Fanny sits back and watches him, drinking up the last moments of his presence as if he were the sun setting.

Bright Star (2009), Screenplay by Jane Campion

Bright Star (2009)

A thing of beauty is a joy for ever: Its loveliness increases; it will never Pass into nothingness — John Keats, Bright Star (2009)

“I almost wish we were butterflies and liv’d but three summer days - three such days with you I could fill with more delight than fifty common years could ever contain”

— John Keats, Bright Star (2009)