“I knew then that our love was not some idealized state, but a union...” – Caroline Wexler, Daydream Nation ... Movie Quotes Database

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A scene from Daydream Nation 2011

Caroline Wexler Kat Dennings

[explaining a dream she had with Thurston]

I knew then that our love was not some idealized state, but a union of secrets and flaws, and it broke my heart to think such things.

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