Luncheon of the Boating Party

"Le dejeuner des canotiers" - Pierre-Auguste Renoir

Raymond Dufayel: The time has come for her to take some real risks.

Amelie: Well yes, she's thinking about it. She's thinking of a stratagem.

Raymond Dufayel: Yes, she likes stratagems, doesn't she?

Amelie: Yes.

Raymond Dufayel: She's a bit of a coward. That's why I have trouble with her eyes.

American Beauty

"... but it's hard to stay mad, when there's so much beauty in the world. Sometimes I feel like I'm seeing it all at once, and it's too much, my heart fills up like a balloon that's about to burst... And then I remember to relax, to stop trying to hold on to it, and then it flows through me like rain and I can't feel anything but gratitude for every single moment of my stupid little life..."