Not Disney. I’m talking about an 80′s soap-opera type of show that me and my mom used to watch.
I remembered a very old site of mine (amateur web designer at its very first web tryout XD). Some files are still alive so I was able to retrieve the lines I got from the series. I would like to place it here to view once in a while, because these lines are so sentimental and tragic.
Vincent: This is where the wealthy and the powerful rule…
It is her world.
A world apart from mine. Her name is Catherine.
From the moment I saw her, she captured my heart.
With her beauty, her warmth, and her courage.
I knew then, as I know now, she could change my life…
Forever.
Catherine: He comes from a secret place, far below the city streets.
Hiding his face from strangers… safe from hate and harm.
He brought me there to save my life.
And now, wherever I go, he is with me in spirit.
For we have a bond stronger than friendship or love.
And although we cannot be together,
We will never, ever be apart.
“I’ve been all over the world. Met people, done things. I’ve lived in luxury most people could never imagine. But I can’t remember a time when I felt as good, or complete, as I do right now.”
“I feel it in you, through you. It’s very beautiful.”
“Sort of like a dream?”
“Better.”
- Catherine and Vincent; A Children’s Story
“I know what it is to love you, Catherine. Yet I was unwilling to share your love with anyone.”
“Don’t you think I have those feelings too? Sometimes I envy Father and others in your life who receive your love and your care every day. But all of those feelings come from love. To turn away from them is to forget where they come from.”
“What we share must always be so measured, so limited.”
“Vincent, if this is my fate, I accept it, gratefully. You must believe that. Don’t be afraid to want it, even only for yourself. Don’t be afraid to deserve it. You deserve everything.”
- Vincent and Catherine; A Fair and Perfect Knight
“I sometimes feel that I’m standing on the bank of a raging river watching you try to swim across. How can I not worry? I’d be a fool. And yet, Vincent, sometimes I have to marvel at your courage.”
“Catherine swims across that river as well. She faces the same dangers, shows the same courage. And in many ways the toll on her is even greater.”
“You really think that’s so?”
“On the other side of the river there is no one standing on the bank watching. On her side of the river there is no one praying for a safe passage. On her side of the river, Father, there is no one but Catherine.”
“Then I shall stand watch, and pray, for both of you.”
- Father and Vincent; A Happy Life
“If only there was some way in which I could keep both of you safe… to shield you from harm… from pain.”
“From life.”
“Because I love you, Vincent, I love both of you.”
“Even love can wound, Father. The grave is a fine, safe place. But if we live, we bleed.”
- Father and Vincent; A Kingdom by the Sea
窶廩e can offer you so much: the power to do great good… beauties undreamed of… He can walk beside you in the daylight. Last night I felt your fear for him… the sorrows you shared… your joy when you knew he was alive… And when death was nearest, when he – “
“When he kissed me.”
“Yes. I felt that too.”
“I’ve never felt closer to Elliott than I did last night. I saw so much of what he’s always kept hidden: the boy he was; the man he could be. We almost died together. And when he kissed me, just for an instant some small part of me responded, and I wished… I wished that it was… you.”
- Vincent and Catherine; A Kingdom by the Sea
“It’s strange…”
“What?”
“Being here, makes me realize what I’ve been missing all along… the chance to be with you. I never knew if this time would come… if I would ever be so certain. But you know it’s always been a dream.”
“For both of us.”
“I want to stay.”
“Catherine…”
“You know me, Vincent. You know what I am feeling. I want to live in your world. I don’t want to go back.”
“I don’t want you to go back.”
- Catherine and Vincent; Orphans
“There was a moment when the way was still new, and I was afraid to hope. You put your hand on mine, and nothing had ever felt like that to me, like your touch. I wanted to weep; you turned and looked at me – your eyes were filled with dancing light, and I was bathed in your warmth. And I believed in that moment that even for me all things were possible. In that moment, in your light, I felt what it is to be beautiful. How many lives were touched by you? How many lives were transformed by your courage to give, and to love? How many became beautiful in your light? Ah, we promised always to share the truth – always. But, Catherine, there was a truth beyond anything, beyond everything I had ever known, ever dreamed. It was the truth of all you gave, of all you sacrificed for me. The truth of your love humbled me, silenced me. And the truth I could never share with you was the truth of how deeply I loved you. I will remember – I will remember every moment, every word, every look, every touch. Our love lives. It will live forever. Nothing will destroy us. Love does not die. You’re safe. You’re safe, now. Sleep, my love.”
- Vincent’s eulogy for Catherine; Walk Slowly
“And over our heads will float the blue bird singing of beautiful and impossible things, of things that are lovely and that never happen, of things that are not and that should be.”
- Oscar Wilde, quoted by Kristopher Gentian; When the Blue Bird Sings
