07.05.07
A Father’s Wish
Papa told me that if ever I should marry, it must be to a man who’s undeniably passionate and crazy about me. When he said that, a scene from Meet Joe Black flashed through my mind - that segment where Mr. Parish was in the helicopter with his daughter. Since then, I’ve been looking all over the internet for that specific scene’s text but to no avail… until today when one of Honey’s contacts posted it at Multiply. I’m so pleased that he did.
The “forget your head” part i do not agree with… but let’s get on with it.
With no further ado, a father’s beautiful wish for his daughter…
I want you to be swept away,
I want you to levitate.
Sing with rapture, dance like a dervish.
it’s not what you say
but it’s what you don’t say.
There must be an ounce of excitement
A whisper of a thrill.
To be deliriously happy,
or at least leave yourself open to be .
I know it’s a cornball thing, but
Love is passion, obsession,
something you can’t live without.
If you don’t start with that,
what are you going to end up with?
I say, fall head over heels,
Find someone you can love like crazy,
and who can love you the same way back.
How do you find him?
Forget your head, listen to your heart.
To make a journey and not falling
deeply in love,
you haven’t lived a life.
You have to try because if you haven’t,
You haven’t lived at all…
Stay open.
Who knows?
Lightning could strike!
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Now for the sub-quotes that braced the rest of the dialogue into making Meet Joe Black one of my best-loved films:
William Parrish: I’ve loved her from the moment she was born, and I love her now and every minute in between. And what I dream of is a man who will discover her, and that she will discover a man who will love her, who is worthy of her, who is of this world of this time. And has the grace and compassion and fortitude to walk beside her as she makes her way through this beautiful thing called life.
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Allison: Never mind favorites because you’re allowed to have one…the point is, you’ve been mine.
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Quince: Love. You know each other’s secrets, your deepest darkest secrets and then you’re free. You’re free to love each other completely, totally, no fear. There’s nothing you don’t know about each other and it’s okay.
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What’s wrong with taking care of a woman? She takes care of you.
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William Parrish: Do you know about money?
Joe Black: It can’t buy happiness?
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Joe Black: So that’s what love is according to William Parrish?
William Parrish: Multiply it by infinity, and take it to the depth of forever, and you
will still have barely a glimpse of what I’m talking about.
Joe Black: Those were my words.
William Parrish: They’re mine now.
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William Parrish: It’s hard to let go, isn’t it?
Joe Black: Yes it is, Bill.
William Parrish: And that’s life… what can I tell you.
