“Nobody has ever been able to experience what they have thoroughly understood - or understand what they have experienced until they have achieved a detachment that renders them incapable of repeating the experience.” AbleUnderstandingUnderstoodExperienceIncapableDetachment Book:The Collected Writings Source: The Collected Writings
“And, Joey, if you ever want to know about the japonicas and the daisy fields it will be alright that you have forgotten because I will be able to tell you about how it felt to be feeling that way you cannot quite remember – that will be for the time when something happens years from now that reminds you of now.” IfsKnowsWayWantYearsFeelingsHappensAbleRememberFeltFieldsForgottenAlrightDaisiesJoey Book:Save Me the Waltz: A Novel Source: Save Me the Waltz: A Novel
“It seemed to Alabama that, reaching her goal, she would drive the devils that had driven her - that, in proving herself, she would achieve that peace which she imagined went only in surety of one’s self - that she would be able, through the medium of the dance, to command her emotions, to summon love or pity or happiness at will, having provided a channel through which they might flow. She drove herself mercilessly, and the summer dragged on.” SelfMightWould BeAbleGoalEmotionAchieveProveSummerDevilFlowDrivenPityCommandMediumsReachingAlabama Author:Zelda Fitzgerald
