31 quotes
Indifference of Southern Summers to Young Love
Duke
Southern Summers are indifferent to the trials of young love, armed with warnings and doubts. Noah and Allie gave a remarkably convincing portrayal of a boy and a girl traveling down a very long road with no regard for the consequences.
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Conflicted Love and Choices in Relationships
Lon
Okay, the way I see it, I got three choices. One, I can shoot him. Two, I can kick the crap out of him. Or three... I leave you. Well, all that's no good. You see, cause none of those options get me you. And in spite of everything, I love you.
Allie
I love you too. It's just that when I'm with Noah I feel like one person and when I'm with you I feel like someone totally different.
Lon
Look, it's normal not to forget your first love. I love you, Allie, but I want you for myself. I don't want to have to convince my fiancé that she should be with me.
Allie
You don't have to. I already know I should be with you.
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Finding Peace Through Art
Allie Hamilton
Most of the time I have all these thoughts bouncin around in my head. But with a brush in my hand, the world just gets kinda quiet.
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Introduction of Noah to Allie and Edmond
Young Noah
I'm Noah Calhoun.
Young Allie
So?
Young Noah
So it's really nice to meet you.
Edmond
Allie, who is this guy?
Young Allie
I don't know, Noah Calhoun.
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Love Amidst Differences
Duke
They didn't agree on much. In fact, they rarely agreed on anything. They fought all the time, and they challenged each other every day. But despite their differences, they had one important thing in common. They were crazy about each other.
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Reflections on Past Love and Memories
Allie Hamilton
It was real, wasn't it? You and me. Such a long time ago, we were just a couple of kids. But we really loved each other, didn't we?
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Concern Over Daughter's Summer Romance
Anne Hamilton
She is out foolin around with that boy until two o'clock in the morning and it has got to stop! I didn't spend seventeen years of my life raising a daughter and giving her everything so she could throw it away on a summer romance!
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A Conversation About Walt Whitman
Allie
Did you write that?
Duke
No, that was Walt Whitman.
Allie
I think I knew him.
Duke
I think you did too.
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A Question of Future Togetherness
Young Noah
What am I gonna do in New York?
Young Allie
I don't know. Be with me.
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Confronting Choices and Past Connections
Young Noah
I see you got my letters, finally. What are you gonna do, Al?
Young Allie
I don't know.
Young Noah
We're back to that? Are we back there? What about the past couple of days? They happened, you know.
Young Allie
I know that they happened, and they were wonderful. But they were also very irresponsible. I have a fiancé waiting for me at a hotel who's going to be crushed when he finds out what I did.
Young Noah
So you make love to me, and then you go back to your husband? Was that your plan? Was that a test I didn't pass?!
Young Allie
No, I made a promise to a man. He gave me a ring and I gave him my word.
Young Noah
And your word is shot to hell now, don't you think?
Young Allie
I don't-- I don't know. I'll find out when I talk to him.
Young Noah
This is not about keeping your promise, and it's not about following your heart. It's about security.
Young Allie
What is that supposed to mean?
Young Noah
Money!!!
Young Allie
What are you ta--
Young Noah
He's got a lot of money!!
Young Allie
Now I hate you, you smug bastard.
Young Noah
Well, I hate you. If you leave here, I hate you. Hate you if you leave here.
Young Allie
You wou-- Have you been paying attention to anything that's been happening the past couple of days?
Young Noah
I guess not, I think I must have misread all of those signals.
Young Allie
Well, I guess you did! (leaves)
Young Noah
You're bored! You're bored and you know it! You wouldn't be here if there wasn't something missing.
Young Allie
You arrogant son of a bitch!
Young Noah
Would you just stay with me?
Young Allie
Stay with you?! What for? Look at us, we're already fighting.
Young Noah
Well, that's what we do! We fight! You tell me when I'm being an arrogant son of a bitch and I tell you when you're being a pain in the ass, which you are, 99% of the time. I'm not afraid to hurt your feelings. You have like a two second rebound rate, then you're back doing the next pain in the ass thing.
Young Allie
So what?
Young Noah
So it's not gonna be easy. It's gonna be really hard, and we're gonna have to work at this every day. But I wanna do that because I want you. I want all of you, forever, you and me, every day. Will you do something for me? Please? Will you just picture your life for me? Thirty years from now? Forty years from now? What's it look like? If it's with that guy, go. Go! I lost you once. I think I can do it again if I thought it's what you really wanted. But don't you take the easy way out.
Young Allie
What easy way?! There is no easy way. No matter what I do, somebody gets hurt!
Young Noah
Will you stop thinking about what everyone wants?! Stop thinking about what I want, what he wants, what your parents want. What do you want? What do you want?
Young Allie
It's not that simple!
Young Noah
What... do you want? Goddamn it, what do you want?
Young Allie
I have to go.
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Unresolved Feelings and Missed Connections
Young Allie
Why didn't you write me?! Why? It wasn't over for me. I waited for you for seven years. But now it's too late.
Young Noah
I wrote you 365 letters. I wrote you every day for a year.
Young Allie
You wrote me?
Young Noah
Yes. It wasn't over. It still isn't over.
[kisses Allie]
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The Power of Love and Miracles
Allie
Do you think our love can create miracles?
Duke
I think our love can do anything we want it to.
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Desires Unfulfilled and Lost Possessions
Noah Calhoun
You know I want to give you all the things you want. But I can't. Because they're gone. They're broken.
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The Nature of Summer Romances
Duke
Summer romances end for all kinds of reasons, but when all is said and done, they have one thing in common. They're shooting stars, a spectacular moment of light in the heavens, fleeting glimpse of eternity, and in a flash they're gone.
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Appreciation for Imperfection in Music
Allie Hamilton
You're a terrible singer... but I like this song...
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An Unexpected Rejection in Young Love
Young Noah
Will you go out with me?
[Hanging from the ferris wheel]
Young Allie
What? No.
Young Noah
No?
Young Allie
No.
Young Noah
Why not?
Young Allie
I don't know, because I don't want to.
Young Noah
OK, then you leave me no other choice, then.
[Lets his left hand fall to his side]
Young Allie
AHHHH!!!
[screaming]
Young Noah
I'm gonna ask you one more time. Will you or will you not go out with me? Goddamn it my hand's slipping.
Young Allie
OK, OK. Fine, I'll go out with you.
Young Noah
No, don't do me any favors.
Young Allie
No, no I want to.
Young Noah
You do?
Young Allie
Yes!
Young Noah
Say it.
Young Allie
I wanna go out with you!
Young Noah
Say it again.
Young Allie
I WANNA GO OUT WITH YOU!!
Young Noah
Alright, alright, we'll go out.
[Lifting his left hand from his side and grabbing onto the bar]
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Love's Potential and Boundless Possibilities
Allie
Do you think our love can take us away together?
Duke
I think our love can do anything we want it to.
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The Illusion of Childhood Dreams
Allie Hamilton
Remember that time in the park? Everything felt so real.. but now I know that life is just an imagination, a pure imagination, and childhood dream shot to tears, due to the anxiety of tomorrow.
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A Simple Acknowledgment of Love
Allie
They fell in love, didn't they?
Duke
Yes, they did.
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A Playful Exchange Between Young Lovers
Young Allie
Noah, what are you doing?
[as Noah walks into the middle of the street]
Young Noah
Just c'mon.
Young Allie
You're going to get run over.
Young Noah
Uhh, by all the cars?
[looks behind him at the empty street]
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Improbable Love Across Different Worlds
Duke
It was an improbable romance. He was a country boy, she was from the city. She had the world at her feet while he didn't have two dimes to rub together.
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Facing the Reality of Life and Death
Young Allie
What happens if a car comes?
[lying in the middle of the street]
Young Noah
We die.
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The Value of Love in Ordinary Life
Duke
I am no one special. Just a common man with common thoughts. And I've led a common life. There are no monuments dedicated to me and my name will soon be forgotten. But in one respect, I have succeeded as gloriously as anyone who's ever lived. I've loved another with all my heart and soul, and for me, that has always been enough.
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A Reflection on Lost Love and Growth
Noah Calhoun
My Dearest Allie. I couldn't sleep last night because I know that it's over between us. I'm not bitter anymore, because I know that what we had was real. And if in some distant place in the future we see each other in our new lives, I'll smile at you with joy and remember how we spent a summer beneath the trees, learning from each other and growing in love. The best kind of love is the kind that awakens the soul and makes us reach for more, that plants a fire in our hearts and brings peace to our minds. And that's what you've given me. That's what I'd hoped to give to you forever. I love you. I'll be seeing you. Noah.
[His last letter to Allie]
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Commitment to Love and Home
Duke
Look guys, that's my sweetheart in there. I'm not leaving her, this is my home now. Your mother is my home.
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Summer Decisions and Emotional Turmoil
Young Noah
We can just finish out the summer and see what happens then.
Young Allie
Please don't do this. You don't mean it. Well, if you're going to do it, why wait until the summer ends? Why don't you do it right now? Huh? C'mon. Do it! Do it! STOP IT! You know what? I'm gonna do it! It's over. Okay? It's over.
[pushes Noah against the truck; repeatedly pushes Noah, starts hitting Noah]
Young Noah
Come here.
[opens his arms for a hug]
Young Allie
Don't touch me! I hate you! I hate you!
Young Noah
OK, I'm going.
Young Allie
Why don't you just go then? Get out! LEAVE!!!!! GO!! GO!!! No, no, just wait a minute. We're not really breaking up, are we? Come on. This is just a fight we're having and tomorrow it will be like it never happened, right?
[pushes Noah in the truck; kicks Noah's truck; Noah drives away]
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Rediscovering Lost Connections and Second Chances
Allie Hamilton
You gotta be kiddin me. All this time, that's what I've been missin'? Let's do it again.
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Unity in Love and Connection
Noah Calhoun
If you're a bird, I'm a bird.
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Desire and Passion in Love
Noah Calhoun
When I see something I like, I gotta have it... I love it. I go crazy for it.
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The Limits of Science and Faith
Duke
Science only goes so far and then comes God.
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A Shared Connection Through Imagination
Young Allie
Now, say you're a bird, too.
Young Noah
If you're a bird, I'm a bird.
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