Excerpts from a few memorable lines

Emmitt 2022-04-22 07:01:31

Dinner with an old lover: It's all becoming so bland... It's like a complete breakdown of culture and manners. Closing
monologue: A few times in my life I've had moments of absolute clarity. When for a few brief seconds, the silence drowns out the noise, and I can feel rather than think. Things seem so sharp, and the world seems so fresh. It's as if order has come into existence. I can never make these moments last. I cling to them, but like everything they fade. I've lived my life on these moments: they pull me back to the present. And I realize that everything is exactly the way it was meant to be.

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Extended Reading
  • Milo 2022-04-24 07:01:09

    A new relationship can bring hope back from despair

  • Trent 2022-04-24 07:01:09

    It's not so much a solo show by Colin Firth as it's a solo show by Tom Ford. The film is really good, but the director's style is too strong. The director's style as the editor-in-chief of a fashion magazine is everywhere. The makeup, costumes, sets, pictures, etc. are all too perfect, which will cause a certain sense of alienation to the audience. Overall it's not as good as "The Hours", but it's a good work. Four stars.

A Single Man quotes

  • George: [last lines; voiceover] A few times in my life I've had moments of absolute clarity, when for a few brief seconds the silence drowns out the noise and I can feel rather than think, and things seem so sharp. And the world seems so fresh as though it had all just come into existence. I can never make these moments last. I cling to them, but like everything, they fade. I have lived my life on these moments. They pull me back to the present, and I realize that everything is exactly the way it was meant to be.

  • Carlos: No one has ever picked me up and not wanted something.

    George: I think you picked me up.