Serendipity (2001) - Quotes

Unexpected Connections in Everyday Moments

Taglines: The love of your life could be in line for popcorn.....

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The Magic of Love and Destiny

Taglines: When Love Feels Like Magic, It's called Destiny. When Destiny Has A Sense of Humor, It's Called Serendipity.

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The Power of Fate in Life

Taglines: No name. No address. Just fate.

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The Multiple Faces of True Love

Taglines: Sometimes True Love Can Have More Than One Face

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Can Fate Recur in Our Lives?

Taglines: Can Once In A Lifetime Happen Twice?

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Destiny with Humor in Life's Journey

Taglines: Destiny ... With A Sense Of Humor.

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Celebrating an Anniversary with Reminiscent Toasts

Jonathan: Happy anniversary.

Sara: When did you get to be so unimaginably romantic?

Jonathan: I think that it's good luck that we return this year to the scene of the crime. (pours a paper cup of champagne) Cheers.

Sara: Cheers.

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Confusion in a Moment of Decision

Jonathan: You're insane.

Sara: Come on.

Sara: Okay, get in. Take a breath, and then when the door closes, hit a button.

Jonathan: I don't understand this.

Sara: You don't have to understand. You just have to have faith.

Jonathan: Faith in what?

Sara: Destiny.

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Uncertain Connections and Missed Opportunities

Jonathan: So are you gonna meet your boyfriend now or what?

Sara: No, I think he's out probably doing what you're doing.

Jonathan: Getting a crush on somebody else's girlfriend? No, I'm sorry, I just meant I had a really nice time. You know, maybe you should give me your phone number. Just in case.

Sara: In case of what?

Jonathan: In case of life. I just had a really great time and for all we know I wouldn't be able to find you again.

Sara: Well, if we're meant to meet again, we'll meet again. it's just not the right time now.

Jonathan: Maybe we're supposed to meet on British time and we're five hours too early.

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Fortunate Discoveries and Accidental Inventions

Jonathan: Fortunate accidents. Lucky discoveries. Columbus in America.

Sara: Yeah, or Fleming discovering penicillin.

Jonathan: Penicillin.

Jonathan: Fleming is his name?

Sara: Yes.

Jonathan: Or "Jonathan and the Gloves.

Sara: I don't know that one.

Jonathan: You don't know that story? It's an old folk tale classic. Our hero, Jonathan, goes out in search of black gloves. And in a perfect act of "serendipiocity" or "serendipaciousness," he runs into a beautiful, attractive English girl with a boyfriend.

Jonathan: You have a boyfriend, right?

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Fashion Faux Pas and Creative Solutions

Eve: Prada! Ooh! Prada! I love this stuff!

Salesman: That's 20 bucks.

Sara: Eve, that's a horrific knockoff! At least my knockoff says Prada, yours says Prado!

Eve: Well, I say for a dollar I can buy a magic marker and fix it. I'll take it!

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Unexpected Responses in a Retail Encounter

Jonathan: Would $20 help?

Bloomingdale's Salesman: It might if I were a health inspector.

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Debate on New-Age Beliefs and Skepticism

Eve: Sara, it was a movie poster, it's no big deal.

Sara: It's peculiar though, right? Don't you think?

Eve: I thought you were through with all this new-age bullshit, feng-shuey and all that crap.

Sara: Eve, for someone who owns a new-age store you're incredibly earth-bound

Eve: Oh yeah, well, for a shrink-in-training, you're a little bit crazy, I'll tell you that much.

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Discussion of Favorite Movies and Recommendations

Sara: Ok, favorite movie?

Jonathan: The correct answer is Cool Hand Luke.

Sara: I've never seen it?

Jonathan: Oh, come on! You've never seen Cool Hand Luke? Paul Newman? Oh my god! Come on! "Failure to communicate", sadistic cop with sunglasses with no name, who reminds me of you in that way.

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A Humorous Exchange Between Friends

Dean: You're the shit!

Jonathan: [to the guy] That would be me, the shit.

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The Meaning of Serendipity Explained

Jonathan: This is the ultimate blend to drink. How'd you find this place?

Sara: I first came in because of the name: Serendipity. It's one of my favorite words.

Jonathan: It is? Why?

Sara: It's such a nice sounding word for what it means: a fortunate accident.

Aging Perspectives on British Women

Dean: I'm telling you right now British women do not age well. Eight years ago she was a luscious treat, you know, she probably looked like, you know, Baby Spice, now she could look like...

Jonathan: Old Spice.

A Suggestive Conversation About Bora Bora

Lars: How does Bora Bora sound?

Sara: Very sexy sexy.

Eve's Take on Golf and Tennis Players

Eve: You know who plays golf? Guys who are too fat to play tennis, like this guy.

A suggestion for a new medication.

Eve: [commenting on Sara's craziness] They should make pills for this.

The Need for a Solution in Life

Dean: [commenting on Jonathan's craziness] They should make pills for this.

The Times: Not All-Knowing in New York

Dean: Contrary to popular New York myth the Times is not omniscient.

The Complexity of Choices and Desires

Dean: [Lying on the grass with Jonathan, outside Sara's house] Maybe we're lying here because you don't wanna be standing somewhere else.

The Greek Perspective on Life and Passion

Dean: You know the Greeks didn't write obituaries. They only asked one question after a man died: "Did he have passion?".

The Meaning of Fate and Destiny

Dean: {obituary for Jonathan} Johnathan Trager, prominent television producer for ESPN, died last night from complications of losing his soul mate and his fiancee. He was 35 years old. Soft-spoken and obsessive, Trager never looked the part of a hopeless romantic. But, in the final days of his life, he revealed an unknown side of his psyche. This hidden quasi-Jungian persona surfaced during the Agatha Christie-like pursuit of his long-reputed soul mate, a woman whom he only spent a few precious hours with. Sadly, the protracted search ended late Saturday night in complete and utter failure. Yet even in certain defeat, the courageous Trager secretly clung to the belief that life is not merely a series of meaningless accidents or coincidences. Uh-uh. But rather, its a tapestry of events that culminate in an exquisite, sublime plan. Asked about the loss of his dear friend, Dean Kansky, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author and executive editor of the New York Times, described Jonathan as a changed man in the last days of his life. "Things were clearer for him," Kansky noted. Ultimately Johnathan concluded that if we are to live life in harmony with the universe, we must all possess a powerful faith in what the ancients used to call "fatum", what we currently refer to as destiny.