Quotes
(Movies)
The Painted Veil
"Do you absolutely despise me?"
"No. I despise myself."
"Why?"
"For allowing myself to love you once."
It was silly of us to look for qualities in each other that we never
had.
We humans are more complex than your silly microbes.
We're unpredictable. We make mistakes and we disappoint.
Sister Maryse died last night...
But it is sinful for me to grieve when I know that her good and simple
soul has flow straight to Heaven.
I fell in love when I was 17... with God.
A foolish girl with romantic notions about the life of a religious.
But my love was passionate.
Over the years my feelings have changed. He's disappointed me.
Ignored me.
We've settled into a relationship of peaceful indifference. The old
husband and wife who sit side by side on the sofa... but rarely
speak.
He knows I will never leave Him.
This is my duty.
But when love and duty are one... then grace is within you.
None of us are in China
without a reason.
