“I'm just fascinated by houses. In another life, I'd have probably trained as an architect. If I had enough money, I'd collect them like other people collect teapots. I don't know why I love them so much. I'm just very interested in the idea of a house as a metaphor for the way one lives.” PeopleIfsKnowsWayIdeasEnoughHouseMetaphorFascinatedArchitectHad EnoughAnother LifeTeapots Author:Frances Mayes
“I got the idea that to write books would be the best way to spend a life. I never thought of anything else that seemed like half as much fun, although in my next life I would like to be an architect, too, so I can have an easier time restoring houses.” WayWritingI CanBookIdeasWould BeNextHouseFunHalfEasierBest WayBeing The BestArchitectRestoringNext LifeEasier Times Author:Frances Mayes
“Like fanning through a deck of cards, my mind flashes on the thousand chances, trivial to profound, that converged to re-create this place. Any arbitrary turning along the way and I would be elsewhere; I would be different. Where did the expression "a place in the sun" first come from? My rational thought process cling always to the idea of free will, random event; my blood, however, streams easily along a current of fate.” WayMindFirstsIdeasDifferentWould BeProcessChanceSunFateBloodEventsExpressionThousandProfoundCurrentsRationalCardsStreamsFree WillElsewhereFlashArbitraryDeckThought ProcessRational ThoughtDeck Of CardsRandom Events Author:Frances Mayes
