The Story of Three Loves (1953)

Leslie Caron: Mademoiselle (segment "Mademoiselle")

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• Mademoiselle (segment "Mademoiselle") : I think there is a bit of a boy in every man.

• Thomas Clayton Campbell Jr. (segment "Mademoiselle") : If you don't enjoy your life now, what will you have to remember? Just a few books maybe. A couple of poems.

  Mademoiselle (segment "Mademoiselle") : Verlaine.

  Thomas Clayton Campbell Jr. (segment "Mademoiselle") : Yeah. And he'll say to you in that poem that - that some girl read to me once - "What have you done? What have you done with your youth?"

• Mademoiselle (segment "Mademoiselle") : You know what I'm thinking? I'm thinking, how wonderful it must be to be old; too old to feel any pain any longer. No great pain and no great joy; just peace.

  Thomas Clayton Campbell Jr. (segment "Mademoiselle") : You're wrong, you know that? You're awful wrong. You shouldn't want to be older than you are. It's crazy. Before you know it, the few hours - I mean, the few years of your youth will be gone. They're too darn short anyway. I know. If you don't enjoy your life now, what will you have to remember? Just a few books, maybe; a couple of poems.

• Mademoiselle (segment "Mademoiselle") : Let's talk about something gay! Life is so short.

• Mademoiselle (segment "Mademoiselle") : I'm so glad to see you gay again.

• Mademoiselle (segment "Mademoiselle") : I hope I didn't make you too miserable with all those irregular verbs.

• Mademoiselle (segment "Mademoiselle") : We have so much in common. The poetry we love.

  Thomas Clayton Campbell Jr. (segment "Mademoiselle") : There isn't much time. There isn't much time at all. I have the most amazing impulse.

  [kisses Mademoiselle]