Quotation

M_ALCOTT
[ Ira, with tears in his eyes, pours his heart out to Ruth, who's about to walk out on him. ] Ira: "I just need to say something...I need to say something. You know I fell in love with you the first time I saw you. You're just the most amazing, beautiful girl I've ever met, and somehow...I don't know...somehow you chose me. But how I loved you then it's...God... it's nothing compared to how I love you now. And I love you with everything inside me. I think you should go. You see, I love you so much; I just want you to be happy, even if that happiness no longer includes me." [ Ira and Ruth tearfully embrace and kiss. She leaves. And the scene flashes forward to the present day, where an older Ira is recounting to Sophia the events of the past, while she sits at his bedside. ] Ira: [to Sophia] "Love requires sacrifice...always."