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Things We Almost Said...

A poem written entirely in movie quotes, a Blank Tile collage.

"You had me at hello." (Jerry Maguire)
"I think I’ve been waiting for you my whole life." (The Vow)

"It wasn’t over. It still isn’t over." (The Notebook)
"I wanted it to be real. I wanted us to be real." (Atonement)

"I'm not a smart man… but I know what love is." (Forrest Gump)
"I know what it's like to be abandoned, and I know what it's like to be loved." (Good Will Hunting)

"I don’t believe in magic. But a few times in my life, I’ve seen things… things I can’t explain." (Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny)
"It was like coming home, only to no home I'd ever known." (Sleepless in Seattle)

"Love means never having to say you're sorry." (Love Story)
"But if you’re not careful, love becomes a ghost story, too." (The Age of Adaline)

"I would have followed you, my brother… my captain… my king." (The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring)
"But you, you let go of my hand." (Titanic, adapted)

"Sometimes it is the people who no one imagines anything of who do the things that no one can imagine." (The Imitation Game)
"And sometimes, those people are just trying to survive the day." (Ordinary People, implied)

"I see you." (Avatar)
"I see you too. I always did." (Unspoken)

"If we loved again, I’d hold you forever." (Armageddon)
"But some infinities are bigger than other infinities." (The Fault in Our Stars)

"And if I don't see you again... good afternoon, good evening, and good night." (The Truman Show)

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