Call me Ishmael

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I saw this film as a child when I lived in a small town. Watching this scene, I thought: Me, too. I’m going to New York! Wonderful movie.

Kim Novak and Susan Strasberg in Picnic (Joshua Logan, 1955)

via oldfilmsflicker

What is attractive about youth is their potential and promise. Reality is that 99% of them burn out and fade away.