Juno was released today on DVD. I try to only get movies I will watch several times, and Juno qualifies because it just felt like one of those timeless movies that is so deep and so light at the same time that you will keep coming back to it over the years to both stir and pacify the soul.
There are literally dozens of great lines from the movie, but this one, from Juno's dad, really struck me tonight:
"In my opinion, the best thing you can do is find a person who loves you for exactly what you are. Good mood, bad mood, ugly, pretty, handsome, what have you, the right person will still think the sun shines out your ass. That's the kind of person that's worth sticking with."
This sounds like a pretty amazing concept, but it seems a bit frightening, too. Almost like hero worship, like you can do no wrong in a person's eyes. I don't think that's what is meant though. Furthermore, love must require some level of effort. You cannot simply take someone's love for granted. But I think in the end, while you may have to work to keep a love afire at times, that certainly shouldn't be the status quo. If you are always working, and never sense what is described in this quote, maybe it's just not worth it. Everybody, I think, needs to feel loved just for who they are.
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