love, responsibility?

Ashleigh 2022-03-06 08:02:06

Every frame brought my mind back to England. He was 25 when he met her, she died at 27, so she appeared in his world at the age of 20. This companionship is 45 years. In the past 45 years, he has never erased the look of her, who was forever fixed in his heart at the age of 27.
In order to take another look at her, the old man, who is out of breath even walking, can climb up to the attic in the middle of the night to find her old photos. Usually, even walking the dog is troublesome in the morning, but he can take the bus to downtown to ask how to get to Switzerland. He also confidently answered the silly question of the lady who accompanied him for half his life: if she hadn't died, would you marry her. When he said "yes", 45 years of company seemed to go out like a bedside lamp.
The speech is hypocritical, and every stammering pause hides the myriad lies and guilt inside. And those present will never know that the resistance surging in the heart of the heroine who is sitting on pins and needles seems to have broken through the last false line of defense.
Besides, she was pregnant with his child. He is also in his twilight years doing unexpected things just because of a little bit of news about her.
This is love, something that outsiders can see and feel, something that cannot be thought rationally in the world. Unfortunately, it took 45 years for the heroine to realize that she has always been an outsider.
Men really know how to break a woman's heart.

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45 Years quotes

  • Kate Mercer: You used to love your birdwatching.

    Geoff Mercer: I did, yes.

    Kate Mercer: It's funny how you forget the things in life that make you happy.

  • Geoff Mercer: Lena, this is wonderful. Thank you.

    Lena: Not bad for an old fascist, huh?