Signed, Sealed, Delivered quotes

Oliver

It was a long winter, but spring is almost here.

Shane

It's coming.

Oliver O'Toole

I was thinking about that slide in the park. I told you I didn't remember it, but... I did. I remember thinking... how scared I was. I was too embarrassed to turn around and climb back down, and I was too scared to pull off and slide down, so I just, I sat there. And Mama got so mad. So mad. Finally she said, "Well... I guess we're just gonna have to leave you here. Bye, Ollie." She just walked away. But...

But?

Oliver

You just... you sat down, right on the ground. And you said something like... like...

"Take your time, Ollie. I'm not going anywhere."

I want to tell her the truth and I want to tell her I'm sorry. I just don't know how to tell her goodbye.

Norman Dorman

[steps forward shyly] Uh... Um... When Abraham Lincoln was 26 years old, he went to visit a woman who may or may not have been his fiancée. Nobody's ever been able to prove it. We do know that she was dying of typhoid, so he had gone to say goodbye to her. Nobody knows what they said to each other that day, but after he left, he was never the same again.

Oliver O'Toole

Norman...

Norman

She told him—well, I like to think that she told him—not to dwell in the past, or blame himself for what he couldn't change. And no one could ever understand the special bond that they had. And I think that she told him that none of it would matter if he didn't carry on after she was gone. And I guess we both know that he did.

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.

Rita Haywith

That is fourteen enchiladas' worth of happiness over there.

Norman Dorman

Mm. And worth every one.

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—

Rita Haywith

Look, I know you don't like Norman...

I never said I didn't like him. I don't get him.

Rita

Well, you would if you tried. You just don't want to. I mean, ever since you guys got here, all he's done is try to be nice. The errand he's going on right now is to pick up Mom's glasses. He invited you for dinner. I mean, he milked a cow!

[sighs] He lost your engagement ring. What does that say about a guy? I'm sorry, it's just, it's not what I imagined for you.

Rita

Well, you wanna know what I imagined for me, Daddy? Somebody sweet and kind and generous and unselfish. Somebody who's right there to pitch in and help when you need it. Somebody who thinks that I make sense, no matter what I say. Somebody who doesn't care that I wear glasses because he sees the world the same way I do, and he always tries to find something beautiful in it. He's exactly what I imagined, Daddy... because I imagined somebody like you.

Forgot my keys.

Did you hear any of that?

Sure did. And I'm thinking maybe... you're the one who needs the glasses.

Norman Dorman

Rita?

Rita

Mm-hmm?

Norman

This ring looks like an owl, not just 'cause I know that you like owls, but... because owls are beautiful... and wise, like you. They're smart, like you. And they are so brave. It doesn't matter how dark it gets, they just keep flying through the night, because they can see what nobody else can. And so do you. [looks at her father] Probably because someone else who's wise and smart and brave... taught you how. And now I get to fly right alongside you forever. And I am so grateful for that. [puts the ring on her finger] With this owl ring, I thee... engage 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.