2011
A land baron tries to reconnect with his two daughters after his wife is seriously injured in a boating accident.
115 min
CLEAR ALL
Do not waste time bothering whether you ‘love’ your neighbor; act as if you did. As soon as we do this we find one of the great secrets. When you are behaving as if you loved someone, you will presently come to love him.
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Everyone thinks forgiveness is a lovely idea until he has something to forgive.
If you love deeply, you’re going to get hurt badly. But it’s still worth it.
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Love is not affectionate feeling, but a steady wish for the loved person’s ultimate good as far as it can be obtained.
Affection is responsible for nine-tenths of whatever solid and durable happiness there is in our natural lives.
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This is one of the miracles of love: It gives a power of seeing through its own enchantments and yet not being disenchanted.
'Knock and it shall be opened.’ But does knocking mean hammering and kicking the door like a maniac?
Love may forgive all infirmities and love still in spite of them: but Love cannot cease to will their removal.
It may be hard for an egg to turn into a bird: it would be a jolly sight harder for a bird to learn to fly while remaining an egg. We are like eggs at present. And you cannot go on indefinitely being just an ordinary, decent egg. We must be hatched or go bad.
The death of a beloved is an amputation.