Wednesday 22 August 2012

Movie Love: Stranger than Fiction


"As Harold took a bite of Bavarian sugar cookie, he finally felt as if everything was going to be ok. Sometimes, when we lose ourselves in fear and despair, in routine and constancy, in hopelessness and tragedy, we can thank God for Bavarian sugar cookies. And, fortunately, when there aren't any cookies, we can still find reassurance in a familiar hand on our skin, or a kind and loving gesture, or subtle encouragement, or a loving embrace, or an offer of comfort, not to mention hospital gurneys and nose plugs, an uneaten Danish, soft-spoken secrets, and Fender Stratocasters, and maybe the occasional piece of fiction. And we must remember that all these things, the nuances, the anomalies, the subtleties, which we assume only accessorize our days, are effective for a much larger and nobler cause. They are here to save our lives. I know the idea seems strange, but I also know that it just so happens to be true. And, so it was, a wristwatch saved Harold Crick."

2 comments:

  1. Thought I'd reply here incase you didn't see it. Yeah it's a small world haha! Yeah you will have been in his year then - he has a couple of friends doing the masters too. Yep I'm at Sheffield uni too (English) but I had a year out of my course to work and get my head together so I'm going into my final year in September. All my friends have gone back home which is a bit sad but fingers crossed I'll make some more haha! Yeah I'm gonna try and keep up with the blogging but we'll see - deadlines might get in the way! I love your blog but I can't find the button to follow you!

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  2. Lol just spied you're from Wigan too - I'm from Chorley. Even smaller world!

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