A Little Like Tiffany

For the first time ever I watched Breakfast at Tiffany's. I've been putting it off so long because I wanted to read the book first! Unfortunately, I kept forgetting to start reading the book. Today I said, "Forget it! I'm watching it!"

The first thing I have to say is it was a GREAT movie! I love it! This movie just re-affirmed my love/hate relationship for Audrey Hepburn! I love her because she's gorgeous and talented, I hate her because she's gorgeous and talented!

The reason I'm blogging is not to tell you that this movie is fantastic and that I think everyone should watch it (which I do believe), but there was a quote that was said that really stuck out to me. So much that I actually went and googled the memorable quotes of the movie, found it, and copy/pasted it to my favorite quotes section in Facebook! So here it is...

Quick background: Paul, who is madly in love with Holly, is getting out of cab saying this to her as a result of her wanting to run away to Brazil even after her future President of Brazil dumped her.

"You know what's wrong with you, Miss Whoever-you-are? You're chicken, you've got no guts. You're afraid to stick out your chin and say, 'Okay, life's a fact, people do fall in love, people do belong to each other, because that's the only chance anybody's got for real happiness.' You call yourself a free spirit, a 'wild thing,' and you're terrified somebody's gonna stick you in a cage. Well baby, you're already in that cage. You built it yourself. And it's not bounded in the west by Tulip, Texas, or in the east by Somali-land. It's wherever you go. Because no matter where you run, you just end up running into yourself."
-Paul Varjak (Breakfast at Tiffany's)

I just thought to myself, "Wow." I think we can all relate to that in some way. I, for one, think that I'm very close to Holy in the fact that I'm scared of love. I call my self a hopeless romantic, which is true, but I'm scared of falling in love. I always dream of finding the man of my dreams falling in love and living happily ever after. Often times I say, "that's just a dream." I have seen far too many things not to be guarded in some way against the cage that love sometimes brings with it.

I was one that was already in a cage. I wasn't allowing myself to live life to the fullest and take advantage of the things life had to offer me. I had my heart broken and was scared that someone else would do the same. So I used the same excuses. I'm not going to fall for anyone, they're just gonna hold me down, I'm a free spirit, blah blah blah! Luckily I realized love is a part of life, life is a part of love.

Now, I'm not saying I'm in love and I'm not saying that me watching "Breakfast at Tiffany's" was the life changing experience, but it helped me remember what had been going on and what change had happened in my life! It was just pretty neat that I could relate to a movie Audrey Hepburn was in!