As good as it gets...

"I love that you get cold when it is 71 degrees out. I love that it takes you an hour and a half to order a sandwich. I love that you get a little crinkle in your nose when you're looking at me like I'm nuts. I love that after I spend day with you, I can still smell your perfume on my clothes. And I love that you are the last person I want to talk to before I go to sleep at night. And it's not because I'm lonely, and it's not because it's New Year's Eve. I came here tonight because when you realize you want to spend the rest of your life with somebody, you want the rest of your life to start as soon as possible."

When Harry met Sally



Melvin: I'm feeling... I've been feeling better.

Carol: Melvin, even though it may seem that way now -- you don't know me all that well...I'm not the answer for you.

Melvin: Hey, I've got a great compliment for you.

Carol: You know what? I...

Melvin: Just let me talk. I'm the only one on the face of the earth who realizes that you're the greatest woman on earth. I'm the only one who appreciates how amazing you are in every single thing you do -- in every single thought you have... in how you are with Spencer -- Spence..... in how you say what you mean and how you almost always mean something that's all about being straight and good...

I think most people miss that about you and I watch wondering how they can watch you bring them food and clear their dishes and never get that they have just met the greatest woman alive... And the fact that I get it makes me feel great... about me! You got a real good reason to walk out on that?

Carol: No! It's certainly not. No -- I don't think so. No.

As good as it gets




Katharine(whispering): Why did you hate me?

Almasy: What?

Katharine: Don't you know you drove everybody mad?

Almasy: Don't talk.

Katharine (gasping): You speak so many bloody languages and you never want to talk.

They stagger on. He suddenly notices a stain of gold at her neck. It's saffron, leaking from a silver thimble which hangs from a black ribbon.

Almasy (overwhelmed): You're wearing the thimble.

Katharine: Of course. You idiot. I always wear it. I've always worn it. I've always loved you.


The English Patient

P.S. The picture above is the view from the monastry where The English Patient was filmed (Pienza, Toscana, Italy)

And so it is
Just like you said it would be
Life goes easy on me
Most of the time
And so it is
The shorter story
No love, no glory
No hero in her sky
I can't take my eyes off of you
I can't take my eyes off you
I can't take my eyes...

And so it is
Just like you said it should be
We'll both forget the breeze
Most of the time
And so it is
The colder water
The blower's daughter
The pupil in denial
I can't take my eyes off of you
I can't take my eyes off you
I can't take my eyes...

Did I say that I loathe you?
Did I say that I want to
Leave it all behind?
I can't take my mind off of you
I can't take my mind off you
I can't take my mind off you
My mind...my mind...'Til I find somebody new

(Damien Rice and Lisa Hannigan)