Defining Love

[wicked woman]

Originally posted by DLL
yes helen hunt she played carol..they I guess you could say defined love in their own way..I loved that movie

Agreed...I always liked that line as a way of expressing his love for her.

 

[DLL]

Originally posted by wicked woman
Agreed...I always liked that line as a way of expressing his love for her.

I might be the only person on the face of the earth that knows you're the greatest woman on earth. I might be the only one who appreciates how amazing you are in every single thing that you do, and how you are with Spencer, "Spence," and in every single thought that you have, and how you say what you mean, and how you almost always mean something that's all about being straight and good. I think most people miss that about you, and I watch them, wondering how they can watch you bring their food, and clear their tables and never get that they just met the greatest woman alive. And the fact that I get it makes me feel good, about me.


thats what he said to her...
than he said ...you make me want to be a better man..great movie....maybe i will watch that later

 

[wicked woman]

Originally posted by DLL
I might be the only person on the face of the earth that knows you're the greatest woman on earth. I might be the only one who appreciates how amazing you are in every single thing that you do, and how you are with Spencer, "Spence," and in every single thought that you have, and how you say what you mean, and how you almost always mean something that's all about being straight and good. I think most people miss that about you, and I watch them, wondering how they can watch you bring their food, and clear their tables and never get that they just met the greatest woman alive. And the fact that I get it makes me feel good, about me.


thats what he said to her...
than he said ...you make me want to be a better man..great movie....maybe i will watch that later

Reminds me of what I shared with a friend recently....it really is the little things.

Thanks DLL

 

[DLL]

Originally posted by wicked woman
Reminds me of what I shared with a friend recently....it really is the little things.

Thanks DLL

i posted a poem in here somewhere about the little things..I am one that certainy appreciates the little things the most...xoxoxoxo

 

[midwestyankee]

Oooh baby, was that good for you too?

What can I say, baby? The erath moved!

 

[Ammo44]

What can I say, baby? The erath moved!

Hopefully the earth too.....?

 

[wicked woman]

Originally posted by midwestyankee
What can I say, baby? The erath moved!

gotta love typos and what they represent

 

[sheath]

I might be the only person on the face of the earth that knows you're the greatest woman on earth. I might be the only one who appreciates how amazing you are in every single thing that you do, and how you are with Spencer, "Spence," and in every single thought that you have, and how you say what you mean, and how you almost always mean something that's all about being straight and good. I think most people miss that about you, and I watch them, wondering how they can watch you bring their food, and clear their tables and never get that they just met the greatest woman alive. And the fact that I get it makes me feel good, about me.

*sigh*

That part gets me misty every single time...

S.

 

[JennyOmanHill]

My favorite line from that film as well!

Melvin says ," you make me want to be a better man." from as good as it gets.....

I can't believe I didn't care much for the film the first time I saw it; I believe it had something to do with all the "hype" the actors were getting at the time.

Now, I cannot pass that film each time it's on TBS (a lot!!), and it gets me each and every time! (I also thought Greg Kinnear was fantastic!)

 

[GiveawayGirl]

Hopefully the earth too.....?

LOL...read back Ammo, it was a joke.

 

[MercyMia]

Hi mwy and other posters...

I've sort of followed this thread because it made me ponder on the whole concept of love. It's too broad and diverse to sum up neatly, but I recently read this definition of a married kind of love which I thought was pretty good. It's from the novel, Blue River, by Ethan Canin.

The narrator, Ed, whose father left his mother in a Rambler before Ed was even born, is meditating on married love as he tries to protect his wife and son from the influence of a wayward brother:

When I asked Elizabeth to marry me, I knew only with this intuition that I was right. When I thought about the prospect of all those years together, my reason urged me to restraint, but I knew by then which force I was to trust. Perhaps I was afraid myself of leaving in a Rambler. But so far our marriage has been a lucky choice, and an ease has grown between us that is to me the world's rarest blessing. This ease, in fact, is exactly what I think love is--not an excited burden, as it often made to be, but the rarest quiet, this calm in which the restless heart can at last lie down and sleep.

And that's deep love, at least to me (Mia) as opposed to romantic infatuation.

 

[wicked woman]

Originally posted by MercyMia
Hi mwy and other posters...

I've sort of followed this thread because it made me ponder on the whole concept of love. It's too broad and diverse to sum up neatly, but I recently read this definition of a married kind of love which I thought was pretty good. It's from the novel, Blue River, by Ethan Canin.

The narrator, Ed, whose father left his mother in a Rambler before Ed was even born, is meditating on married love as he tries to protect his wife and son from the influence of a wayward brother:

When I asked Elizabeth to marry me, I knew only with this intuition that I was right. When I thought about the prospect of all those years together, my reason urged me to restraint, but I knew by then which force I was to trust. Perhaps I was afraid myself of leaving in a Rambler. But so far our marriage has been a lucky choice, and an ease has grown between us that is to me the world's rarest blessing. This ease, in fact, is exactly what I think love is--not an excited burden, as it often made to be, but the rarest quiet, this calm in which the restless heart can at last lie down and sleep.

And that's deep love, at least to me (Mia) as opposed to romantic infatuation.

oh Mia I like that...that calm and comfort...quiet...but not boring complacency...

 

[GiveawayGirl]

oh Mia I like that...that calm and comfort...quiet...but not boring complacency...

Contentment.....pure and easy

 

[wicked woman]

Originally posted by GiveawayGirl
Contentment.....pure and easy

yes yes that's the better word

*gotta get me some of that*

 

[midwestyankee]

Contentment.....pure and easy

So rare is this contentment that people endure unimaginable storms to find it.

And some find it but see that it is on a shelf so high...

And some find it and grow to reach that shelf.

 

[wicked woman]

Originally posted by midwestyankee
So rare is this contentment that people endure unimaginable storms to find it.

And some find it but see that it is on a shelf so high...

And some find it and grow to reach that shelf.

mmmm there's our Yank again...

 

[midwestyankee]

mmmm there's our Yank again...

Yes indeed.

Reaching for that high shelf as we speak.

 

[wicked woman]

Originally posted by midwestyankee
Yes indeed.

Reaching for that high shelf as we speak.

And with you internal stature you'll have no problem reaching it, I'm sure....but was referring to Yank the wordsmith.

 

[midwestyankee]

And with your internal stature you'll have no problem reaching it, I'm sure....but was referring to Yank the wordsmith.

Ah. Yes, I let him out to play a bit but it's soon going to be time to rein him back in as there is yard work to be done.

 

[wicked woman]

Originally posted by midwestyankee
Ah. Yes, I let him out to play a bit but it's soon going to be time to rein him back in as there is yard work to be done.

ah and I need to take my 'love' *so this isn't a hijack* of art and visit the Art Gallery of Ontario to feed my soul...soak in some of the world's beauty...


Have a great day Yank...

 

[midwestyankee]

ah and I need to take my 'love' *so this isn't a hijack* of art and visit the Art Gallery of Ontario to feed my soul...soak in some of the world's beauty...


Have a great day Yank...

Thanks. My guess is that your time in the Art Gallery was definitely superior to my afternoon of yard work. Trust me when I say it was not anything like gazing at one of Monet's haystacks.

 

[wicked woman]

Originally posted by midwestyankee
Thanks. My guess is that your time in the Art Gallery was definitely superior to my afternoon of yard work. Trust me when I say it was not anything like gazing at one of Monet's haystacks.

Definitely....can you read minds?? It was a Turner Whistler Monet exhibit of some of their works of the Thames in London, the Seine in Paris, and Venice...


ok off I go to WFMS

 

[midwestyankee]

Definitely....can you read minds?? It was a Turner Whistler Monet exhibit of some of their works of the Thames in London, the Seine in Paris, and Venice...


ok off I go to WFMS

I can see how all three would go together beautifully. As I recall, Whistler was greatly influenced by Turner. In fact, much of what he did was much more impressionistic and colorful than the study in gray and white that is commonly known as Whistler's Mother. I'm sure you enjoyed the show quite a bit.

 

[wicked woman]

Originally posted by midwestyankee
I can see how all three would go together beautifully. As I recall, Whistler was greatly influenced by Turner. In fact, much of what he did was much more impressionistic and colorful than the study in gray and white that is commonly known as Whistler's Mother. I'm sure you enjoyed the show quite a bit.

That was exactly the point Yank...how Whistler in particular and even Monet often painted the same scenes as Turner but how over time their works became more impressionistic. How they all loved the play of light on water in particular. You're right about the colour too.

Monet's Sunset on the Seine

 

[midwestyankee]

That was exactly the point Yank...how Whistler in particular and even Monet often painted the same scenes as Turner but how over time their works became more impressionistic. How they all loved the play of light on water in particular. You're right about the colour too.

Monet's Sunset on the Seine

I love it! Thanks.