"She had a fondness for Gardenias." Source?

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<p>Since we have moved to critiques ;), I don’t like the “creamy velvet-like”. I don’t think it’s necessary and it detracts from the remainder. So, I’m looking for a reason that it’s there. </p>

<p>I like the simplicity of what remains. The use of “all over her house” points to a everyday person as the speaker, narrator, voice-over character. (But maybe one with pretensions.) I like the alliteration of “jelly jars” and the common-ness and sturdiness and imposed frugality that “jelly jars and old china pots” conveys. Maybe juxtaposed with the overly flowery language that doesn’t seem to fit? I’d have to hear more but I think it might be important. </p>

<p>I like the common sentiment expressed by the character described. Sweet. Facile. </p>

<p>But I guess what I like most is I can see my Great-Aunt Dee who I believe to be a contemporary of the character described. I can see her actions and hear her words . She would be 106 if she was living. She lived her whole life within 10 miles of where she was born in Warwick, Georgia. That’s why I date and place this piece as I do. ;)</p>

<p>Which all means it was written by a teenager from New York last year.;)</p>

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<p>I see gardenias there (in the Obit) , so we may be on the right track but …not yet.</p>

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<p>With “Big Fish” we are getting very close to what I would have thought. Gee, I loved that movie.</p>

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<p>I swear I have heard that line in a southern accent. I can hear it. AARRGGHHH</p>

<p>Loved it too. Never would have watched it if my daughter didn’t tie me down and I’m so glad she did.</p>

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<p>I swear I have heard that line in a southern accent. I can hear it. AARRGGHHH</p>

<p>Welcome to my earworm.;)</p>

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<p>Mallomar Cookie: I found it on the cover of a greeting card (blank inside) at Barnes and Noble.</p>

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<p>Adad, “for true?”</p>

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<p>Driving Miss Daisy?</p>

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<p>Curmudgeon: Yes, true. (no attribution therein)</p>

<p>But, given that two different people have it on their personal sites, it thought it likely that there would be some source beyond the greeting card itself.</p>

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<p>Why? If Barnes & Noble is selling the card, might it not be likely that two people might have noticed it? Or that each of them had a friend give it to her because the friend knew she would like it, and she did?</p>

<p>Anyway, there has to be some kind of copyright notice on the back of the card, and if the quote is lifted from something else copyrighted that should be indicated, too. Otherwise, it may be some anonymous card writer. (I’ve suggested my daughter explore doing this to pick up money. That’s how Sandy Boynton got started – she couldn’t find a summer job, so she tried drawing greeting cards.)</p>

<p>This also explains why it strikes some of us as over-sentimental and others as just-right sentimental. I’m sure they have some slightly more acerbic cards to capture my dollars.</p>

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<p>Without attribution brings up incompatible thoughts of “license” and “copyrights”. I’m getting further away from finding it, lol. (Crossposted with JHS.)</p>

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<p>Well, then, I am very sorry about being insufficiently careful and aware in the making of assumptions, and about not reporting them in the original post.</p>

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<p>If it was written before 1923, the copyright would have expired.</p>

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<p>O.T.</p>

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OMG, what a beautiful movie. DD and I sobbed so much, DH had to lead us out the back exit of the theater when the movie was over. We were still sobbing when we got to the car. When we arrived home, I threw myself on the bed and cried some more.</p>

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<p>Driving Mr.Gardenia (Crazy)?</p>

<p>OK,…to atone, I will guess The J. Peterman Catalogue</p>

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<p>It sounds like a Jane Austen novel to me, but I have been searching and can’t find it.</p>

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<p>Oh, please. Jane Austen characters didn’t put flowers in jelly jars any more than Virginia Woolf characters did. And gardenias . . . not out of the question, but awfully exotic for “daily cuttings” in early 19th Century England.</p>

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<p>I couldn’t find it either, but it prompted me to look at the last book I bought my father before he passed away last summer. It’s the “Wild Braid: A Poet Reflects on a Century in the Garden” by Stanley Kunitz. His poem “The Layers” was Dad’s favorite. </p>

<p>I have walked through many lives
Some of them my own
And I am not who I was…</p>

<p>The gardenias passage is intriguing. Are there any professors here with anti-plagiarism software that might ferret it out?</p>

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<p>Could it be from the movie Amelie? Just a guess, based on some second rate sleuthing, but ithe movie did have a narrator. And its being a translation from a foreign language could explain the ineptitude of some of the prose.</p>

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<p>“Amelie”…hmmm, this was listed as Melissa’s favorite movies (the myspace google hit)</p>

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<p>Just ask one of the 2 people who have blogs mentioning the quote. It’s easy to do that. Join Myspace or whatever group they belong to, and that will allow you to post a message. That’s not stalking or creepy. That’s the way that people respond to blogs. </p>

<p>After you do find out, please telll us where the quote came from. I’m dying to know, but aren’t so motivated as to post on a blog to learn the info.</p>