From The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance:
RANSE: Hallie, who put the cactus roses on Tom’s coffin?
HALLIE: I did.
From the “The Dead” in Dubliners by James Joyce:
A kinder note than he had intended went into his voice.
–Why, Gretta? he asked.
–I am thinking about a person long ago who used to sing that song
–And who was the person long ago? asked Gabriel, smiling.
–It was a person I used to know in Galway when I was living with my grandmother, she said.
The smile passed away from Gabriel’s face.
Previous “Juxtaposition” posts can be found here.
The Prodigal Cinephile 