Bridges of Madison County

Are 4 days enough to last a lifetime?

After my post about Mr.Darcy I thought to myself.....is this what one should really look forward to?

And no....most certainly not even though it is a great fantasy as it is.....

But Robert Kincaid is....the love story between the National Geographic and not only photographer Robert Kincaid and Francesca is. As he says....this kind of certainty that comes but once in a lifetime, this kind of bonding between adult souls that have matured and ached and lossed and have become accustomed to the idea of solitude....(the boundaries of each other's solitude - thinking of Rilke again) this kind of certainty....you are lucky if it comes once in a lifetime.

Francesca: And in that moment, everything I knew to be true about myself up until then was gone. I was acting like another woman, yet I was more myself than ever before.

Francesca: Robert, please. You don’t understand, no-one does. When a woman makes the choice to marry, to have children; in one way her life begins but in another way it stops. You build a life of details. You become a mother, a wife and you stop and stay steady so that your children can move. And when they leave they take your life of details with them. And then you’re expected move again only you don’t remember what moves you because no-one has asked in so long. Not even yourself. You never in your life think that love like this can happen to you.
Robert Kincaid: But now that you have it...
Francesca: I want to keep it forever. I want to love you the way I do now the rest of my life. Don't you understand... we'll lose it if we leave. I can't make an entire life disappear to start a new one. All I can do is try to hold onto to both. Help me. Help me not lose loving you.
Robert Kincaid: This kind of certainty comes but once in a lifetime.

Robert: The old dreams were good dreams; they didn't work out, but glad I had them.

Robert Kincaid: Things change. They always do, it's one of the things of nature. Most people are afraid of change, but if you look at it as something you can always count on, then it can be a comfort.