"I want you to get into the deep beautiful melancholy of everything that's happened."

I think some of the greatest movie scripts ever written was "Elizabethtown." Here are some of my faves:

Drew Baylor: Because we have a moment here, let me tell you that I have recently become a secret connoisseur of 'last looks'. You know the way people look at you when they believe it's for the last time? I've started collecting these looks.

Claire Colburn: Sadness is easier because its surrender. I say make time to dance alone with one hand waving free. {last night, amid boxes and with my equally depressed dog- i danced with one hand free. It may have been with tear-stained cheeks and wine in my system, but i remembered this line.}

Jessie Baylor: This loss will be met with a hurricane of love.

Sometimes we are faced with a frustrating moment and life's problems seem overwhelming. You feel like a failure. It can seem so consuming. Lovies, if you are ever feeling that way, I suggest you watch this movie. Elizabethtown.

Because as Kirsten Dunst's character says in this really lovely piece of cinema:

Claire Colburn: So you failed. Alright you really failed. You failed. You failed. You failed. You failed. You failed. You failed. You failed. You failed. You failed. You failed. You failed. You failed. You think I care about that? I do understand. You wanna be really great? Then have the courage to fail big and stick around. Make them wonder why you're still smiling.



Lately, i've been filled with guilt. absolute shame. sadness.

but somewhere deep inside of even me is courage.