L.O.V.E. Part II

I love love.  Talking about it, writing about it, thinking about it.  This may come as a surprise to some, but if you know me at all, it won’t…I am a hopeless romantic.  No, not the kind that loves those “chick flicks” where boy gets girl in the end every time.  I love chick flicks, don’t get me wrong…but not that kind of romance.  Real life romance.  Most of you are laughing out loud as I type this, because few people believe in it.  I have many friends and family who say it doesn’t exist.  I think my Grandma Rosie used to say “marry for money, because sometimes the love runs out.”  I know she loved Grandpa Charles, but she also loved to be wined and dined.  She liked nice things…anyway, back to me being a hopeless romantic…I am, always have been.  I believe in love at first sight, the kind of true love that someone would wait for you no matter how long it takes kind of love…and I get a lot of crap for it…but whatever.  You have to believe in something. 

The following is a compilation of my top 20 favorite quotes about love, from some of my favorite movies.  Some may surprise you as they are not love stories themselves.  But I like surprising people and I like being surprised.  Feel free to add your own.  Obviously we are all different and LOVE means different things to us all. 

“The best love is the kind that awakens the soul and makes us reach for more, that plants a fire in our hearts and brings peace to our minds and that’s what you’ve given to me.”—THE NOTEBOOK

“I’m scared of walking out of this room and never feeling the rest of my whole life the way I feel when I’m with you.”—DIRTY DANCING

“You should be kissed, and often, and by someone who knows how.”—GONE WITH THE WIND

“I’ve kissed a guy…I’ve kissed guys.  I just haven’t felt that thing…that thing…that moment when you kiss someone and everything around you becomes hazy, and the only thing in focus is you and this person.  And you realize that that person is the only person you’re supposed to kiss for the rest of your life.  And for one moment you get this amazing gift.  And you wanna laugh and you wanna cry, cause you feel so lucky that you’ve found it and so scared that it’ll go away all at the same time.”—NEVER BEEN KISSED

“Hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever dies.”—SHAW SHANK REDEMPTION

‘I guarantee there’ll be tough times; I guarantee that at some point, one, or both of us is gonna wanna get out of this thing; But I also guarantee that if I don’t ask you to be mine, I’ll regret it for the rest of my life because I know in my heart, that you’re the only one for me.”—RUNAWAY BRIDE

“When you realize you want to spend the rest of your life with a person, you want the rest of your life to start as soon as possible.”—WHEN HARRY MET SALLY

“I would rather have three minutes of wonderful than a lifetime of nothing special.”—STEEL MAGNOLIAS

“You can’t help who you love, you’re not supposed to.”—SAVE THE LAST DANCE

“And remember, as it was written, to love another person is to see the face of God.”-LES MISERABLES

“Loss has been part of my journey, but it also taught me what was precious.”—MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE

“A woman’s heart is an ocean of secrets.”—TITANIC

“Love is a leap…I was never inspired to jump.”—KATE AND LEOPOLD

“The hardest thing is loving someone and having the courage to let them love you back.”—WEDDING DATE

“You know what's wrong with you, Miss Whoever-you-are? You're chicken, you've got no guts. You're afraid to stick out your chin and say, "Okay, life's a fact, people do fall in love, people do belong to each other, because that's the only chance anybody's got for real happiness." You call yourself a free spirit, a "wild thing," and you're terrified somebody's gonna stick you in a cage. Well baby, you're already in that cage. You built it yourself. And it's not bounded in the west by Tulip, Texas, or in the east by Somali-land. It's wherever you go.  Because no matter where you run, you just end up running into yourself.”—BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY’S

“Childhood is what you spend the rest of your life trying to overcome. That's what momma always says. She says that beginnings are scary, endings are usually sad, but it's the middle that counts the most. Try to remember that when you find yourself at a new beginning. Just give hope a chance to float up. And it will, too...”—HOPE FLOATS

“How can you see places like this... and have moments like this and not believe?   You're lucky to be so sure.   It's like the wind.  I can't... see it, but I feel it.”-A WALK TO REMEMBER

“A heart can be broken, but it will keep beating just the same.”—FRIED GREEN TOMATOES

“I love you. You... you complete me. And I just... Shut up, just shut up. You had me at "hello".” JERRY MAGUIRE

“Margaret, will you marry me? Because I'd like to date you.”—THE PROPOSAL

So there you have it.  I am sure I could list 20 more, but these are my faves.  I am not totally sure what prompted this blog, but here it is anyway…Don’t worry, I don’t get all sappy around Valentine’s Day because I think every day should be Valentines…and sadly, because in almost 40 years I have really only had one Valentine…and since we are ending on a happy note, I just won’t go there.