“Splendid to arrive alone in a foreign country and feel the assault of difference. Here they are all along, busy with living; they don't talk or look like me. The rhythm of their day is entirely different; I am foreign.” FeelsLooksDifferentCountryDifferencesBusyLike MeRhythmAssaultSplendidForeign Countries Author:Frances Mayes
“Everything I pick up seems to lure me away. Everything I do in my daily life begins to feel like striking wet matches. The need to travel is a mysterious force. A desire to 'go' runs through me equally with an intense desire to 'stay' at home. An equal and opposite thermodynamic principle. When I travel, I think of home and what it means. At home I'm dreaming of catching trains at night in the gray light of Old Europe, or pushing open shutters to see Florence awaken. The balance just slightly tips in the direction of the airport.” ThinkingNeedsFeelsMeanHomeDreamLightSeemsRunningDesireNightForcePrinciplesBalanceEqualPicksEuropeOppositesTrainIntenseMysteriousPushingDaily LifeGrayWetAirportsCatchingLureStay At HomeShuttersFlorence Author:Frances Mayes
“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
“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
