A Fine Romance Quotes

“Bit by bit, it comes over us that we shall never hear this laughter again, and that this one garden is forever locked against us, and at that moment begins our true mourning. For nothing in truth can replace that true companion. Old friends cannot be created out of hand. Nothing can match the treasure of common memories. . . . It is idle having planted an acorn in the morning to expect that afternoon to sit by an oak, so life goes on. For years we plant the seed, we feel ourselves rich, and then comes other years when time does its work and our plantation is sparse. One by one, our comrades depart, deprive us of their shade.”
― Candice Bergen, A Fine Romance

“The next year was kindergarten. On Parents Night we filed in and sat on the little chairs. It was just after the United States had launched its war against Iraq, and the teacher began to describe the children's curriculum for the year, I raised my hand, ever the firebrand, and asked if she'd be teaching the kids about the Gulf War. There was a collective gasp as the other parents looked at me with horror. The teacher paled and said softly, "We're working on colors.”
― candice bergen, A Fine Romance

“they abandoned their careers in a bid not to squander an instant with the child they almost never had.”
― Candice Bergen, A Fine Romance

“As a mother, I am a backup singer in every way. There's never been a shred of competitiveness. I've always been thrilled whenever Chloe was front and center.”
― Candice Bergen, A Fine Romance

“Mike [Nichols] said:
Directing a movie is like sex. you never see anyone else doing it, so you're not sure you're doing it right... After the press screening of Murmurs of the Heart, Louis's mom said, "Louis, it brings back such memories!"...”
― Candice Bergen, A Fine Romance

“hundredth anniversary of filmmaking: the top forty-five”
― Candice Bergen, A Fine Romance