Love is a topic frequently tackled in the arts, with films often including love-related plot lines into their scripts so they can achieve an emotional connection with an audience. Even movies that are not considered romances often include a romantic relationship in the film since love is such a prevalent and powerful part of many people's daily lives. Many famous lines about love originated in the movies.
"Jerry Maguire"
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"You complete me."
"Jerry Maguire" is a 1996 film written and directed by Cameron Crowe that details the relationship between sports agent Jerry Maguire (Tom Cruise) and his assistant Dorothy Boyd (Renee Zellweger.) After a whirlwind romance between the two that starts after they both leave the sports management firm they work for, they get married but then face many difficulties and problems that threaten to break them up. After a brief separation, Jerry has an epiphany regarding how much he needs Dorothy in his life and finds her at her sister's house during a group therapy session. In front of the entire group, Jerry tells her and himself how much she means to him and then says the famous words "You complete me." This references back to earlier in the film when they witnessed a man sign those same words to his deaf girlfriend in a moment of romantic bliss.
"When Harry Met Sally"
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"I came here tonight because when you realize you want to spend the rest of your life with somebody, you want the rest of your life to start as soon as possible."
While "Jerry Maguire" tells the story of a romance and marriage over a brief period of time, "When Harry Met Sally" details a loving relationship that evolves after years of friendship. Billy Crystal and Meg Ryan play Harry and Sally respectively, a duo who meet in college and who couldn't be more different from each other. After a long drive from Chicago to New York with the two of them sharing a vehicle, they both irritate each other to the point where they plan on never seeing each other again. Circumstance brings them together over time and they become friends that see each other through their individual failures at romance. Harry realizes he is actually in love with Sally and says the line when trying to explain how important she is to him.
"City of Angels"
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"I would rather have had one breath of her hair, one kiss of her mouth, one touch of her hand, than eternity without it."
"City of Angels" addresses the concept of love lasting beyond the grave by telling the story of an angel named Seth (Nicholas Cage) who voluntarily becomes mortal so he can have a romantic relationship with a surgeon named Maggie (Meg Ryan.) The movie addresses the hurdles that people must overcome for the chance of being together and how cruelly those chances can be taken away. Maggie is mortally wounded in a biking accident and Seth is left alone on Earth, expressing to a friend that he would do it all again for the brief time he had shared with her.
"The Princess Bride"
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"Death cannot stop true love. All it can do is delay it for a while."
Love is often compared to a fairytale so it is fitting that fairytales exist that focus on love. "The Princess Bride" is a film based off the novel by William Goldman detailing a story told by a grandfather to his grandson. The story centers on a maiden named Buttercup and her trials and tribulations as she is kidnapped by pirates and then ultimately rescued by Westley, the love of her life who used to be a farmhand where she lived. She had believed him dead but then realized that he is her rescuer, his identity hidden under a mask. In that moment, he tells her death cannot keep them apart.
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