Previously Thought

Quotes from books & movies that I find particularily interesting or reflective of society.
Henry: I kneel before you not as a prince, but as a man in love… But I would feel like a king if you, Danielle De Barbarac, would be my wife. 

Henry: I kneel before you not as a prince, but as a man in love… But I would feel like a king if you, Danielle De Barbarac, would be my wife. 

Danielle: A bird may love a fish, signore, but where will they live?
Leonardo da Vinci: Then I shall have to make you wings.

—Ever After, 1998

Henry: What do you know? You build flying machines and you walk on water, and yet you know *nothing* about life! Leonardo da Vinci: I know that a life without love is no life at all. - Ever After, 1998 

Henry: What do you know? You build flying machines and you walk on water, and yet you know *nothing* about life! 
Leonardo da Vinci: I know that a life without love is no life at all. 
- Ever After, 1998 

The truth is sometimes things aren’t exactly what you always imagined… they’re even better!

—Daphne Reynolds, What a Girl Wants (2003)

Ian: Why are trying so hard to fit in when you are born to stand out?     - What A Girl Wants (2003) 

Ian: Why are trying so hard to fit in when you are born to stand out?
     - What A Girl Wants (2003) 

Believe me, dear, there’ll be plenty of people rooting for you to fail.
That’s what makes it such fun!

—What A Girl Wants, 2003

“I never stopped loving you, Ronnie. And I never stopped thinking about you.”She smiled knowing he was telling the truth. “I love you too, Will Blakelee,” she wispered, leaning in to kiss him again.     - The Last Song, Nicholas Sparks

“I never stopped loving you, Ronnie. And I never stopped thinking about you.”
She smiled knowing he was telling the truth. 
“I love you too, Will Blakelee,” she wispered, leaning in to kiss him again.
     -
 The Last Song, Nicholas Sparks

Love is fragile. And we’re not always its best caretakers. We just muddle through and do the best we can. And hope this fragile thing survives against all odds.

—The Last Song (2010)

I’m just a writer, Emma. I don’t know what to do to show you how much I love you. I only have words. That’s all I have.

Alex Sheldon, Alex & Emma (2003)

Alex: I uh…
Emma: Well, I “uh” you too. 

Alex: I uh…

Emma: Well, I “uh” you too.