She always said we were doomed to be star-crossed lovers destined to wonder what might have been.

她总是说我们有缘无份，总是被命运左右，错过彼此。

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"Love in opposition always has a hold on people's imaginations, the idea of star-crossed lovers meant to be together but who encounter difficulties, " Kashner, one of the book's authors, says.

“矛盾的爱情总是让人保有对它的幻想和不幸的恋人想要厮守的愿望，但谁来克服困难，”卡希尔，这本书的一个作家说道。

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Time was when you could give audiences a thrill simply by casting young actors in the title roles, but ever since Franco Zeffirelli filmed the sorrowful tale of the star-crossed lovers in 1968, that expedient has come to be taken for granted.

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