12-22-2011, 05:10 AM
Yes, I'd tend to go with
with her "lips like a freshly cut fig"
or
with those "lips like a freshly cut fig"
just to set the quote slightly apart from your own words. Anyone who's familiar with the text will know that reference, but I think it's safe to assume that plenty of people won't recognise it.
I'd never consider any need for a vagina allusion -- lips are plenty sexy enough, but perhaps your professor was a little over-Freudian
. I've always just thought, like you, that it's the perfect image with the added connotations of sweetness and juice.
with her "lips like a freshly cut fig"
or
with those "lips like a freshly cut fig"
just to set the quote slightly apart from your own words. Anyone who's familiar with the text will know that reference, but I think it's safe to assume that plenty of people won't recognise it.
I'd never consider any need for a vagina allusion -- lips are plenty sexy enough, but perhaps your professor was a little over-Freudian
. I've always just thought, like you, that it's the perfect image with the added connotations of sweetness and juice.
It could be worse