Tuesday, July 13, 2010

of stardust and love

There's this one movie that really surprised me and caught me off guard, cos I never thought I'd turn out liking it. It's based on a novel called Stardust by Neil Gaiman. Recently download the PDF format of it to get the book's version of the story, yet to start on it though.
I really like the story, very original, to my view.
Well there's a line from the movie from Claire Danes' character, Yvaine, that really made me feel mushy and all on the inside, here it is,

You know when I said I knew little about love? 
That wasn't true. I know a lot about love. 
I've seen it, centuries and centuries of it, and it was the only thing that made watching your world bearable. 
All those wars. Pain, lies, hate... 
It made me want to turn away and never look down again. 
But when I see the way that mankind loves... 
You could search to the furthest reaches of the universe and never find anything more beautiful. 
So yes, I know that love is unconditional. 
But I also know that it can be
unpredictable, 
unexpected,
uncontrollable, 
unbearable 
and strangely easy to mistake for loathing, and... 
What I'm trying to say, Tristan is... I think I love you. Is this love, Tristan? 
I never imagined I'd know it for myself. 
My heart... It feels like my chest can barely contain it. 
Like it's trying to escape because it doesn't belong to me any more. 
It belongs to you. 
And if you wanted it,
I'd wish for nothing in exchange - no gifts. No goods. No demonstrations of devotion.
Nothing but knowing you loved me too. 
Just your heart, in exchange for mine. 

*melts into a puddle of cheese.........*
ohhh...dear.... those words there really sealed it for me.
*Just your heart in exchange for mine. Sigh.........*

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