![]() They are who they are and an apology for their actions would mean they'd have to apologize for their identities, which one shouldn't have to do in a loving relationship. At the moment Jenny utters this line, neither her or Oliver are owed an apology because their words and actions were completely consistent with who they were when they first met. We also know each other's intentions and hearts so well that the forgiveness is already assumed. ![]() We simply don't do things to each other that require apologies. But as an adult, I realize that I've never really exchanged serious apologies with the people I love most in the world. When I was a teen, I used to think the line that quickly became a tagline for this book "love means never having to say your sorry" was an extremely silly, misguided line. I've read the book, I've watched the film, Segal tells us she's gonna die with the first line, yet I still got all teary and weepy when it happened. It was so short and incredibly enjoyable. I wanted to give this a re-read in adulthood to see if it'd be worth keeping and actually decided to listen to the audiobook which is read by Segal and has backing music from the film. ![]() ![]() ![]() I inherited a bunch of Segal books from my grandmother when I was a teen and quickly fell in love with a few of them. ![]()
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