shopgirl

I saw the movie "Shopgirl" last night. It was a very slight movie, but beautiful in its way.

My favorite line was when the Claire Danes character asks Steve Martin's character why he won't love her. He can't give her a good answer. In a moment of clarity she realizes she has to break it off with him, and she says, "I guess I can either hurt now or hurt later; I'll hurt now."

That's pretty much the best way to make a hard decision that involves change and loss.