Posted December 5, 2009 at 1:11pm
A person who doubts himself is like a man who would enlist in the ranks of his enemies and bear arms against himself. He makes his failure certain by himself being the first person to be convinced of it.
— Alexandre Dumas
And that is the very thing that alarms me,” returned Dantes. “Man does not appear to me to be intended to enjoy felicity so unmixed; happiness is like the enchanted palaces we read of in our childhood, where fierce, fiery dragons defend the entrance and approach; and monsters of all shapes and kinds, requiring to be overcome ere victory is ours. I own that I am lost in wonder to find myself promoted to an honor of which I feel myself unworthy - that of being the husband of Mercedes.
— Alexandre Dumas, The Count of Monte Cristo
The “Married Life” montage from Up. I dare you to find a more affecting sequence in any film from this year.
;___; God I cannot watch this again.
Perfection. Ah, there are so many little details you notice after seeing it again.. My heart was a mess after seeing this, though…
