A still from the 1972 film <n>Solaris</n> by director <n>Andrei Tarkovsky</n>.

Cover art for the book <n>The Love Deal</n> by author <n>Misha Bell</n>.

A scene from <n>Claude Lelouch</n>'s 1966 film <n>Un Homme et une Femme</n>.

A still from the 1999 film <n>The Virgin Suicides</n>, directed by <n>Sofia Coppola</n>.

A black cat and white cat embracing, posted by the creator <n>cael</n>.

Cover art for the song <n>Something to Tell You</n> by the artist <n>JDAB</n>.

Actor <n>Astrid Bergès-Frisbey</n> as Sofi in <n>Mike Cahill</n>'s 2014 film <n>I Origins</n>.

A still from <n>Éric Rohmer</n>'s 1951 short film, <n>Presentation, or Charlotte and Her Steak</n>.

“When you love someone, you can’t just tell them,” she said. “What do you mean?” her friend asked.

“If you say ‘I love you’, how are they supposed to understand? It’s like trying to comprehend the universe.

You have to show them quietly. A coffee. An extra day off. Room to stand under the same umbrella.

Take the universe apart and give them the stars.”

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