Susannah: "I will wait for you, however long it takes. I will wait for you forever."
(...)
Susannah: "Forever turned out to be too long."
Tristan: "[I know...]"
(From: Memorable quotes for Legends of the Fall (1994) at http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0110322/quotes and http://www.moviequotes.com/repository.cgi?pg=3&tt=98822) [on 2007-03-22]
Perhaps it "turned out to be too long" cause she was too dependent on him to live her life (see Autumn in New York - Love Story and Blame (Veja Interview)). Had she chosen to keep on living instead of just waiting, the outcome could have been different. Important it is to state that she would have a hard time living a life without a husband, specially at that time. But wouldn't it be great had she done it? Wouldn't the reward be proportional to the risk? Few people are lucky enough to have it easily. And even those who find love in that way have a great challenge ahead of them: to realize that they got it easily and live accordingly and with no (or few) doubts.
Carpe Diem,
