Breathed Quote by Annie Proulx
“He pressed his face into the fabric and breathed in slowly through his mouth and nose, hoping for the faintest smoke and mountain sage and salty sweet stink of Jack but there was no real scent, only the memory of it, the imagined power of Brokeback Mountain of which nothing was left but what he held in his hands.”
About This Quote
Source Novel: "Brokeback Mountain" by Annie Proulx, 1997
He seeks sensory memory of a place, but only the imagined essence remains.
In simple terms: Memory of a place fades to imagination.
Key Takeaway
Embrace present sensations.
Themes
memory
longing
imagination
Mood
reflective
melancholic
Type
literary
philosophical
When to use this quote
- travel
- creative writing
- mindfulness
- grief processing
Key Concepts
nostalgia
sensory perception
Questions to Reflect On
- What scents anchor your memories?
- How do you differentiate memory from imagination?
A Different Perspective
Imagined memories may replace real experience.
![“I'm one of those gay people who's constantly reminded of how fortunate I am to live now and not to be Ennis and Jack [from Brokeback Mountain] or whatever - not that I'd mind being Ennis for half an hour. But it's been so much worse recently. It still is terrible. In Iran, they're hanging gay…” quote by Dan Savage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/31f/dan-savage-2880_addict_i-m-one-of-those-gay-people-who-s-consta_100210.jpg)
![“When I was 19, I thought [Brokeback Mountain] was going to be the best movie ever made. And everyone was going to see it and it was just going to be incredible. And then nobody saw it and it didn't get bought at Sundance. And it was a really great experience. Humbling. And then it's since found…” quote by Jake Gyllenhaal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/9ca/jake-gyllenhaal-2014_being-the-best_when-i-was-19-i-thought-brokeback-mounta_1038963.jpg)
![“I always say about that movie [ Brokeback mountain], which I think maybe over time is more understood, is that this is about two people desperately looking for love. To be loved. And who were probably capable of it. And they just found it with someone of the same sex.that does not dismiss the fact…” quote by Jake Gyllenhaal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/f91/jake-gyllenhaal-2014_brokeback-mountain_i-always-say-about-that-movie-brokeback_871678.jpg)
