“It is not time or opportunity that is to determine intimacy;—it is disposition alone. Seven years would be insufficient to make some people acquainted with each other, and seven days are more than enough for others.”
― Sense and Sensibility
― Sense and Sensibility
“Life's not about how hard of a hit you can give... it's about how many you can take, and still keep moving forward.”
― Rocky Balboa
― Rocky Balboa
“I fell in love with her when we were together, then fell deeper in love with her in the years we were apart.”
― Dear John
― Dear John
“Whipped cream isn't whipped cream at all if it hasnt been whipped with whips, just like poached eggs isn't poached eggs unless it's been stolen in the dead of the night.”
― Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
― Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
“Good morning starshine the earth says hello....”
― Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
― Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
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