citrus

On Faith:

"senora, - between austria and italy there is a section of the alps; it is an impossibly steep, very high part of the mountains. they built a train track over these alps to connect vienna and venice. they built these tracks even before there was a train in existence that could make the trip - they built it because they knew some day the train would come.
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what is it about love that makes us so stupid?
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why didn't you make him wait?!
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in italian, the literal translation of "to give birth" is "to bring to the light."
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ya know, in la dolce vita, he goes in and gets her - Mastroianni, he goes in and fishes her out.
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no matter what happens, always keep your childish innocence.
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happy is about lots of things.
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~'won't you give your blessing? what if this is it, the real thing, a love that lasts forever?'
*'what you describe is only in fairy tales.'
~'no it's not!'
*'and how do you know, from personal experience?'
~'no. i looked for it and didn't find it. but that doesn't mean it doesn't exist.'
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='i think you got your wish'
~'you're right ... i got everything i asked for.' "

(from under a tuscan sun)