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Movie Quote of the Day – 2046, 2004 (dir. Wong Kar-Wai)

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Chow Mo Wan: Love is all a matter of timing. It’s no good meeting the right person too soon or too late. If I’d lived in another time or place. . .my story might have had a very different ending.

Movie Quote of the Day – My Blueberry Nights, 2007 (dir. Wong Kar-Wai)

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Elizabeth: I guess I’m just looking for a reason.
Jeremy: From my observations, sometimes it’s better off not knowing, and other times there’s no reason to be found.
Elizabeth: Everything has a reason.
Jeremy: Hmm. It’s like these pies and cakes. At the end of every night, the cheesecake and the apple pie are always completely gone. The peach cobbler and the chocolate mousse cake are nearly finished. . .but there’s always a whole blueberry pie left untouched.
Elizabeth: So what’s wrong with the blueberry pie?
Jeremy: There’s nothing wrong with the blueberry pie. Just, people make other choices. You can’t blame the blueberry pie, just. . .no one wants it.
Elizabeth: Wait! I want a piece.

Movie Quote of the Day – In The Mood For Love, 2000 (dir. Wong Kar-Wai)

Su Li-zhen Chan: Am I hopeless?
Chow Mo-wan: Not really.
[beat]
Chow Mo-wan: I won’t see you again.

Movie Quote of the Day – A Fei zheng chuan (Days of Being Wild), 1990 (dir. Wong Kar-Wai)

Yuddy: What day’s today?
Su Lizhen: 16th.
Yuddy: 16th… April the 16th. At one minute before 3pm on April the 16th, 1960, you’re together with me. Because of you, I’ll remember that one minute. From now on, we’re friends for one minute. This is a fact, you can’t deny. It’s done.