Are movies just as good as books? For lovers of beautiful words, regardless of their source, below are some of the most thought-provoking lines from movies on love, pain, and just being alive.

“Hearts will never be practical until they can be made unbreakable.”
-The Wizard of Oz

“We don’t read and write poetry because it’s cute. We read and write poetry because we are members of the human race. And the human race is filled with passion. And medicine, law, business, engineering, these are noble pursuits and necessary to sustain life. But poetry, beauty, romance, love, these are what we stay alive for.”
-Dead Poets Society

“We’re all pretty bizarre. Some of us are just better at hiding it, that’s all.”
-The Breakfast Club

“How wild it was to let it be.”
-Wild

“When you realize you want to spend the rest of your life with somebody, you want the rest of your life to start as soon as possible.”
-When Harry Met Sally

“We accept the love we think we deserve.”
-The Perks of Being a Wallflower

“For you, a thousand times over.”
-The Kite Runner

“It’s only a passing thing, this shadow. Even darkness must pass. A new day will come. And when the sun shines it will shine out the clearer.”
-The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

“The past is just a story we tell ourselves.”
-Her

“Sometimes we love people so much that we have to be numb to it. Because if we actually felt how much we love them, it would kill us.”
-Riding In Cars With Boys

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