you can't be ugly
"What a loss to spend that much time with someone, only to find out that she's a stranger." This comes from Joel's Lacuna tape just before he goes into the hallway to get Clem to stay at the end of the movie. I don't think it's a loss. The intervening time is worth it. I just read The Velveteen Rabbit this evening. For the first time, by the way. The original version, anyway. In case you don't know what that has to do with Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind , there was a monologue about the book. Part of the scene remains but none of the reference to The Velveteen Rabbit . Originally, Clem, in bed with Joel, asks if he knows the book. CLEMENTINE It's my favorite book. Since I was a kid. It's about these toys. There's this part where the Skin Horse tells the Rabbit what it means to be real. (crying, then laughing at herself) I can't believe I'm crying already. [That line sticks around.] (reading from a worn copy of th...