--- title: "Meaning & Key Takeaway of: It might have felt easier if she'd been…" description: "\"“It might have felt easier if she'd been able to say that she moved across the room to him in a trance, as if he were a vampire exerting some kind of m..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c68/christine-warren-16857_mind-control_it-might-have-felt-easier-if-she-d-been_650655.jpg" --- # It might have felt easier if she'd been able to say that… ![“It might have felt easier if she'd been able to say that she moved across the room to him in a trance, as if he were a vampire exerting some kind of mind control. That would have been a cop-out, though. Not to mention a lie. She was exquisitely aware of every movement she made as she uncurled her…” quote by Christine Warren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c68/christine-warren-16857_mind-control_it-might-have-felt-easier-if-she-d-been_650655.jpg) [Download](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c68/christine-warren-16857_mind-control_it-might-have-felt-easier-if-she-d-been_650655.jpg) [Open image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c68/christine-warren-16857_mind-control_it-might-have-felt-easier-if-she-d-been_650655.jpg) > ““It might have felt easier if she'd been able to say that she moved across the room to him in a trance, as if he were a vampire exerting some kind of mind control. That would have been a cop-out, though. Not to mention a lie. She was exquisitely aware of every movement she made as she uncurled her legs, rose from her chair and walked slowly and carefully around the end of the coffee table towards him. She felt the wide hem of her yoga pants sway around her ankles, felt the nap of the blue-and-green area rug and then the cool smoothness of the wooden floorboards beneath her feet. She felt the way the thick sofa cushions gave beneath her as she sat beside him and the pull of gravity when his heavier weight made a deeper depression that her body rolled naturally into...And then she felt everything.”” [Christine Warren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christine-warren/) ## About This Quote This interpretation was drafted with AI assistance. It is one reading of the quote, not the author's own explanation. The passage describes a character’s heightened bodily awareness and emotional intensity as she approaches someone, rejecting a simplistic explanation for her feelings. **In simple terms:** She feels every detail and emotion while moving toward someone. Key Takeaway Notice and honor the depth of your sensations. 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