On Nora Ephron

I can probably quote When Harry Met Sally and You've Got Mail in their entirety.
I've watched them far too many times.
I like Sleepless in Seattle, especially the last, like, 1 minutes of the movie. Love it.
And Julie and Julia? Um. I left the theater wanting to blog more and become a writer.  Okay, fine. I did that before I went in too. But I left hungry. In a good way.

So, I'm thinking of and thanking Nora Ephron tonight.

And for my amusement...probably more than yours...Some of my favorite lines from her movies (copied via IMDB):

When Harry Met Sally...


"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. "


"You see? That is just like you, Harry. You say things like that, and you make it impossible for me to hate you."


"All I'm saying is that somewhere out there is the man you are supposed to marry. And if you don't get him first, somebody else will, and you'll have to spend the rest of your life knowing that somebody else is married to your husband"


"Oh, really? When I buy a new book, I read the last page first. That way, in case I die before I finish, I know how it ends. That, my friend, is a dark side. "


"Harry Burns: There are two kinds of women: high maintenance and low maintenance. 
Sally Albright: Which one am I? 
Harry Burns: You're the worst kind; you're high maintenance but you think you're low maintenance. 
Sally Albright: I don't see that. 
Harry Burns: You don't see that? Waiter, I'll begin with a house salad, but I don't want the regular dressing. I'll have the balsamic vinegar and oil, but on the side. And then the salmon with the mustard sauce, but I want the mustard sauce on the side. "On the side" is a very big thing for you. 
Sally Albright: Well, I just want it the way I want it. 
Harry Burns: I know; high maintenance"  


You've Got Mail


" I get lost in the language–words like thither, mischance, felicity."


"The whole purpose of places like Starbucks is for people with no decision-making ability whatsoever to make six decisions just to buy one cup of coffee. Short, tall, light, dark, caf, decaf, low-fat, non-fat, etc. So people who don't know what the hell they're doing or who on earth they are can, for only $2.95, get not just a cup of coffee but an absolutely defining sense of self: Tall. Decaf. Cappuccino." 


"Don't you love New York in the fall? It makes me wanna buy school supplies. I would send you a bouquet of newly sharpened pencils if I knew your name and address"


"So much of what I see reminds me of something I read in a book, when shouldn't it be the other way around?"




Sleepless in Seattle

"Sam Baldwin: What is "tiramisu"? 
Jay: You'll find out. 
Sam Baldwin: Well, what is it? 
Jay: You'll see! 
Sam Baldwin: Some woman is gonna want me to do it to her and I'm not gonna know what it is!"


"Sam Baldwin: Didn't you see Fatal Attraction? 
Jonah Baldwin: You wouldn't let me! 
Sam Baldwin: Well I saw it and it scared the shit out of me! It scared the shit out of every man in America! "