Oliver O'Toole quotes from Signed, Sealed, Delivered

Oliver O'Toole

What good is a letter if we don't mail it?

What?

Oliver

Somewhere in these bags is a love letter a lady named Nikki mailed last Saturday because of these words you spoke to her. You understood that writing a letter and putting it in a mailbox is like handing your heart over to a stranger. Just like asking for love is a risk, or asking for attention or forgiveness, you have to mail the letter and risk whatever happens next, otherwise nothing happens. So whether anyone ever appreciates us or knows who we are, Mr. Curly, they will know what we stand for, and that matters to every single person who wrote every one of these letters.

Shane McInerney

And tell me again why you moved my desk?

Oliver O'Toole

It was hard to look at every day.

Shane

So, you mean, you missed me.

Oliver

I mean what I say when I say it. Although I don't always say what I mean when I do say it, I mean it. For example, when I once said I hoped our first date wouldn't be our last, that was a true and transparent statement that, if we had ever actually completed a first date, would subsequently have been borne out in action, assuming you were in agreement, which, given your extended absence, you might understand my assumption that your intentions and mine were not in concert.

Shane

If you are suggesting that I didn't miss you—and I might be the only person on Earth who understands what you just said... [she takes out a bunch of letters and holds them up one by one] I wrote this one on the plane, with your pen, and talked about kissing you on the step. And the second one, I wrote, with your pen, after we landed, and told you that I... I wish I'd never left. [she starts crying] And the third one... the third one is about how afraid I am that I can't do what they need me to do. And the fourth one... is about how... I'm afraid I'm gonna die before I can see you again. And the fifth one is about deciding to survive it all so that I can come back to this crazy, stupid place. And now you've moved my desk, and you—

Oliver O'Toole

Don't look at my tie. Look at my eyes. And listen to my heart.

Shane McInerney

[crying] Oh, Oliver.

Oliver

Marry me, and I will love you forever, and I promise I'll never wear this tie again.

Shane

[laughs through her tears] It's pretty awful.

Oliver

Uh, my father picked it out. I probably would have gone with something a little more—

Shane

Yes, Oliver. Yes, I—I will marry you and love you forever.

Oliver

[takes out a ring] This was my grandmother's. She was the finest woman I ever knew... until you.