Some Like It Black

"Love is passion, obsession, someone you can't live without. If you don't start with that, what are you going to end up with? Fall head over heels. I say find someone you can love like crazy and who'll love you the same way back.

And how do you find him? Forget your head and listen to your heart. I'm not hearing any heart. Run the risk, if you get hurt, you'll come back. Because, the truth is there is no sense living your life without this. To make the journey and not fall deeply in love - well, you haven't lived a life at all. You have to try. Because if you haven't tried, you haven't lived".

~ William Parrish from the movie, Meet Joe Black (1998)

My husband thinks he looks like Brad Pitt in Meet Joe Black. Haha. Wait a minute.. Brad Pitt?! Ooooh... Lucky me!! =P

Titanic

They played Titanic on TV for the past two nights. The whole resurrection of the 'unsinkable ship' on its maiden voyage. Movie magic marvels me at times. Watching it again after so long. But this time around the whole experience was markedly different.

At 17 when I watched it at the movies, I just marvelled in awe at the sheer magnificence of the ship. At the distinct segregation of classes. And the tragedy that befell them all. The love affair between Rose and Jack was merely a sideline.

Yet last night, it was that very romance that tugged at my heart.

The parting look on the lovers' faces. So much love. So much tenderness. The sacrifices. The stupidity. All in the name of love. I finally understood how they must have felt that fateful night. The sheer terror of losing the love of your life.

Funny how your life experiences transform you. This was no longer a young girl reliving the tragedy of that fateful ship. But a young woman in awe of the wonders of true love.