My sisters are gone.


It's been a bad day.


You know the saying, "Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened"?

It doesn't work.



Day by day, and with each passing moment, strength I find to meet my trials here. Trusting in my Father's wise bestowment, I've no cause for worry or for fear. He whose heart is kind beyond all measure, gives unto each day what he deems best, lovingly, as part of pain and pleasure, mingling toil with peace and rest. Every day, the Lord Himself is near me with a special mercy for each hour. All my cares He feign would bear and cheer me, He whose name is Counselor and Power. The protection of His child and treasure is a charge that on Himself He laid, "as your days, your strength shall be in measure," this the pledge to me He made. Help me then, in every tribulation so to trust Your promises, O Lord. That I lose not faith's sweet consolation offered me within Your holy Word. Help me, Lord, when toil and trouble meeting, e'er to take as from a Father's hand. One by one, the days, the moments fleeting, till I reach the promised land.

I have officially completed my list. Now I just have 3 others to finish.....

So here you have it, my first edition of the Top 20 Best Love Story Films

I do appreciate feedback, please tell me if you love or hate these movies, which movies you think should be on there, etc. because this is (not yet) the definitive list. It still needs some reworking, which will come in part from critique (and mostly from Nathan helping me). Still, this was very deeply thought out, and I hope I shouldn't have to make too many revisions. Also, the final list will be complete with my commentary on why it makes the list. Enjoy!


20. Dear Frankie (2004) - Gerard Butler, Emily Mortimer
"How could he ever leave the two of you?"

19. The Last of the Mohicans (1992) - Daniel Day-Lewis, Madeleine Stowe
"No matter how long it takes, no matter how far, I will find you."

18. Elizabethtown (2005) - Orlando Bloom, Kirsten Dunst
"Now we actually have a shot at being friends."

17. Anne of Avonlea (1987) - Jonathan Crombie, Megan Follows
"I've loved you as long as I can remember. I need you."

16. Once (2006) - Glen Hansard, Marketa Irglova
"What's the Czech for 'Do you love him?'"

15. The Notebook (2004) - Ryan Gosling, Rachel McAdams
"I've loved another with all my heart and soul; and to me, this has always been enough."

14. Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961) - George Peppard, Audrey Hepburn
"I don't want to put you in a cage, I want to love you!"

13. Miss Pettigrew Lives For a Day (2008) - Lee Pace, Amy Adams
"I want you to marry me, and it's a one-word conversation."

12. The Illusionist (2006) - Edward Norton, Jessica Biel
"The only mystery I never solved was why my heart couldn't let go of you."

11. Pride and Prejudice (1995) - Colin Firth, Jennifer Ehle
"You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you."

10. Titanic (1997) - Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet
"You jump, I jump."

9. West Side Story (1961) - Richard Beymer, Natalie Wood
"Hold my hand and we're halfway there."

8. The Princess Bride (1987) - Cary Elwes, Robin Wright-Penn
"Death cannot stop true love--all it can do is delay it for a while."

7. Moulin Rouge! (2001) - Ewan McGregor, Nicole Kidman
"Every day I love you more and more."

6. The Phantom of the Opera (2004) - Patrick Wilson, Emmy Rossum
"Love me, that's all I ask of you."



5. Across the Universe (2007) - Jim Sturgess, Evan Rachel Wood
"She's just the girl for me, and I want all the world to see we've met."

4. Return to Me (2000) - David Duchovny, Minnie Driver
"When she met you, her heart beat truly for the first time. Perhaps it was meant to be with you always."

3. Stardust (2007) - Charlie Cox, Claire Danes
"Love can be unpredictable, unexpected, uncontrollable, unbearable and strangely easy to mistake for loathing."

2. Casablanca (1942) - Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman
"Here's lookin' at you, kid."




1. Beauty and the Beast (1991) - Robby Benson, Paige O'Hara
"Tale as old as time, song as old as rhyme, beauty and the beast."

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