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"We both had done the math. Kelly added it all up and... knew she had to let me go. I added it up, and knew that I had... lost her. 'cos I was never gonna get off that island. I was gonna die there, totally alone. I was gonna get sick, or get injured or something. The only choice I had, the only thing I could control was when, and how, and where it was going to happen. So... I made a rope and I went up to the summit, to hang myself. I had to test it, you know?Of course. You know me. And the weight of the log, snapped the limb of the tree, so I-I - , I couldn't even kill myself the way I wanted to. I had power over nothing. And that's when this feeling came over me like a warm blanket. I knew, somehow, that I had to stay alive. Somehow. I had to keep breathing. Even though there was no reason to hope. And all my logic said that I would never see this place again.
So that's what I did. I stayed alive. I kept breathing. And one day my logic was proven all wrong because the tide came in, and gave me a sail. And now, here I am. I'm back. In Memphis, talking to you. I have ice in my glass... And I've lost her all over again. I'm so sad that I don't have Kelly. But I'm so grateful that she was with me on that island. And I know what I have to do now. I gotta keep breathing. Because tomorrow the sun will rise. Who knows what the tide could bring."
~ Tom Hanks as Chuck Noland in Cast Away (2000)
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Hey Susan, thanks for following! We'd love your input!
You know, i've never seen this movie, but i like the Monologue
It's a great film because there's very little dialogue. Only at the beginning and the end. Hanks' character barely speaks throughout... you just watch him survive. Also, this movie has one of the most terrifying plane crashes ever!
I love this monologue because at the moment, I am going through a similar situation. And the part at the very end, "I have to keep breathing," kept me alive. Because I know what I have to do now...I have to keep breathing. :) This movie is one of my all time favorites and remembering this part of the movie saved my life.
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