quotes and poetry I still think about ✮⋆˙

Annabelle - Updated 11/09/25

Dead Poets Society
« Medicine, law, business, engineering, these are noble pursuits and necessary to sustain life. But poetry, beauty, romance, love, these are what we stay alive for. »
Synopsis
At an elite, old-fashioned boarding school in New England, a passionate English teacher inspires his students to rebel against convention and seize the potential of every day, courting the disdain of the stern headmaster.
Before Sunset
« Loving someone, and being loved means so much to me. We always make fun of it and stuff. But isn't everything we do in life a way to be loved a little more ? »
Synopsis
Nine years later, Jesse travels across Europe giving readings from a book he wrote about the night he spent in Vienna with Celine. After his reading in Paris, Celine finds him, and they spend part of the day together before Jesse has to again leave for a flight. They are both in relationships now, and Jesse has a son, but as their strong feelings for each other start to return, both confess a longing for more.
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
« And you're listening to that song and that drive with the people you love most in this world. And in this moment I swear, we are infinite. »
Synopsis
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1991. Charlie, estudiante de primer año en la escuela secundaria, es un marginado, alguien invisible que observa la vida desde sus márgenes, hasta que dos estudiantes de último año, Sam y su hermanastro Patrick, se convierten en sus mentores, ayudándole a descubrir las alegrías de la amistad, la música y el amor.
The Song of Achilles
« name one hero who was happy…you can’t » « i can’t. » « I know, they never let you be famous and happy. i’ll tell you a secret » « tell me » « i’m going to be the first. swear it » « why me ? » « because you’re the reason. Swear. it. » « i swear it. »
Strange the Dreamer
« And that's how you go on. You lay laughter over the dark parts. The more dark parts, the more you have to laugh. With defiance, with abandon, with hysteria, any way you can. »
The myth of Orpheus and Eurydice
« Eurydice, dying now a second time, uttered no complaint against her husband. What was there to complain of, but that she had been loved? »
Portrait of a Lady on Fire
Marianne : « I thought you had been scared off. » Héloïse : « You were right. I am scared. Do all lovers feel they're inventing something? I know the gestures. I imagined it all, waiting for you. » Marianne : « You dreamt of me? » Héloïse : « No. I thought of you. »
Synopsis
Bretaña francesa, 1770. Marianne es una pintora que debe realizar el retrato matrimonial de Héloïse, una joven que acaba de dejar el convento. Héloïse no acepta su destino como mujer casada y se niega a posar, por lo que Marianne debe trabajar en secreto. Para ello, se hace pasar por dama de compañía, para así observarla de día y pintarla de noche. Su relación se vuelve más intensa a medida que comparten juntas los últimos momentos de libertad de Héloïse antes de su boda.
Little Women
« I’m giving up all my foolish artistic hopes…because talent isn’t genius, and no amount of energy can make it so. I want to be great, or nothing. »
Synopsis
Four sisters come of age in America in the aftermath of the Civil War.
The Diary of Anne Frank
« People receive more flowers when dead than alive because regret is stronger than gratitude. »
Synopsis
The true, harrowing story of a young Jewish girl who, with her family and their friends, is forced into hiding in an attic in Nazi-occupied Amsterdam.
Vienna - Billy Joel
« You've got your passion, you've got your pride But don't you know that only fools are satisfied ? Dream on, but don't imagine they'll all come true, When will you realize Vienna waits for you ? »
How do you live ? by Genzaburo Yoshino
« And what about you? What will you create? You take many things from the world, but I wonder what you will give back in return? »
Good Will Hunting
« You don't know about real loss, 'cause it only occurs when you've loved something more than you love yourself. And I doubt you've ever dared to love anybody that much. »
Synopsis
Will Hunting è un ragazzo orfano dedito a piccoli furti, ma con grandi capacità per la matematica. Queste doti vengono notate da un professore universitario, che mandandolo da un suo amico psichiatra cerca di aiutarlo a togliersi dalla strada.
Call Me by Your Name
« We rip out so much of ourselves to be cured of things faster than we should that we go bankrupt by the age of thirty and have less to offer each time we start with someone new. But to feel nothing so as not to feel anything. »
Synopsis
Elio Perlman (Timothée Chalamet), un joven de 17 años, pasa el cálido y soleado verano de 1983 en la casa de campo de sus padres en el norte de Italia. Se pasa el tiempo holgazaneando, escuchando música, leyendo libros y nadando hasta que un día el nuevo ayudante americano de su padre llega a la gran villa. Oliver (Armie Hammer) es encantador y, como Elio, tiene raíces judías; también es joven, seguro de sí mismo y atractivo. Al principio Elio se muestra algo frío y distante hacia el joven, pero pronto ambos empiezan a salir juntos de excursión y, conforme el verano avanza, la atracción mutua de la pareja se hace más intensa.
Surface Pressure (Encanto)
« Give it to your sister and never wonder If the same pressure would've pulled you under Who am I if I don't have what it takes ? No cracks, no breaks No mistakes, no pressure. »
Love Letters or Suicide Notes
« Now how do we forgive ourselves for all of the things we did not become ? »
The act of love
« Grief is the price we pay for love. But as long as there’s grief I will endure it because it means you were here and that it mattered. »
White Oleander
« In a perverse way, I was glad for the stitches, glad it would show, that there would be scars. What was the point in just being hurt on the inside ? It should bloody well show. »
Synopsis
A teenager journeys through a series of foster homes after her mother goes to prison for committing a crime of passion.
Nina cried power - Hozier
« Power has been cried by those stronger than me, straight into the faces that tell you to rattle your chains if you love being free. »
Poets and thinkers
« She has not slept. She is full of books she might write. And she is full of her loneliness. »