A Chinese poet many centuries ago noticed that to re-create something in words is like being alive twice.
Frances MayesTags: writing
Although I am a person who expected to be rooted in one spot forever, as it has turned out I love having the memories of living in many places.
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[As Garibaldi says,] 'Sleep, my dear Chevalley, sleep, that is what Sicilians want, and they will always hate anyone who tries to wake them...
Frances MayesI had the urge to examine my life in another culture and move beyond what I knew.
Frances MayesThere is so much jasmine and nightshade in the garden that we all wake with lyrical headaches.
Frances MayesBehind sunglasses we linger over espresso, talking about pizza as an art form, the geekiness of people's travel clothes...
Frances Mayes[As Chevalley says,] 'Sicilians never want to improve for the simple reason that they think themselves perfect...
Frances Mayes...outrageous flowers swagging off balconies like bright skirts of ballgowns...
Frances MayesIf I lived here,...I have a feeling this place would take me.
Frances MayesOh, come on, he was twenty-six. And he had poetry on his lips.
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