About the Blog Title
Les Fleurs d’un Livre. Flowers from a Book.
While such a name kindles the imaginations of the senses, it was through the weakness of one that this name was acquired.
In Scent of a Woman, the blind Al Pacino uttered “fleurs d’un –” and translated it as “flowers from a –”, which the polybibliogamist’s ears instantly conceived as “flowers from a book”. For the love of flowers and books, I immediately fancied that metaphorical flowers from a book implied the profound fragrance of wisdom and knowledge - the scent of a real woman.
I carried this phrase with me from the early 90’s to the dawn of blogging in 2005 where no other blog name would do. Then last year, I read the movie script and to my stupefaction it said, “Flowers from a brook”!
I misheard, but I’m keeping the name.
Let wisdom and knowledge, these two things I strive for, remain
the scent of a real woman.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
.
.
Philip said,
June 26, 2009 at 5:08 pm
Interesting take on an unforgettable dance sequence…. sigh! ;)
Miracle ♪♫ said,
June 26, 2009 at 5:21 pm
=)
I remember being too young to understand everything about this movie when I first watched it, but I loved it. The dance scene and the final speech are precious:
As I came in here, I heard those words, “cradle of leadership.” Well, when the bow breaks, the cradle will fall. And it has fallen here; it has fallen. Makers of men; creators of leaders; be careful what kind of leaders you’re producin’ here. I don’t know if Charlie’s silence here today is right or wrong. I’m not a judge or jury. But I can tell you this: he won’t sell anybody out to buy his future! And that, my friends, is called integrity! That’s called courage! Now that’s the stuff leaders should be made of. Now I have come to the crossroads in my life. I always knew what the right path was. Without exception, I knew. But I never took it. You know why? It was too damn hard. Now here’s Charlie. He’s come to the crossroads. He has chosen a path. It’s the right path. It’s a path made of principle — that leads to character. Let him continue on his journey.
mika said,
June 26, 2009 at 8:08 pm
aaaaahhhh, i didn’t know your blog title had such a quirky history! :)
Miracle ♪♫ said,
June 27, 2009 at 5:39 am
Hehehe I’m wondering what’s behind the myriad of F’s in yours. =D
Louella Alix said,
June 27, 2009 at 3:16 pm
You are so right to to choose to write “flowers in a book”. I wonder why I didn’t get that detail from the movie - maybe I was so engrossed with the tango! ha ha ha or I can pass that off as part of the memory challenged life of a 60 year old.
You must love what you’re doing, selling books and handling books all the time. I wallow in my book filled life too.
Miracle ♪♫ said,
June 27, 2009 at 4:08 pm
Thank you, Ma’am. Al Pacino said the phrase after being introduced to Charlie’s teacher and he recognized her perfume. It’s one of the last scenes. =)
It’s always a pleasure to meet fellow book-lovers… and yes, I am very grateful for this life. =)
mika said,
June 29, 2009 at 4:42 pm
oh, the Fs…. haha! when he saw those, my dad actually thought some virus had hit our computer. i kind of forgot why i have those Fs. it had something to do with the letter E and some crazy comments on a teacher’s multiply post. wait, hanapin ko, i’ll see if she posted it for everyone, haha
mika said,
June 29, 2009 at 4:48 pm
hmm, never mind, i can’t seem to find it. but i’ll tell you, it was a WEIRD thread. people were laughing just because of the letter E! haha
Miracle ♪♫ said,
June 30, 2009 at 6:38 pm
Hahaha… I can imagine. =)
…and here I was thinking it had something to do with fortississimos!