RUNAWAY BRIDE [1999]

Catch Her If You Can

[Maggie Carpenter]: Is there one 'right' person for everyone?

[Ike Graham]: No, but I think attraction is mistaken for rightness. 

[Maggie Carpenter]: I wanted to tell you why I run - sometimes ride - away from things. 

[Ike Graham]: Does it matter?

[Maggie Carpenter]: I think so.  

[takes a deep breath] 

When I was walking down the aisle, I was walking toward somebody who didn't have any idea who I really was. 

And it was only half the other person's fault, because I had done everything to convince him that I was exactly what he wanted. 

So it was good that I didn't go through with it because it would have been a lie. 

But you - you knew the real me. 

[Ike Graham]: Yes, I did. 

[Maggie Carpenter]: I didn't. 

And you being the one at the end of the aisle didn't just fix that. 

[Maggie Carpenter]: Benedict. 

[Ike Graham]: Arnold. 

[Maggie Carpenter]: I love Eggs Benedict, I hate every other kind. 

I hate big weddings with everybody staring. 

I'd like to get married on a weekday while everybody's at work. 

And when I ride off into the sunset, I want my own horse.

[Ike Graham]: Should I be writing this down?

 You're a cynical, exploitive, mean-hearted creep 
who wouldn't know real love if it bit him in the armpit. 

[Maggie Carpenter]

Always a bride, never a bridesmaid! 

[Maggie Carpenter]

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