“The urge to travel feels magnetic. Two of my favorite words are linked: departure time. And travel whets the emotions, turns upside down the memory bank, and the golden coins scatter.” FeelsTwoTurnsMemoriesEmotionMy FavoriteGoldenUrgesLinkedCoinsUpside DownDepartureMagneticFavorite Words Author:Frances Mayes
“The words 'forse che si,' 'forse che no', 'perhaps yes,' 'perhaps no,' repeat along all paths.” PathRepeats Author:Frances Mayes
“Whatever a guidebook says, wether or not you leave somewhere with a sense of the place is entirely a matter of smell and instinct.” MatterInstinctSmell Author:Frances Mayes
“Sometimes the valley below is like a bowl filled up with fog. I can see hard green figs on two trees and pears on a tree just below me. A fine crop coming in. May summer last a hundred years.” YearsMayI CanTwoSometimesHardLastsTreeFineSummerHundredGreenFilledValleysBowlsFogCropsFigsPearsFilled UpTwo Trees Author:Frances Mayes
“Never lose your childish enthusiasm and things will come your way.” WayLosesEnthusiasmYour Children Author:Frances Mayes
“I’ll always marvel at the liveliness of southern speech-so full of metaphor and hyperbole, quirks and vividness.” SpeechMetaphorSouthernQuirksHyperboleVividness Author:Frances Mayes
“It’s daunting to find the language so foreign, so distant, but also so thrilling. One is absolved of responsibility when the language is incomprehensible.” LanguageResponsibilityTravelThrilling Author:Frances Mayes
“Venice, the most touristy place in the world, is still just completely magic to me.” WorldStillsMagicVenicePlaces In The World Author:Frances Mayes
“Anytime the perfume of orange and lemon groves wafts in the window; the human body has to feel suffused with a languorous well-being.” FeelsHumansWellsBodyWindowFruitWell BeingOrangePerfumeHuman BodyLemonsGrove Book:Bella Tuscany: The Sweet Life in Italy Source: Bella Tuscany: The Sweet Life in Italy
