Daily Dialogue — June 11, 2018

“I love that you get cold when it’s 71 degrees out. I love that it takes you an hour and a half to order a sandwich. I love that you get a little crinkle above your nose when you’re looking at me like I’m nuts. I love that after I spend the day with you, I can still smell your perfume on my clothes. And I love that you are the last person I want to talk to before I go to sleep at night. And it’s not because I’m lonely, and it’s not because it’s New Year’s Eve. I came here tonight because 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… (1989), written by Nora Ephron

The Daily Dialogue theme for the week: Nora Ephron.

Trivia: The segments of married couples telling the stories of how they met are real stories that director Rob Reiner collected for the film. The actors related the stories.

Dialogue On Dialogue: Writing speeches like this is SO hard. To come across as authentic, but not melodramatic. Ephron nailed it here.