Daily Dialogue — November 30, 2013

“I have this planet of regret sitting on my shoulders. And you have no idea how much I wish that I could back to that morning after we made love and do everything different. But I know that I can’t, so I thought that I would come here and tell you something. And what I wanted to tell you was that I love you. And I just wanted to make sure that was clear so there wasn’t any confusion.”

— Reality Bites (1994), written by Helen Childress

The Daily Dialogue theme for the week is forgiveness, suggested by churnage.

Trivia: Screenwriter Helen Childress was 19 years old and a freshman at USC when she completed the script.

Dialogue On Dialogue: “Planet of regret.” Sometimes it takes hyperbole to convey the degree of emotion the person asking forgiveness has for their past actions. It also helps when the plea for forgiveness conjures up a visual image, both for the aggrieved person… and the moviegoer. 

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