Illustration: Love truly does compel us to go the distance for the object of our affection. Mel Gibson, playing cab driver Jerry Fletcher in “Conspiracy Theory,” said this to someone riding in his cab:
“Love gives you wings! It makes you fly. I don’t even call it love—I call it Geronimo. You see, when you are in love, you’ll jump from the top of the Empire State and you won’t care—screaming Geronimo all the way down!”
“Then you’ll die,” objects the passenger. “You’ll squash yourself.”
“Love gives you wings,” Fletcher replied.