Whatever a guidebook says, wether or not you leave somewhere with a sense of the place is entirely a matter of smell and instinct.
Frances MayesI’ll always marvel at the liveliness of southern speech-so full of metaphor and hyperbole, quirks and vividness.
Frances MayesSplendid 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.
Frances Mayes