Sunday, 6 March 2011

haven

Holly Golightly: I don't want to own anything until I find a place where me and things go together. I'm not sure where that is but I know what it is like. It's like Tiffany's.

Paul Varjak: Tiffany's? You mean the jewelry store.

Holly Golightly: That's right. I'm just CRAZY about Tiffany's!





Is Holly Golightly a selfish, frivolous, materialistic high-class escort? Maybe. Is she impossibly beautiful, slim and glamorous? Yes. But when she comes out with words like the quote above, I can't help but relate to her. That's how I felt today as I stepped out of the windy streets and into the warmth of Selfridges. My yellow paper bag may have contained Topshop, but with its magic powers I could have asked to try on a million pound diamond necklace if I wanted to.

2 comments:

  1. It's the scene with the cat in which she loses me. After she lets the cat out of the cab I can never like her again. I know she is impossibly damaged and yet I find her flat and unsympathetic( I am in the minority on this one). And I find the movie to be terribly depressing. That said, that is a brilliant piece of writing. That Truman could write a little.;-)
    Love that you have your own version of Tiffany's.
    Miss you and your lovely posts!xo

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  2. Bergdorfs is my Tiffany :-)

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