bit by bit

Carli 2022-04-23 07:01:27

Time is used to wander, the
body is used to love,
life is used to forget, the
soul is used to sing. The
ancient gypsies said the above words.

There's not much to say about the movie. Because the film has been recognized by the world.
On the train coming back from Beijing, I accidentally saw that passage.
It took 6 hours to think.
Think of this movie. It seems to fit somewhat. Some tacit understanding.

War, love, death, country. Layers.
Time, body, life, soul. On and off.

Read it again. More moved. More understanding.

"I know you will come and carry me out in the panist of winds ,that's all I wanted ,to walk in such a place with you,with friends,and us without maps..." The
heroine waits for her lover to save her The words were spoken at the same time as death.
Read it again, a little more helpless.

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The English Patient quotes

  • Almásy: There is no God... but I hope someone looks after you.

    Madox: Just in case you're interested, it's called the suprasternal notch. Come and visit us in Dorset when all this nonsense is over.

    [Heads away but turns back]

    Madox: You'll never come to Dorset.

  • Almásy: What do you love?

    Katharine Clifton: What do I love?

    Almásy: Say everything.

    Katharine Clifton: Hm, let's see... Water. Fish in it. And hedgehogs; I love hedgehogs.

    Almásy: And what else?

    Katharine Clifton: Marmite - I'm addicted. And baths. But not with other people. Islands. Your handwriting. I could go on all day.

    Almásy: Go on all day.

    Katharine Clifton: My husband.

    Almásy: What do you hate most?

    Katharine Clifton: A lie. What do you hate most?

    Almásy: Ownership. Being owned. When you leave, you should forget me.

    [she adopts a look of disgust, pushes him gently away to get out of the tub, picks up her tattered dress and leaves]