A scene from Before Sunrise 1995
Jesse

This friend of mine had a kid, and it was a home birth, so he was there helping out and everything. And he said at that profound moment of birth, he was watching this child, experiencing life for the first time, I mean, trying to take its first breath... all he could think about was that he was looking at something that was gonna die someday. He just couldn't get it out of his head. And I think that's so true, I mean, all - everything is so finite. But don't you think that that's what, makes our time, at specific moments, so important?

Celine

Yeah, I know. It's the same for us, tonight, though. After tomorrow morning, we're probably never going to see each other again, right? We, maybe we should try something different. I mean, it's no so bad if tonight is our only night, right? People always exchange phone numbers, addresses, they end up writing once, calling each other once or twice...

Jesse

Right. Fizzles out. Yeah, I mean, I don't want that. I hate that.

Celine

I hate that too, y'know.

Jesse

Why do you think everybody thinks relationships are supposed to last forever anyway?

Celine

Yeah, why? It's stupid.

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