This simple line on the piano is enough to make me cry, even now, after having read the book and watched the movie, in that order.
and again it’s
with a first line that gives a story away before it even starts:
“What can you say about a twenty-five-year-old girl who died? That she was beautiful and brilliant? That she loved Mozart and Bach, the Beatles, and me?”
This quote was always my favourite, not that one about love meaning you never have to say you’re sorry.
Sure, it starts where it ends really. It was no accidental slip of the tongue. Some might not like it, but it certainly scratched that itch I sometimes have with books, where I want to know how the story will end, but I still read it, in my room until the tears were streaming down my face. It was enough for my mother and brother to come in from the kitchen, where they heard my sobbing, to see if I was hurt.
Her Headache 
I did the same thing when I saw Love Story in a movie theater. But I had plenty of company; the theater was filled with sobbing.
Then I read the book and cried so hard I was afraid I’d melt the book binding! Ah, there’s nothing like a good tear-jerker, is there?
Nothing at all.
🙂
It’s thrilling to know a book can do that.
One of the greatest books/movies ever! Sadly, I saw this when it was first released. Hate to admit it.
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I apparently had no clue all I’d been missing, all those years. A true classic.