Atonement (2007) dir. Joe Wright // Lonely by Natalie Wee // “Holding hands” by Daniel Arsham, 2015 // Taking the Hands by Robert Bly // Pride and Prejudice (2005) dir. Joe Wright // Your Hands by Florence Ripley Mastin // Anna Karenina (2012) dir. Joe Wright // No Children by The Mountain Goats // Emma (2020) dir. Autumn de Wilde
(((Don't worry about Bozer. In a couple minutes Mac will move around to the back and the cycle will continue until they're all limp noodles of sleepy happiness.)))
You must know… surely, you must know it was all for you. You are too generous to trifle with me. I believe you spoke with my aunt last night, and it has taught me to hope as I’d scarcely allowed myself before. If your feelings are still what they were last April, tell me so at once. My affections and wishes have not changed, but one word from you will silence me forever. If, however, your feelings have changed, I will have to tell you: you have bewitched me, body and soul, and I love–I love–I love you. I never wish to be parted from you from this day on.
“They were friends for years without wanting more,” is a terrible argument about why a ship dynamic doesn’t work.
Falling in love with your long-time friend is pretty much the same concept as falling out of love with someone you’ve been married to for a decade. It happens all the time.
People change. People grow.
Time does not decide whether you love someone or not. It’s not really a factor at all.