What If | Letters to Juliet

I caught “Letters to Juliet” last month and thought of sharing a quote that moved me.  It was Sophie’s answer to Claire who had written to Juliet 50 years ago.  Here it goes:

Dear Claire,

‘What’ and ‘if’ two words as non threatening as words come. But put them together side-by-side and they have the power to haunt you for the rest of your life: ‘What if?’…

I don’t know how your story ended. But I know that if what you felt then was love – true love – then it’s never too late. If it was true then why wouldn’t it be true now? You need only the courage to follow your heart…”

I don’t know what a love like that feels like… a love to leave loved ones for, a love to cross oceans for… but I’d like to believe if I ever felt it. I’d have the courage to seize it. I hope you had the courage to seize it, Claire. And if you didn’t,  I hope one day that you will.