By Gretchen Rubin
Assay: It has been years since I saw the movie Before Sunrise, but I often find myself thinking about a snippet of conversation from the movie. I finally went back to look up the exact words.
The movie is about two twenty-somethings (Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy) who meet on a train in Europe and the one night they spend hanging out together.
Céline: "I always have this strange feeling that I am this very old woman laying down about to die. You know, that my life is just her memories, or something."
Jesse: "That's so wild. I mean, I always think that I'm still this thirteen-year-old boy, you know, who just doesn't really know how to be an adult, pretending to live my life, taking notes for when I'll really have to do it. Kind of like I'm in a dress rehearsal for... More...