Amazing. This is amazing!
Listen to this: entire work force of Virginia. . .
. . .had solitaire removed their computers. . .
. . .because they hadn't done work in six weeks.
That's so sad.
Do you know what this is?
The end of Western civilization we know it.
Aren't you late?
Name me one thing that gained from technology.
Electricity.
That's one. You think this machine's friend, but it's not.
-I'm out of here. you tonight!
Sushi!
Bye!
Welcome.
You've got mail.
"Brinkley is my dog. both love New York streets. "
Although he likes to eat pizza the sidewalk...
...and I prefer to buy it.
Brinkley is a great catcher who was a tryout on the Mets.
But he chose to stay with me he could spend 18 hours a day...
...sleeping on a large pillo w size of an inner tube.
Don 't you love New York in the fall?
Makes me want to buy school supplies.
I'm almost ready.
I would send you a bouquet newly sharpened pencils...
...if I knew your name and address.
On the other hand, not knowing has its charms.
Did you push it?
Yes, I pushed it.
I'm so late.
Random House fired Dick Atkins. riddance!
Murray Chilton died. That's one person I'm not speaking to.
Hurry! Hurry! Hurry!
Vince got a great review. be insufferable.
Tonight, PEN dinner.
Am I going?
You promised!
It's black-tie.
Can't I just give money instead?
What is it this week? Albanian writers?
I'm in favor of that.
Okay, I'll go.
You're late.
I know, I know.
Who's a happy dog?
Welcome.
You've got mail.
All right. Okay. down, get down.
Dear friend: I like to start notes to you...
...as if we're already the middle of a conversation.
I pretend that we're the oldest dearest friends...
...as opposed to what actually are:
People who don 't know other's names...
...and met in a chat room where both claimed we'd never been before.
"What will NY152 say today?" I wonder.
I turn on my computer.
I wait impatiently as it connects.
I go online...
...and my breath catches in my chest I hear three little words:
"You've got mail. "
I hear nothing, not even a sound the streets of New York.
Just the beat of my own heart.
I have mail. ..
...from you.
The electrical contractor a deer last night.
So he won't be here till tomorrow.
And upstairs, the shelves are late. . .
. . .because the pine ordered has beetles.
Very good.
And we got a $50,000 ticket workers peeing off the roof.
That is great. the electrician here?
I just told you he hit a deer. knew you weren't listening to me.
You're right. I wasn't.
"l hear nothing.
Not a sound on the city streets, the beat of my own heart. "
I think that's how it goes. like that.
You and Patricia got engaged, you? You can tell me.
Engaged?
Are you crazy?
I thought you liked Patricia.
I do.
I love Patricia.
Patricia's amazing. makes coffee nervous.
We should announce ourselves to neighborhood: "Here we come. "
This is the Upper West Side.
We might as well tell them opening a crack house.
They're going to hate us.
They'll be lining up to picket big bad chain store. . .
. . .that's out to destroy--
Everything they hold dear.
We're going to seduce them our square footage. . .
. . .and our discounts our deep armchairs. . .
. . .and our cappuccino.
They're going to hate us the beginning. . .
. . .but we'll get them in the end.
And you know why?
Why?
Because we'll sell cheap books legal addictive stimulants.
In the meantime, just put up a big sign:
"Coming Soon, a Fox Books Superstore. End of Civilization. . .
...As You Know lt!"
Good morning, Christina.
Morning, Kathleen.
Isn't it just the most beautiful day?
I guess. Yeah, sure.
-Idiot, what are you doing? got the green light!
Don't you love York in the fall?
Perfect.
Can't beat that.
Scotch tape? is going on with you?
Nothing.
-You're in love. love? No.
Yes, that's right! in love with Frank.
I'm practically living with Frank.
Could you get our mailers out this week?
By Monday, I promise. have this paper due Friday.
What is going on?
Nothing at all.
You know, I am just going to here until you tell me.
All right.
Is it infidelity if you're involved someone on e-mail?
Have you had sex?
No, I don't even know him.
I mean cybersex.
Don't do it. The minute you do, lose all respect for you.
It's not like that.
We just e-mail. really nothing.
On top of which, I'm thinking of because it's getting. . . .
Out of hand?
Confusing.
But not.
Because it's nothing.
Where'd you meet him?
Listen, I can't even remember.
On my birthday, I wandered into "over 30" room for a joke, sort of.
And he was there. we started chatting.
About what?
Books and music, much we both love New York. . . .
Harmless, harmless.
Meaningless.
Bouquets of sharpened pencils.
Excuse me?
Forget it.
We don't talk about anything personal, I don't know his name. . .
. . .or what he does where he lives exactly. . .
. . .so it'll be easy for me to stop him, because I'm not.
He could be the next person walk into the store.
I know.
He could be. . .
. . .George.
Morning.
Are you online?
As far as I'm concerned. . .
. . .the lnternet is just another way being rejected by a woman.
Good morning, Birdie.
What are you girls talking about?
Cybersex.
I tried once, but I kept a busy signal.
I know.
I was really depressed Saturday night about 9:00--
Time to open up!
Jessica and Maya, how are you today?
-Want to say hi to Kathleen? Kathleen.
May I help you?
Construction's going well. should open on time.
Although Kevin and I are concerned the neighborhood response.
This fabric on the couch, is it?
Money.
Its name is money.
-Gillian selected it. guess.
-Your father's getting married again.
Congratulations!
Why?
Who knows?
Love?
Possible.
You're a damn fool!
Pops, Matthew is years old, okay?
It'd be nice his parents were married.
Listen, I have a announcement to make.
City Books. . .
. . .on 23rd Street.
It's going under.
Another independent bites the dust.
On to the next!
Going to buy out their of architecture. . .
. . .and New York history the new store.
How much you paying, son?
It won't be as much as that mohair episode there. . .
. . .which is now all over my suit.
Here you go.
We'll also have a section dedicated writers from the West Side.
As a sop to the neighborhood.
Keep those West Side, nuts, pseudo-intellectual--
Readers, Dad. called readers.
Don't romanticize them. keep them. . .
. . .from jumping down your throat.
What's the competition?
One mystery store, Sleuth, 78th and Amsterdam. . .
. . .and a children's bookstore, Around The Corner.
-It's been there forever. store.
Who's that?
Cecilia Kelly.
Lovely woman. I think we might had a date once.
Or maybe we just exchanged letters.
You wrote her letters?
Mail. It was called mail.
-Stamps, envelopes-- heard of it.
Cecilia had beautiful penmanship.
She was too young for me. . .
. . .but she was. . .
. . .enchanting.
Enchanting?
Her daughter owns it now.
Too bad for her.
Excuse me, Mr. Fox.
My father is getting married again.
For 5 years, he's been living Gillian...
... who studied decorating Caesar's Palace.
Is it porcelain?
Rubber.
Once I read a story about a in the subway, and today...
...l saw one.
It got on at 42nd off at 59th...
... where, I assume went to Bloomingdale 's...
... to buy a hat that will out to be a mistake.
As almost all hats are.
Listen to this:
Every night a truck pulls up my neighborhood bagel place...
...and pumps a ton of flour underground tanks.
The air is filled with white dust never seems to land.
Why is that?
Confession: I've read and Prejudice about 200 times.
I get lost in the language. like...
... "thither. "
"Mischance. "
"Felicity. "
I'm always in agony over whether and Mr. Darcy...
...are really going to get together.
Read it.
I know you'll love it.
The purpose of places Starbucks...
...is for people with decision-making ability...
... to make six decisions to buy one cup of coffee.
Short, tall, lite, dark...
...caf, decaf. ..
...lo w-fat, nonfat...
...et cetera.
Mocha frappuccino grande.
So people who don 't know the hell they're doing...
...or who on earth they are for only $2.95...
...get notjust a cup of coffee...
...but an absolutely sense of self.
Tall!
Decaf!
Cappuccino!
Tall decaf cappuccino.
Bummer!
A Fox Books Superstore.
Quel nightmare.
It has nothing to do with us. big. . .
. . .impersonal. . .
. . .overstocked and full ignorant salespeople.
But they discount.
But they don't provide any service.
We do.
So, really...
. . .it's a good development.
You know how in the flower district are all those shops. . .
. . .so you can find whatever you want?
This is going to be book district.
If they don't have it, we do.
And vice versa.
Absolutely.
When you are finished Fox Books. . .
. . .The Shop Around The Corner be responsible. . .
. . .for reversing the entire course the lndustrial Revolution.
Well, now, that is so sweet!
Thank you. That is so sweet.
Although l--
What?
Wait a minute. is that doing here?
Oh, my gosh!
This is amazing.
Listen.
The Olympia Report Deluxe Electric.
Report.
As in gunshot.
-That sound is familiar. to this.
What, that whirring?
The gentle, soothing lullaby. . .
. . .of a piece of machinery so perfect--
I know where I've heard that before.
I needed a backup.
Don't you have another one your apartment?
-I might! you wrote a column about?
Who cares?
What were you going to say?
-When?
Nothing.
Come on.
I'm just wondering. wondering about my work.
What is it that I do, exactly? I really do is--
All you really do. . .
. . .is this incredibly noble thing.
I don't know.
Really, I'm just--
You are a lone reed.
You are a lone. . .
. . .reed. . .
. . .standing. . .
. . .tall. . .
. . .waving boldly. . .
. . .in the corrupt sands. . .
. . .of commerce.
I am a lone reed.
Sometimes I wonder about my life.
I lead a small life.
Well, valuable, but small.
And sometimes I wonder...
...do I do it because I like it...
...or because I haven 't been brave?
So much of what I see reminds me something in a book...
... when shouldn 't it be other way around?
I don 't want an answer. want...
... to send this cosmic question the void.
So...
...good night, dear void.
I know you!
Hello, Annabel, little girl.
How are you?
And you!
Matthew, how are you?
Good.
Ready to say hello to New Jersey?
Hello, New Jersey!
Don't I get a "hello"?
Hello, Gillian.
Kiss me. I'll be wicked stepmother.
There you go.
Hello. And who is this?
Nanny Maureen. In case couldn't handle the kids.
Maureen's getting a divorce.
I'm sorry to hear that.
It's my own fault. marry a man who lies.
That is so wise. remember that.
She taught Matt to spell his name.
Really?
-Let's hear it.
Excellent!
I've got this covered. can have the day off.
And you must be late for something. rolling bandages. . .
. . .for Bosnian refugees.
I am. I'm having eggs harvested.
And getting those eggs harvested. worry!
See you later.
Bye, Mom.
All right, you guys, are you ready go out on the boat?
What happened to you?
Come on, one more time.
Here, you can do that one.
What do we win?
Look, look, look!
-How are the fish? well, very happy.
Are they?
You guys want to go to a movie?
There's nothing good playing.
Look! The storybook lady.
Are we at the right time? let's go.
"That it was I and I alone who had. . .
. . .the idea for the and daring mouse plot.
We all have our moments brilliance and glory. . .
. . .and this was mine.
'Why don't we,' I said. . .
. . .'slip it into one of Pratchett's jars of sweets?
And then. . .
. . .when she puts her hand in grab a handful. . .
. . .she will grab a stinky mouse instead.'
The other four stared at me in wonder.
Then, as the sheer genius the plot began to sink in. . .
. . .they all started grinning.
They slapped me on the back, cheered danced around the classroom.
'We will do it today!' they cried.
'We'll do it on the way home. had the idea,' they said to me.
'So you can be the one who the mouse in the jar.' "
-Who belongs to this fish? mine.
Could you help me with these books?
And this is her best friend Tacy, real name is Anastasia.
And the next book, Betsy and Tacy friends with Tib. . .
. . .whose real name, I am sorry tell you, is Thelma.
The illustrations are hand-tipped.
And that's why it costs so much?
That's why it's worth so much.
I want all of them.
I'll think about it.
That's a lot for your dad buy at one time.
My dad gets me all the books I want.
That's very nice of him.
That's not my dad. my nephew.
I don't really think he could be your nephew.
It's true.
Annabel is my aunt. that right, Aunt Annabel?
And Matt is his--
Wait, let me guess.
Are you his uncle?
His grandfather?
His great-grandfather?
I'm his brother!
Matt is my father's son. is my grandfather's daughter.
We are. . .
. . .an American family.
Here you go.
-What's that? a handkerchief.
Do children not know handkerchiefs are?
A handkerchief is a Kleenex don't throw away. See?
My mother embroidered this.
My initials and a daisy, because are my favorite flower.
May I ask who you are?
Kathleen Kelly. I own this store. you are?
Just call me Joe.
We'll take these.
You're going to come back, you?
Of course.
See?
That is why we won't go under. customers are loyal.
They're opening a Fox Books the corner.
Fox Books!
-My daddy-- to buy discount.
Don't tell! nothing to be proud of.
F-O-X.
That's amazing! can spell fox.
Can you spell dog?
F-O-X.
Look at this pop-up dinosaur book.
Wouldn't you like to have dinosaur book like that?
Wouldn't you like to read that?
Sit here and read Matt the book I take care of things.
Whatever you do, just don't listen anything I say. Thank you.
We'll take that pop-up book as well.
The world is not driven by discounts. been in business forever.
I started helping my mother I was six, and I watched her.
She wasn't just selling books.
She was helping people become they were going to be.
When you read a book as a child, becomes part of your identity. . .
. . .in a way that no other reading your whole life does.
And I have gotten carried away.
Yeah, you have.
You've made me feel. . . .
Enchanting. mother was enchanting.
Yes, she was.
How will you pay?
Cash.
How did you know that?
From the photograph.
That you in the photograph? are you doing?
Twirling.
My mother and I used to twirl.
She left the store to me, I'll leave it to my daughter.
-$73, please. much?
$73.
How old is your daughter now?
I don't have a daughter.
I'm not married. But eventually. . . .
So the big bad Fox Books just go to hell.
Here you go.
Thank you. We're ready?
This is nice.
Goodbye, Annabel. Matt.
Matt, I have to ask you thing.
Can you spell cat?
F-O-X.
Cat!
Thanks.
Good thing it wasn't the fish.
Take care!
No protests, no demonstrations.
The neighborhood loves us.
They're wondering where been all these years. . .
. . .how they did without us.
It's a hit!
How's the children's department?
It's early. School's not out.
And there is that store nearby.
Cecilia's store. Cecilia Kelly.
We might have had a date once.
-Her daughter owns it now. crush it!
She was enchanting.
They've been open 6 days.
And we did $1 200 less. . .
. . .than the same week last year.
That could be a fluke, right?
Or not.
Their store is new. a novelty.
It'll all shake out. I'll put up more lights.
That's a fine idea.
What if we have to fold?
I'll never find part-time job.
Then I won't be able to pay rent, and I'll have to move.
To Brooklyn!
The joy of rent control. rooms. . .
. . . $450 a month.
You've told us a million times.
I can't believe you're bringing up at a time like this.
It's like those people who brag they're tall.
We are not going to fold.
This place is a tomb.
I'm going to the nut shop, it's fun.
Miranda!
Kathleen, are you surviving?
We're excited about your new book. should we schedule a signing?
It's being published in January. you be in business in January?
I'm so worried.
We're doing great.
Aren't we?
No difference whatsoever!
Great.
Thank God!
You can count on me for anything. rallies, picket lines.
We can get the Times write something.
Or that nut from the Observer.
-What nut in the Observer ? something-or-other.
The one who's in love his typewriter.
It's just the sort of thing outrage him.
She called me a nut?
That's not the point. thinks my store is in trouble.
Why'd she say that? enough business for us all.
Yes, there is.
We are fine.
You're more than fine. absolutely fine.
We are fine.
How are you?
Fine.
Vince will be so happy to see you.
Congratulations!
This is amazing. said:
"You should go to a retreat.
You really should go to a retreat. "
Honey, will you get me drink?
"lt's a great place. . .
. . .to calm down. "
He said that. that hilarious?
Champagne, please.
Stoli on the rocks. a fresh glass, please.
White wine, please.
Here you go.
Do you remember me?
Of course I remember you.
How's your aunt?
She's great. Thanks.
I'd better go deliver this.
I have a thirsty date. part camel.
Joe, right? Joe, isn't it?
And you are Kathleen.
Kathleen Kelly.
Two white wine, please.
I cannot believe that were speaking to Joe Fox.
Joe Fox?
As in--
As in, he's going to over everything.
Fox? Your last name is Fox.
F-O-X.
God!
I didn't realize--
I didn't know--
Who you were with? didn't know who you were with.
Excuse me?
It's from The Godfather.
Sorry, it's from The Godfather.
It's when the movie producer that Tom Hagen. . .
. . .is an emissary of Vito Corleone.
Just before the horse's head up in the bed. . .
. . .with all the bloody sheets. up and it's--
Never mind.
You were spying on me, weren't you? probably rented those children.
Why would I spy on you?
Because I am your competition, you know. . .
. . .or you wouldn't have put up the sign: around the corner. "
Our store entrance is around the corner. no other way to say it.
It's not the name of our store. where it is.
And you do not own the phrase the corner. "
What is that?
What are you doing?
You're taking all the caviar? caviar is a garnish.
I came into your store because. . .
. . .I was spending the day Annabel and Matt.
I was buying them presents.
I'm the type of guy who buys his way the hearts of children.
There was only one place to find children's book in the neighborhood.
That won't always be the case.
And it was yours. it is. . .
. . .a charming little bookstore.
You probably sell, what, worth of books in a year.
How did you know that?
I'm in the book business.
I am in the book business.
I see.
And we are the Price Club.
Only instead of a ten-gallon vat olive oil for $3.99. . .
. . .that won't even fit in your we sell cheap books.
Me, a spy? Absolutely!
I have in my possession the secret of the sales figures. . .
. . .of a bookstore so inconsequential, full of its own virtue. . .
. . .that I had to rush over for fear will put me out of business.
What?
How you doing? Frank Navasky.
Joe Fox.
The inventor of the superstore.
The enemy of the mid-list novel.
The destroyer of City Books.
How do you sleep at night?
I use a wonderful over-the-counter drug.
"Ultra-dorm. "
Just take a half.
You'll wake without a tiny hangover.
You're Frank Navasky, aren't you?
Your last piece in the Observer...
. . .about Anthony Powell was brilliant.
Brilliant!
I'm Patricia Eden.
Eden Books.
This man is the greatest expert. . .
. . .on Julius and Ethel Rosenberg.
You really liked--
This is Kathleen Kelly.
My piece? I just-- flattered.
You write these things. think somebody'll mention them.
The phone doesn't ring you think:
"l'm a fraud. I'm a failure. "
You know what fascinated me about and Ethel Rosenberg?
Is how old they looked they were really just our age.
You know?
I'm so happy to have met you.
Have you ever about doing a book?
It's crossed my mind, relevant for today. . .
. . .Iike the Luddite movement in 9th century England. We should talk.
Call me.
Have you ever had a caviar garnish?
I had no idea Frank Navasky. . .
. . .was going to be so down-to-earth.
You read his stuff. . .
. . .you think he's going to be obscure and abstruse.
He's always talking Heidegger. . .
. . .and Foucault.
And I have no idea it's about, really.
I'm not tired. I'm not.
Do you ever feel you've become worst version of yourself?
That a Pandora 's box of the secret, hateful parts...
... your arrogance, your spite...
... your condescension...
...has sprung open?
Someone provokes you, instead of smiling...
...and moving on, you zing them?
"Hello, it's Mr. Nasty. "
I'm sure you have no idea I'm talking about.
I know what you mean, I'm completelyjealous.
When I'm provoked I get My mind goes...
. . .blank.
Then I toss and turn all night...
... trying to figure out I should've said.
What should I have said, example, to the...
. . .bottom-dweller. . .
. . .who recently belittled existence?
Nothing.
Nothing. Even now.
Even now...
. . .days later. . .
...l can 't figure it out.
Wouldn 't it be wonderful if I could all my zingers to you?
Then I'd never behave badly and could behave badly all the time.
And we'd be happy.
On the other hand, must warn you:
When you finally say thing you mean to say...
...at the moment you mean to say it, inevitably follo ws.
Do you think we should meet?
Meet?
Oh, my God!
$72.27.
This is a cash-only line.
Cash only.
Oh, my God!
I just have a credit card. sorry. Is that okay?
No, it's not okay.
There's a sign.
I'm sorry. I'm very sorry.
I'm asking you to make exception in this one case.
You have no cash?
-She has no cash. she has no cash.
Get on another line, lady.
I have a dollar. all.
I have a dollar. One dollar.
Is there anything you can do?
Need some money?
I do not need any money. you very much.
Get in another line.
Rose.
That is a great name. Rose.
This is Kathleen. Joe--
And I'm Henry.
Henry, how are you? holidays.
This is a credit card machine.
Happy Thanksgiving.
It's your turn to say Thanksgiving" back.
Happy Thanksgiving back.
Knock, knock.
Who's there?
Orange.
Orange who?
Orange you going to us a break. . .
. . .by zipping this credit card the machine?
You can do it.
Zip, zip.
There you go.
Rose?
That is a great name.
So you're fine.
Fine.
Happy Thanksgiving. happy Thanksgiving.
I'm so sorry.
-From the bottom of my heart. sign already!
-I'd like to get home. have my pen.
The sun will come out tomorrow
Bet your bottom dollar that
Tomorrow there'll be sun
Just thinking about tomorrow
Clears away the cobwebs and the sorrow
Till there's none
When I'm stuck with a day that's gray
And lonely
Ijust stick out my chin and grin
And say:
Oh, the sun will come out tomorrow
So you got to hang on till tomorrow
Come what may
Tomorrow, tomorrow
I love you, tomorrow
You're always a day
Away
Wonderful!
Thank you.
The violins
Sing with joyful ring
The violins
Sing with joyful ring
The clarinet, the clarinet
Goes doodly, doodly, doodly det
The horn, the horn
It sounds....
The horn sounds so forlorn
I got it.
"lt's coming on Christmas. cutting down trees. "
Do you know that Joni Mitchell song?
"l wish I had a river could skate away on. "
Such a sad song. And not about Christmas.
I was thinking about it tonight I was decorating my tree.
Unwrapping ornaments of Popsicle sticks...
...and missing my mother so much almost couldn 't breathe.
I always miss my mother at Christmas.
But it is worse this year I need some advice from her.
I need her to make me cocoa.
And tell me that everything going badly my life will sort itself out.
What kind of advice do you need? I help?
Can you help?
I wish you could help.
I wish....
I had a feeling be online now.
I can give you advice.
I'm great at advice.
If only you could help.
Is it about love?
Please say no.
No. How cute is that?
My business is in trouble.
Well!
I'm a brilliant businessman.
It's what I do best.
What's your business?
No specifics. Remember?
Minus specifics, it's hard help except to say:
"Go to the mattresses. "
"Except to say, 'Go to the matt--' "
What?
What does that mean?
It's from The Godfather. means you have to go to war.
What is it with men The Godfather ?
Hello?
Oh, come on. Hello?
Well. . . .
Well, what can l. . . .
Michael--
The Godfather is the l-Ching.
The Godfather is the sum of all wisdom.
The Godfather is the answer any question.
What should I pack my vacation?
"Leave the gun. Take the cannoli. "
What day of the week is it?
"Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday. "
The answer to your question is: to the mattresses. "
You're at war. not personal, it's business.
It's not personal. business. "
Recite that to yourself every time losing your nerve.
I know you worry about being brave.
Don't.
This is your chance.
Fight!
Fight to the death!
It's not personal. business. Just fight!
Fight!
I've been thinking.
What?
I'm going to the mattresses.
Would it be a conflict of interest you wrote about the store?
Yes.
Yes?
No.
So you'll do it?
Do you know what it is go to the mattresses?
From The Godfather.
Good morning, Around The Corner.
May I help you?
The Channel 2 truck just pulled up.
In a second.
Everyone's read the article.
"So you do not have to look the usual places. . .
. . .where good and evil face off. . .
. . .the places Herodotus called happy land of absolutes.'
We have the perfect example the West Side. . .
. . .where the cold cash cow, Books. . .
. . .threatens survival of a temple. . .
. . .to one of the twentieth century's profound truths:
You are what you read. "
I believe that.
"Save The Shop Around The Corner. . .
. . .and you will save your soul. "
Frank, that's charming.
Is it a little over the top?
That was The Village Voice. told them to come over whenever.
"Float like a butterfly. like a bee. "
One, two, three, four!
We don't want your superstore!
Five, six, seven, eight!
Go away and close the gate!
One, two, three, four!
"We don't want this superstore. "
-Is that it?
Who wrote that?
Annoying.
Pissing me off.
Do you want the West Side...
. . .to become one big, strip mall?
Do you want to get off the subway 72nd and Broadway. . .
. . .and not even know in New York City?
Can we save Shop Around The Corner?
We're here...
...at The Shop Around The Corner, West Side children 's bookstore...
...on the verge of having close its doors...
...because the big bad wolf, Books, has opened nearby...
... wooing customers with its sharp and designer coffee.
They have to have and lattes...
...because their workers never read a book.
She's not as nice as she seems on TV.
You met her?
Boy, she's a pill!
Probably ain't as as she look on TV.
No, no. She's beautiful.
But. . .
. . .she's a pill.
You don't feel bad. . .
. . .about sending her ass back the projects with food stamps?
Broke, single, white lady.
It's not personal.
It's business.
Here's a good-looking guy.
I sell cheap books. sue me.
That, in a nutshell, the Fox Books philosophy.
That's what you said?
Discount them and sell them.
That's not all I said!
I can't believe those bastards. said we were great!
I said you could read for hours no one will bother you.
I said we had 1 50,000 titles.
I said we were a goddamn piazza.
A place where people could mingle.
Piazza?
I was eloquent!
Shit!
It's inevitable. People want turn her into Joan of Arc.
And you into Attila the Hun.
Not me personally, the company, yeah.
I have met Joe Fox.
I've heard him compare store to a Price Club...
...and the books in it cans of olive oil.
The bookstore, tell us about it.
The Shop Around The Corner has kind of Jeffersonian purity to it...
... that the city needs in order maintain historical integrity.
Jeffersonian purity.
That was nice. Thank you.
-Are you taping this? taping this.
Technologically speaking, world's out of hand.
Take the VCR.
The whole idea behind the VCR that it makes it possible...
...for you to tape what's on TV you leave the house.
The whole idea leaving the house...
...is so you can miss on television.
-I've heard you say that before. hasn't.
Absolutely!
Right!
She gets it.
Radio. There's a medium can get behind.
Will you start collecting radios?
We're on television.
You're good at it.
She's coming on to you.
They do this on television.
The Shop Around The Corner...
...it's a true New York treasure.
As are you.
Honestly, I'd love to have you back.
Is she sweating?
She's touching herself she's sweating.
Anytime.
We can turn it off.
Oh, my God.
Ijust want to say that is the only show I watch.
Oh, my God!
No! I was being polite.
Thank you, Frank Navasky.
Thank you're... ? sorry.
Thank you're?
Thank you're, and gentlemen.
I slobbered all over her, didn't l?
But I think that something there.
So first, I got to go get eucalyptus candles. . .
. . .because it makes apartment smell mossy.
Then I'm going to the market, I can't decide whether to get. . .
. . .sausage for the meat sauce, chopped meat.
Spare us.
You know what? Clam sauce.
Because this is a big date.
Don't tell me. the slightest difference?
How can that be?
All this publicity not one bit of difference?
Birdie, what am I going to do?
What would Mom have done?
Well, let's ask her.
Cecilia, what should we do?
She has no idea.
But she thinks window display is lovely.
Good night, dearie.
I need help.
Do you still want to meet me?
I would love to meet you. When?
So I suppose she's carrying a copy a book with a flower in it?
Not really?
She could be a real dog, man.
I'm only staying 1 0 minutes.
I'll say hello, have a cup coffee and then I'll split.
Hope she doesn't have a squeaky voice the mice in Cinderella.
Why am I doing this? am I compelled to meet her?
Relax. You're taking it the next level.
I always do that.
I always take a relationship the next level.
If that works out, I take it the next level after that.
Till I reach that level where becomes absolutely necessary. . .
. . .for me to leave.
I won't stay that long anyway. already said that, didn't l?
Yes, you did.
Caf?Lalo. This is it.
Eight o'clock. got here fast, didn't we?
Kevin. . .
. . .this woman is the most creature.
If she turns out even to be good-looking as a mailbox. . .
. . .I'd be crazy not to turn my life down and marry her.
She could be a real dog.
But good luck.
Would you go and look for me?
Go look through the window check her out. Please?
All right.
You're pathetic, man.
I'll see what I see.
You see her?
Wait, yeah.
I see a very beautiful girl.
She's fine.
-I knew it. gorgeous.
I knew she would be.
But no book.
All right.
Okay, wait. a minute.
There's a book with a flower. this got to be her.
What does she look like?
Can't see. Waiter's blocking.
Damn it!
He's moving.
Can you see her?
Yeah.
And?
She's very pretty.
She is!
I knew she would be! had to be!
She had to be!
You know what?
She look--
I mean, she almost has same coloring as. . .
. . .that Kathleen Kelly person.
Kathleen Kelly of the bookstore?
Why not? You said you thought was attractive.
Absolutely. Why not? cares about Kathleen Kelly?
Well, if you don't like Kelly. . .
. . .I can tell you right now. . .
. . .you won't like this girl.
Why not?
Because it is Kathleen Kelly.
What are you going to do?
Nothing.
You're going to let her all night?
That's exactly I'm going to do.
Good night. see you in the morning.
Do you mind if I borrow this chair?
Yes, I mind. Sorry.
I'm expecting someone.
Would you like another tea?
Yes. Thank you.
This is a coincidence. you mind if I sat down?
Yes, I would, actually. expecting someone.
Pride and Prejudice.
Do you mind?
I bet you read that book every year. bet you just love that. . .
. . .Mr. Darcy.
Your sentimental heart beats wildly the thought he and. . .
. . .whatever her name is are truly, going to end up together.
Can I get you something?
He's not staying.
Mochaccino decaf, nonfat.
You are not staying!
I'll stay until friend gets here.
Is he late?
The heroine of Pride and Prejudice Elizabeth Bennet.
She is a great and complex character. that you would know.
As a matter of fact, I've read it.
Good for you.
You'd discover a lot you really knew me.
I know what I'd find.
Instead of a brain, a cash register. of a heart, a bottom line.
What?
-I just had a breakthrough. is it?
For the first time, when confronted a horrible person. . .
. . .I knew what I wanted to say, I said it.
You have a gift for it. That's a blend of poetry and meanness.
Let me tell you about meanness.
Don't misunderstand. paying you a compliment.
What are you doing?
Is this a red rose? it's a crimson rose.
Something you read in a book.
It's funny to you, isn't it? is a joke to you.
Please leave.
Please leave, I beg you.
Thank you.
That hanky reminds me the first day I met you.
First day you lied to me.
-I didn't lie. did too.
-No, I didn't. you did.
You did too.
I thought that Fox stuff so charming. F-O-X.
I didn't lie about it.
"Just call me Joe. "
Sure.
As if you were a stupid girl with no last name.
"Hi, I'm Kimberly. " I'm Janice. "
It's like they're an entire generation cocktail waitresses.
Look.
-I am not a cocktail waitress. not what I meant.
What I said about Price Club, not what I meant.
You poor, sad multimillionaire. feel so sorry for you.
I'll take a wild guess not him, either.
So who is he, I wonder?
Certainly not world's greatest expert. . .
. . .on Julius and Ethel Rosenberg.
But somebody else entirely different.
Will you be mean to him too?
No, I will not.
The man who is coming here completely unlike you.
The man who is coming here kind and funny.
He's got a wonderful sense of humor.
But. . .
. . .he's not here.
If he's not, he has a reason. . .
. . .because there is not a cruel careless bone in his body.
I wouldn't expect you to understand.
You, with your theme park, mochaccinoland.
You think you're a benefactor books to the masses.
But no one will ever remember you.
And maybe no one will remember me.
But plenty of people my mother.
They think she was fine.
They think her store something special.
You are nothing but a suit.
That's my cue.
Good night.
So then the agent asks for $600,000 I said to her:
"lf you think I'm going to talk. . .
. . .about paying that kind of for an author. . .
. . .whose last book is being used trivets all over the world. . .
. . .you are completely crazy. "
She was insulting, and only thing pleasant about her. . .
. . .was the way her hair across her forehead.
Underneath that disagreeable she may be--
A real bitch!
Let's not talk about it. sure you have work to do.
Not really.
This place is a well-oiled my friend.
So? What happened?
-He never came. stood you up.
I wouldn't characterize it that way. think something happened.
Something unexpected that it impossible for him to. . . .
What if he showed up, one look at me and left?
Not possible.
Maybe there was a subway accident.
Absolutely!
A train got trapped underground him inside.
And no phone.
And you know how those trains create suction.
He got sucked onto the tracks.
The third rail.
He's toast!
What happened?
He was unable to make it.
He stood you up?
Maybe he had a car accident. cab drivers are maniacs.
They hit something and you slam that plastic partition.
Or his elbows could be in splints, he couldn't dial.
Or he could be unconscious.
In a coma.
Stuck in intensive care.
With a heart monitor beeping.
And like. . . .
No phone.
What are you saying?
It could be.
He was arrested near the caf?
Is there a picture?
That explains it.
He was in jail.
And there was a phone.
He only got one call, he called his lawyer.
You are so lucky!
You could be dead.
He couldn't be the Rooftop Killer!
Remember when you thought might be the Unabomber?
That was different.
How long did you sit there alone?
Not long. Joe Fox came in.
I don't want to talk about it. get to work.
There's got to be something to do.
-Look at this. looks kind of cute.
So?
He was unavoidably detained.
He stood you up?
I've been thinking about you.
Last night I went to meet you, you weren 't there.
I wish I knew why. felt so foolish.
As I waited, someone else showed up.
A man who has made professional life a misery.
And an amazing thing happened.
I was able, for the first time...
... to say the exact thing wanted to say...
...at the exact moment wanted to say it.
And of course, I felt terrible...
...just as you said I would.
I was cruel, and I'm never cruel.
Though I hardly believe I said mattered to this man.
To him, I am just a bug to be crushed.
But what if it did?
No matter what he's done to me, is no excuse for my behavior.
Anyway...
...l so wanted to talk to you.
I hope you have a reason not coming.
You don 't seem like the kind of who 'd do that.
The thing about this of communication...
...is you're likely to talk nothing.
But ljust want to say...
...all this nothing has meant to me than so many...
...somethings.
So, thanks.
Goodbye.
I am in...
... Vancouver.
I was stuck in a meeting I couldn 't get out of. ..
...and...
... the electricity went out.
And...
... we were trapped...
...on the 38th floor.
And the telephone system blew too.
Amazingly enough.
Dear friend:
I cannot tell you happened last night.
But I beg you the bottom of my heart...
... to forgive me for not being there.
For what happened.
I feel terrible that you yourself in a situation...
... that caused you additional pain.
But I'm absolutely sure...
... that whatever you said night was provoked.
Even deserved.
Everyone says things they regret they're stressed.
You were expecting to see you trusted...
...and met the enemy instead.
The fault is mine.
Someday I'll explain everything.
Meanwhile...
...l'm still here.
Talk to me.
Did he say he wanted meet you again?
No, not really. doesn't matter.
We'll be like George Bernard Shaw Mrs.Campbell.
We'll write letters our whole lives.
Thank you for the scones. look lovely.
Birdie, where was this one taken?
Seville.
When you fell madly in love?
So, dearie, have you decided to do?
Close. We're going to close.
Close.
Closing the store is brave thing to do.
You are such a liar.
But thank you.
You are daring to imagine that could have a different life.
I know it doesn't feel like that. feel like a big failure.
But you're not.
You are marching into unknown, armed with. . .
. . .nothing.
Have a sandwich.
Not nothing.
I have a little money saved.
If you need more, ask me. very rich.
I bought lntel at six.
I suppose you want me tell you who it was. . .
. . .I fell madly in love with.
I'm not going to tell.
Who was it?
Come on, tell. That's so mean.
But so romantic.
-It wasn't meant to be. not?
He ran Spain.
Spain?
The country, he ran it. was his job.
And then he died.
Just as well.
Milk or lemon?
She fell in love with Franco.
We don't know that for sure.
Who else could it have been? was around 1 960.
-Do you want popcorn? can't believe this!
It's not like he was something normal, a socialist or an anarchist.
It happened in Spain.
People do stupid things foreign countries.
They buy leather jackets more than they're worth.
But they don't fall in love fascist dictators.
Birdie is a very person to me.
She is practically my surrogate mother.
-She's out of her mind. is not!
I could never be with anybody doesn't take politics seriously.
Do you mind?
A hot dog is singing.
You need quiet a hot dog is singing?
I have something to tell you.
I didn't vote.
What?
In the last mayoral election. . .
. . .when Rudy Giuliani was running Ruth Messinger. . .
. . .I went to get a manicure.
And forgot to vote.
Since when do you get manicures?
I suppose you could never be with woman who got manicures?
It's okay. I forgive you.
You forgive me?
Excuse me, I'm sorry. Excuse me.
This has been a big week. closing the store.
It's not that. it's not.
I know, I know. was terrible of me.
What was terrible?
Jumping all over you I'm the one. . . .
I don't even know how to say this.
What is it?
What?
You're a wonderful person.
So are you.
And I'm so honored that want to be with me. . .
. . .because you wouldn't be with who wasn't truly worthy.
I feel exactly the same way.
Don't say that. makes it worse.
What?
You don't love me.
Me either.
You don't love me?
No.
But we're so right for each other.
I know!
Well, is there someone else?
That woman on television, Sidney Ann.
Nothing has happened, but. . . .
Is she a Republican?
I can't help myself.
What about you?
Is there someone else?
No, but. . . .
But there is the dream someone else.
Grab a copy of Trumpet of the Swan.
This is a tragedy.
-These chairs for sale? not nailed down.
Ten dollars, it's yours.
What are you going to do now?
I think I'll take some time. almost looking forward to it.
Good luck to you.
I came here every Saturday I was little.
I remember when your mother me Anne of Green Gables.
"Read it with a box of Kleenex," told me.
-Could someone help me? looking down on you now.
I'm sure she is.
Why don't we bomb Fox Books?
Do you have. . .
. . .the "shoe" books?
Who's the author?
I don't know.
My friend said my daughter has to the "shoe" books, so here I am.
Noel Streatfeild.
Noel Streatfeild wrote Shoes and Skating Shoes...
. . .and Theatre Shoes...
. . .and Dancing Shoes and. . . .
I'd start with Ballet Shoes. my favorite.
Although Skating Shoes completely wonderful.
But it's out of print.
Streatfeild. do you spell that?
S-T-R-E-A-T-F-E-l-L-D.
Thank you.
Kathleen Kelly. It was her name was in the air.
Just like that?
Everyone was talking about her today. Kelly and her "situation. "
And I was thinking that she'd make great children's book editor.
What makes you think that?
Well. . .
. . .she knows everything.
She has flawless taste. famous for it.
Salesmen swear by her. she likes the book, it sells.
Period!
You're going to offer her a job?
What else has she got to do?
-Now that she's destitute. to you.
-I don't see her working for you. not?
She lacks the killer instinct.
She's never fired anybody. at that little shop.
Those people have been there forever.
Till recently, when they all their jobs.
Thanks to you.
Hold the elevator!
Hello, Charlie.
I love how you've forgotten you had role in her current situation.
It's so obtuse.
It's so insensitive.
Reminds me of someone.
Who does it remind me of?
Me!
What is going on?
Could be stuck.
What are you doing?
I hope it doesn't plummet.
Can it do that?
It cannot plummet to the basement.
Hi, this is Joe Fox. this?
Juan?
We are stuck in the elevator the sixth and seventh floor.
There's four of us.
If you don't get ass up here now. . .
. . .and get us the hell out of here. . . !
Listen.
Call the super and then 9-1 -1 .
9-1 -1 .
The fire department, that's right.
Thank you very much.
We should jump in the air.
What?
We jump.
The elevator thinks no one here and it opens.
One. . .
. . .two. . .
. . .three. Jump!
If I get out of here. . .
. . .I'm going to start speaking my momma.
Wonder what she's doing this minute?
If I ever get out of here. . .
. . .I'm marrying Orit.
I love her.
I should marry her. don't know what's stopping me.
If I ever get out of here, having my eyes lasered.
If I ever get out--
Where are my Tic-Tacs?
What?
I came home tonight and into the elevator.
An hour later, got out of the elevator...
...and Brinkley and I moved out.
Suddenly everything had become clear.
It's a long story...
...full of the personal we avoid.
Let me just say...
... there was a man the elevator with me...
... who knew exactly what he wanted.
I found myself wishing were as lucky as he.
People are always telling you change is a good thing.
All they're saying is that something didn 't want to happen...
...has happened.
My store is closing this week.
I own a store.
Did I ever tell you that?
It's a lovely store.
In a week it will be depressing...
...like a Baby Gap.
Soon we'lljust be a memory.
Some foolish person will think a tribute to this city.
The way it keeps changing on you, the way you can never count on it.
I know because that's I'd say.
But the truth is...
...l'm heartbroken.
I feel as if a part me has died...
...and my mother has died over again.
And no one can ever make it right.
What happened?
Oh, hell!
How are you?
Dad, you did pretty well. least you didn't marry her.
Welcome aboard.
It lasted a while.
You know. . .
. . .I've stayed on this boat after. . .
. . .Iet's see. . .
. . .your mother.
Laurette, the ballet dancer.
My nanny.
She was the nanny?
I forgot that.
How ironic!
Then there was the ice skater.
Also my nanny.
Really?
That's amazingly ironic!
And then there was Sybil.
It's an "A" word.
Astrologer.
Exactly.
Whose moon turned out to be someone else's house.
Just like Gillian.
Gillian ran off with someone?
The nanny.
Nanny Maureen?
Gillian ran off with Nanny Maureen.
You got it!
It's incredibly ironic.
That's true.
No other word for it.
Well, who's better than us?
Father and son, together at last.
Who did you say you broke up with?
Patricia.
You met her.
Would I like her?
Just kidding, son.
Now, is this beautiful or what?
I'll be living out of suitcase for at least 3 weeks.
And then there's inevitable legal hassle.
More of your inheritance the drain.
Don't worry about it.
I won't.
I just have to meet someone new. the easy part.
Right, yeah.
A snap to find the one person in the who fills your heart with joy.
Don't be ridiculous.
Have I ever been with anybody fit that description?
Have you?
Who is it?
It's Joe Fox.
What are you doing here?
May I please come up?
No, I don 't....
No, I don 't really think that is a good idea, because...
...l have a...
. . .I have a terrible. . .
. . .cold.
Can you hear that?
I'm sniffling, I'm not really awake.
I'm taking echinacea and vitamin C sleeping practically...
. . .24 hours a day. have a temperature.
And I think I'm contagious. I would...
. . .I would really appreciate it you'd just go away.
Just a second!
Yes, just a second.
What are you doing here?
I heard you were sick.
And I was worried.
I wanted to make sure--
Is there somebody here?
It's the Home Shopping Network.
You buy any of those dolls?
I was thinking about it.
-You put me out of business. I did.
Did you come to gloat?
-To offer me a job? would never--
I have plenty of offers. got offered a job by--
-By my former. . . . former?
We broke up.
That's too bad. were so perfect for each other.
I don't mean to say things like that. matter what you've done. . .
. . .there's no excuse my saying that.
Every time I see you--
Things like that just fly out.
I brought you flowers.
Thank you.
Why don't I put these in water?
You're sick. should sit down.
I need a vase.
Above the refrigerator.
There it is. Obviously.
George says hello, by the way.
He told me you were sick.
How is George?
Great, really great.
He's revolutionizing the place.
You can't work in his department. . .
. . .unless you have a Ph.D. Children's Literature.
I love daisies.
You told me.
They're so friendly.
Don't you think daisies the friendliest flower?
I do.
When did you break up?
Couple of weeks ago.
Everyone is breaking up. Me.
This other person broke up someone in an elevator.
Or after it, just outside it, or. . . .
It got stuck.
When I saw you at the coffee place, was waiting for him.
And I was. . . .
Charming.
I was not charming.
You looked charming. Tea?
I was upset and horrible.
Honey?
I was the horrible one.
Well, that's true.
But I have no excuse.
I see what you're saying.
That's interesting.
I am a horrible person. . .
. . .therefore I have no choice to be horrible.
That's what you're saying. that's all right.
I put you out of business, so. . .
. . .you're entitled to hate me.
I don't hate you.
But you'll never forgive me.
Just like Elizabeth.
Who?
Elizabeth Bennet in and Prejudice.
She was too proud.
I thought you hated and Prejudice.
Or was she too prejudiced. . .
. . .and Mr. Darcy is too proud?
I can't remember.
It wasn't personal.
What is that supposed to mean? so sick of that!
All that means is that wasn't personal to you.
But it was personal to me.
It's personal to a lot of people.
What is so wrong being personal anyway?
Nothing.
Whatever else anything is, ought to begin by being personal.
My head is starting to get fuzzy.
Why did you stop by again? forget.
I wanted to be your friend.
I knew it wasn't possible.
Sometimes a guy wants the impossible.
Can I ask you a question?
What?
What happened with that guy the caf?
Nothing.
But you're crazy about him?
Yes, I am.
Why don't you run off with him? are you waiting for?
I don't actually know him.
Really?
I only know him through. . . .
You won't believe this.
Let me guess.
Through the lnternet?
"You've got mail. "
Those are powerful words.
I'm happy for him.
Although. . . .
Could I just make a suggestion?
What?
I think. . .
. . .you should meet him.
Wait, I take that back.
Why would you meet you're crazy about?
I hardly think I need to take from a person who--
I can see I bring out worst in you.
Let me help you not say something. . .
. . .you'll torture yourself about years to come.
I hope you feel better soon.
It'd be a shame to miss York in the spring.
Thank you for the daisies.
You take care.
I will.
Goodbye.
I've been thinking about this...
...and I think we should meet.
We should meet.
And we will meet.
But I'm in the middle a project that needs...
... tweaking.
Some tweaking?
A project that needed. . .
. . . "tweaking. "
-That's what he said.
It sounds to me like he's married.
Three kids.
That's a terrible thing to say. couldn't be married.
How do you know?
Have you said, "Are you married?"
No, I'm not going to--
I know this is a little late be asking but...
...are you married?
Am I married?
What kind of question is that?
How can you ask me that? 't you know me at all?
Wait, I get it.
Your friends are saying the reason haven 't met is I'm married.
Am I right?
He didn't answer.
Yes, he did.
-He did not. did!
He did. He nailed me.
He knew what I was after which is, the way, exactly like him.
He did not answer question, did he?
Maybe he's fat.
He's fat. He's a fatty.
I don't care.
You don't care that he's so fat. . .
. . .he has to be removed his house by a crane.
That is very unlikely.
That is completely ridiculous.
What's his handle?
I'm not going to write him.
You think I'm going to e-mail him?
All right, N-Y-1 -5-2.
N-Y-1 -5-2?
He's 1 52 years old.
He's had 1 52 moles removed. . .
. . .so now he's got 52 pockmarks on his. . .
. . .on his face.
The number of people who think looks like Clark Gable.
1 52 people who think looks like a Clark Bar.
-Why'd I even tell you? 52 stitches from his nose job.
The number of his souvenir glasses. . .
. . .that he's collected his travels.
His address.
No, he would never do that prosaic.
The only thing I care about is that. . .
. . .aside from the married thing the jail thing. . .
. . .is the boat thing.
What boat thing?
I could never be someone who had a boat.
I have a boat.
Which clinches it. never be together.
-How many?
-Allow me. you.
I could never be with who likes Joni Mitchell.
"lt's cloud's illusions I recall. really don't know clouds at all. "
What does that mean? she a pilot?
It must be a metaphor, I don't know what it is.
How's your book coming?
There's this children's editor I know.
She's excited to read it I'm finished.
Who would have thought I would write?
If I hadn't had all this time. . . .
-You know what?
The truth is he was the one who me thinking about writing.
Mr. 1 52 Felony lndictments.
Mr. 1 52 lnsights lnto My Soul.
No competing with that.
I keep on bumping into you.
Hope your mango's ripe.
I think it is.
You want to bump into me. . .
. . .on Saturday around lunchtime?
Over there?
How about meeting...
... Saturday?
Four o 'clock.
There's a place Riverside Park...
... where the path curves there's a garden.
Brinkley and I will be waiting.
Okay, let's do it.
Ready? And. . . .
There it goes!
Today?
I know. In Riverside Park.
That would mean he's a Westsider.
Maybe I've seen him don't even know it.
You could have seen him every day.
It's possible.
-He could be anyone. could be that guy.
And those flowers are for you.
-Could be the Zipper Man. that?
The Zipper Man.
Who is that?
He repairs zippers Amsterdam Avenue.
Will you cut it out?
You'd never have to buy new luggage.
The timing here is everything. waited until you're primed.
See?
Until you are absolutely convinced there's no other man. . .
. . .that you could possibly love.
You know, sometimes I wonder.
What?
If I hadn't been Fox Books. . .
. . .and you hadn't been Shop Around The Corner. . .
. . .and you and I had just met.
I know.
I'd have asked for your number.
I wouldn't have been able to wait hours before calling and saying:
"How about some coffee. . .
. . .or drinks or dinner. . .
. . .or a movie. . .
. . .for as long as both shall live. "
You and I would never been at war.
The only thing we'd fight about be which video to rent.
Who fights about that?
Some people.
Not us.
We would never.
If only.
-I got to go. me ask you something.
How can you forgive this guy standing you up. . .
. . .and not forgive me this tiny little thing. . .
. . .of putting you out of business?
How I wish you would.
I really have to go.
You don't want to be late.
Don't cry, Shopgirl.
Don't cry.
I wanted it to be you.
I wanted it to be you so badly.