Daily Dialogue — February 19, 2017

“Dearest Cecilia, the story can resume. The one I had been planning on that evening walk. I can become again the man who once crossed the surrey park at dusk, in my best suit, swaggering on the promise of life. The man who, with the clarity of passion, made love to you in the library. The story can resume. I will return. Find you, love you, marry you and live without shame.”

— Atonement (2007), screenplay by Christopher Hampton, novel by Ian McEwan

The Daily Dialogue theme for the week: Period Piece, suggested by @etom212.

Trivia: James McAvoy considered the script the best he had ever read.

Dialogue On Dialogue: Period piece and romance go together like… well… period piece and romance. None better than Atonement.