“Could the body achieve it, or the mind, subtly
mingling in the intricate passages of the brain? Or the heart? Could loving, as
people called it, make her and Mrs. Ramsay one? for it was not knowledge but
unity that she desired, not inscriptions on tablets, nothing that could be
written in any language known to men, but intimacy itself, which is knowledge,
she had thought, leaning her head on Mrs. Ramsay’s knee.” Book I, Ch. IX
I’ve chosen
this quotation because I feel identified with Lily’s wondering about how one
comes to know truly another person, and what bonds people together… Is it
intellect or emotion? It makes me wonder what makes me close to people I love
and like… In my opinion Lily’s idea that intimacy is knowledge, and that it
can´t be put into word is a very feminine way of understanding relationships. What a wonderful quotation! It reminded me of a quotation by Emily Bronte because this same idea of inexplicability is present: "Whatever souls are made of, his and mine were the same".
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