Quote from Shop Girl (the movie)

[netmouse]

Ray Porter: As Ray Porter watches Mirabelle walk away he feels a loss. How is it possible, he thinks, to miss a woman whom he kept at a distance so that when she was gone he would not miss her. Only then does he realize that wanting part of her and not all of her had hurt them both, and how he cannot justify his actions except that... well... it was life.



(it's a neat movie, especially visually)

Comments

[renniekins.livejournal.com]

Thought-provoking quote, thanks for posting it.

[netmouse.livejournal.com]

Thanks. I'd thought about posting it as a comment to the snippet you posted, then decided to make it its own post. I've really been thinking a lot about my own feelings and interests, as well as other people's - this quote makes me reflect on that in terms of how I've treated other people and not just on how other people have treated me.