanies love. The imagery of wanting to 'crawl into his pocket' symbolizes a deep desire for emotional security and closeness, reflecting the innate need for protection and warmth that comes from being in a loving relationship.
In practice
During a romantic rendezvous, one might share this quote to express deep feelings of affection.
Don't be so anxious about it,' she laughed. 'I'm not used to being loved. I wouldn't know what to do; I never got the trick of it.' She looked down at him, shy and fatigued. 'So here we are. I told you years ago that I had the makings of Cinderella.' He took her hand; she drew it back instinctively and then replaced it in his. 'Beg your pardon. Not even used to being touched. But I'm not afraid of you, if you stay quiet and don't move suddenly.
The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function.
It was about then [1920] that I wrote a line which certain people will not let me forget: "She was a faded but still lovely woman of twenty-seven."
The words seemed to bite physically into Gatsby.
But you can love more than just one person, can't you?
A sudden gust of rain blew over them and then another - as if small liquid clouds were bouncing along the land. Lightning entered the sea far off and the air blew full of crackling thunder. The table cloths blew around the pillars. They blew and blew and blew. The flags twisted around the red chairs like live things, the banners were ragged, the corners of the table tore off through the burbling billowing ends of the cloths.
I have pursued her, as love hath pursued me
Love as distinct from "being in love" is not merely a feeling. It is a deep unity, maintained by the will and deliberately strengthened by habit.
Love, too, was just a question of time
Didn't you know that people hide love like a flower too precious to be picked?
The pleasures of love are always in proportion to our fears.
It had to teach her to think of love as a state of grace: not the means to anything but the alpha and omega, an end it itself.
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