"It turns out I have always loved you, but I don't know"

The first time I watched this movie——the scene where Patrick told Tiffany that it took him a while to realize he has always loved her, almost at first sight, I thought it was unreal as people never invent love out of their imagination, how can one be unaware of such intense feelings? How can one be uncertain about how he feels for such long time as months? How can someone be sure about his love to someone when the person is out of sight? Feelings springing up under such circumstances are self-deceit and delusional.

Psychologists always preach that our sentiments and emotions are subject to our recognition, that being said, the way we feel is impacted by the way we think. Thus, is love a feeling or a manifestation of our thoughts? Can it be suppressed by the way we view it---just as Patrick's love for Tiffany was first suppressed by his ambition to win his ex-wife back. Perhaps it took some time for humans to realize that our understanding and definition of love evolve across different stages of life and vary from person to person. And since love is oftentimes both physical and intellectual, we might as well regard it as both sentimental and recognitive. So now the speech Patrick made in the last scene of the film adds up to me and it speaks so much truth about human nature.

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