[ID: Four gifs from the Studio Ghibli film Howl’s Moving Castle. Gif 1: a snowy mountain sits behind a green hillside. Gif 2: Turnip Head stands in front of a clothesline, which flutters in the wind. Gif 3: Sophie sits in a chair before a lake. Markel approaches her. Gif 4: Sophie and Markel walk across a meadow back to Howl’s castle. End ID.]
Darling, listen to me.I made my choice. Duty to my country over love.It’s what I’ve always done, it seems. It was drummed into me my whole life. Now I’ve lost the only man I ever really loved. Mia, I want you to make your choices as a woman. Don’t make the same mistakes I did.Make your own mistakes. There’ll be plenty of them, believe me. Now, you can go back into that church and get married, or you can walk away. Whatever choice you make, Iet it come from your heart.
The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement (2004) dir. Garry Marshall
“I’ve heard a great deal about you, Fa Mulan. You stole your father’s armor, ran away from home, impersonated a soldier, deceived your commanding officer, dishonored the Chinese Army, destroyed my palace, and… you have saved us all.”
“The thing is, Diana, there has to be two of you. There’s, there’s two of me, there’s two of father, two of everyone. There’s the real one and the one they take pictures of. You have to be able to make your body do things you hate.”