raising the glass

this is the movie i just finished watching called 'evening'. it's a bittersweet film about a dying woman's reflection of her life and the anguish she feels about the mistakes she made. i was touched by a toast given by a character named buddy, played by hugh dancy, to his sister on her wedding day.
here goes:

you know what you've got? you have got a talent for love.
you are like a love genius.
and there are too many statues of generals and politicians
and there are not enough statues of someone like you.
in this world, there is so much of what looks like love and sounds like love and calls itself love, but it isn't. it's just people saying and doing what they think they ought to say and do.
and you, you, you are the greatest .
you're the greatest.
you're the greatest.
so here's to love, and here's to you.

(and, yes, i watched that scene a dozen times so that i could transcribe it.)