I have been thinking about the same question lately…
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The Time Traveler’s Wife is definitely a story that shows love can transcend time and space, and by far the most moving novel I have seen.
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First published in 2003, is the debut novel of American author Audrey Niffenegger. It is a love story about a man with a genetic disorder that causes him to time travel unpredictably, and about his wife, an artist who has to cope with his frequent absences and dangerous experiences.
The novel, which has been classified as both science fiction and romance, examines issues of love, loss, and free will. In particular, it uses time travel to explore miscommunication and distance in relationships. It also investigates deeper existential questions.
Here’s my most memorable excerpts that I love in the book:
“It’s hard being left behind. I wait for Henry, not knowing where he is,
wondering if he’s okay. It’s hard to be the one who stays. I keep myself busy. Time goes faster that way.
I go to sleep alone, and wake up alone. I take walks. I work until I’m tired. I watch the wind play with the trash that’s been under the snow all winter. Everything seems simple until you think about it. Why is love intensified by absence?
Long ago, men went to sea, and women waited for them, standing on the edge of
the water, scanning the horizon for the tiny ship. Now I wait for Henry. He vanishes
unwillingly, without warning. I wait for him. Each moment that I wait feels like a
year, an eternity. Each moment is as slow and transparent as glass. Through each
moment I can see infinite moments lined up, waiting. Why has he gone where I
cannot follow?”
“I wish for a moment that Time would lift me out of this day, and into some more benign one. But then I feel guilty for wanting to avoid the sadness; dead people need us to remember them, even if it eats us, even if all we can do is say I’m sorry until it is as meaningless as air.”
“We laugh and laugh, and nothing can ever be sad, no one can be lost, or dead, or far away: right now we are here, and nothing can mar our perfection, or steal the joy of this perfect moment.”
“Don’t you think it’s better to be extremely happy for a short while, even if you lose it, than to be just okay for your whole life?”
“Think for a minute, darling: in fairy tales it’s always the children who have the fine adventures. The mothers have to stay at home and wait for the children to fly in the window.”
“Chaos is more freedom; in fact, total freedom. But no meaning. I want to be free to act, and I also want my actions to mean something.”
“He said something interesting: he said that he thinks there is only free will when you are in time, in the present. He says in the past we can only do what we did, and we can only be there if we were there.”
Hollywood has a motion picture version coming out in November, starring Eric Bana and Rachel McAdams. I was compelled to watch the trailer before reading the book but decided against it at the last minute for fear of casting the actors’ images on the book’s characters. Boy, was I glad I did that. The movie version was just very ‘Hollywood’, with cool effects and a pretty cast as always. No offense, Eric Bana is a great actor but he just looks way too old and rugged for the role of Henry DeTamble.
For those who haven’t seen it, here’s the trailer:
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A man escapes from a prison where he had been kept for 15 years. As he runs away, he finds a house and breaks into it, looking for money and guns, but only finds a young couple in bed.
He orders the guy out of bed and ties him up in a chair. While tying the girl up to the bed, he gets on top of her, kisses her on the neck, then gets up, and goes to the bathroom.
While he’s in there, the husband tells his wife, “Listen, this guy is an escaped prisoner, look at his clothes! He probably spent lots of time in jail, and hasn’t seen a woman in years. I saw how he kissed your neck. If he wants sex, don’t resist, don’t complain, just do what he tells you, just give him satisfaction. This guy must be dangerous, if he gets angry, he’ll kill us. Be strong, honey. I love you.”, to which the wife responds, “He was not kissing my neck. He was whispering in my ear. He told me he was gay, thought you were cute, and asked if we kept any Vaseline in the bathroom. Be strong, honey, I love you, too.
败犬女王
原本看到預告片的時候，还想說這又是一部無聊透的偶像劇。回想起來，第一次看應該是第4集吧？而且還是看在有 ‘蝌蚪眼’ 阮徑天的分上，才厚着臉皮看的。
沒想到一看我就愛上了。。。隨着戲里的‘鱉女’單無雙有時哭， 有時笑， 覺得很多情節也反應了自己人生觀和做人的態度。
我想，這部戲應該也拍出了許多現代女性的心聲吧？
以下就是我看完了這部戲後还記憶猶新的一些經典名言：
【單無雙】
1. 難道女人的勝負，真的必須取決於男人，再不怎樣的女人，有了男人就是抬頭挺胸的勝犬，沒有男人就必須垂頭喪氣，乖乖貼上敗犬的標籤嗎？BULL SHIT!
2. 書到用時方恨少，胸到用時方知垂 （呵呵呵）
3. 勇氣不是天生的，是一點一滴累積成的
4. 二十三歲的女人哭是真性情，三十三歲的女人在大街上哭，可能會被警察帶回去調查精神狀況啊！
5. 10幾20歲妳喊痛人家會覺得妳好可愛，30歲喊痛人家會叫你去吃大便
6. 男人就像看到蜜蜂看到花一樣，黏上去，像我這麼美麗又堅強的女子，男人就像看到虎頭蜂一樣，一個一個躲
【盧卡斯】
1. 你小時候數學一定沒學好，8橫過來看也可以是無限大啊。為什麼你那麼肯定我們之間一定只能有八歲的差距，而不是無限大的可能。
2. 這世界上只有三種東西掩飾不了，一個是打噴嚏，一個是愛情，一個是貧窮
【宋允浩】
有些對象，在你生命剛開始出現的時候呢，你會眼睛一亮。然後你會覺得就好像火花一樣燦爛！但當你冷靜之後呢，你會覺得這只是人生中，小小的點綴。就像路旁的路燈，你開車時一盞一盞的亮起來，但到了最後你會發現，你最想回去的只有一個地方。
【弱雞】
聰明伶俐不是嫁人的助力！是阻力
【廣琳】
二十五歲的小女生愛上三十三歲的男生代表戀愛﹐二十五歲的男生喜歡三十三歲的女生﹐這叫錯愛
【單林春枝】
妳連伴這個字怎麼寫妳都不知道，一個人很孤單只能算一半啦，另外一半只要有人，人生才會完整啦
【电一百的婚姻顾问】
知道男人和女人说谎的区别吗？
最大的区别就是：
男人说谎，是为了让自己好过，
而女人说谎，是为了让对方好过。
