"'If only there could be an invention,' I said impulsively, 'that bottled up a memory, like a scent. And it never faded, and it never got stale. And then, when one wanted it, the bottle could be uncorked, and it would be like living the moment all over again.'"
— Du Maurier, Daphne, Lady Browning (1907-1989)
Work Title
Publisher
Gollancz
Date
1938
Metaphor
"'If only there could be an invention,' I said impulsively, 'that bottled up a memory, like a scent. And it never faded, and it never got stale. And then, when one wanted it, the bottle could be uncorked, and it would be like living the moment all over again.'"
Metaphor in Context
"If only there could be an invention," I said impulsively, "that bottled up a memory, like a scent. And it never faded, and it never got stale. And then, when one wanted it, the bottle could be uncorked, and it would be like living the moment all over again." I looked up at him, to see what he would say. He did not turn to me, he went on watching the road ahead.
(p. 36)
(p. 36)
Categories
Provenance
Watching Hitchcock's film adaptation.
Citation
Du Maurier, Daphne. Rebecca. New York: Avon Books, 1994.
Theme
Memory
Date of Entry
01/21/2009
