“If you could see your whole life from start to finish, would you...” – Dr. Louise Banks, Arrival ... Movie Quotes Database

If you could see your whole life from start to finish, would you change things?

Ian Donnelly

Maybe I would say what I feel more often than I... I don't know. [Looks up at the sky] You know I've had my head tilted up to the stars for as long as I can remember. You know what surprised me the most? It wasn't meeting them. It was meeting you.

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