Only You

Faith: Okay, look. One hand, two hands. Put them together, and what do they make? Student: One. Faith: Right! So, Plato tells us we begin as circles, and when we strive to be like the Gods we were punished, by a thunderbolt that struck us, and cut us, right down, dead center, in half. We scattered to the ends of the Earth, search and search for our other half. Now, Plato is say, that if we just stop, [SNAPS FINGERS] and go with the flow, and follow our destiny, it'll lead us back to each other.

Only You (1994 film), CC BY-SA 4.0

Okay. Still following this, read from your green book. Remember,

Only You (1994 film), CC BY-SA 4.0

Faith: You are here. Peter: Yes, I am here, and very real. God! I'm trying to think — there's this poem by, um, Goethe? … yeah, Goethe, and its about two people come from different places, but they hear the same bird singing… Faith: "perhaps the same bird echoed through both of us yesterday, separate, in the evening"^† Peter: That's it. Exactly. Faith: Wow. [pauses, gazing into his eyes] Yeah … It was Rilke. Peter: Rilke? [she nods] Oh well, same country... how'd you know? Faith: I could tell you some things.

Only You (1994 film), CC BY-SA 4.0

Faith: How could you do this to me? Peter: Because I'm in love with you! Faith: Ha! What kind of an excuse is that?

Only You (1994 film), CC BY-SA 4.0