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While You Were Sleeping Quotes

"A story about love at second sight."

PG 1995 · 1h 43m
70
Audience
70
Audience
9 quotes
The Complexity of Love and Attraction
Peter I'm making a clean start with Lucy. She is — She is — She... What is she? She's...
Jack I'd say that she gets under your skin as soon as you meet her. She drives you so nuts you don't know whether to hug her or, or just really arm wrestle her. She would go all the way to Europe just to get a stamp in her passport. I don't know if that amounts to insanity, or just being really, really... likable.
Peter No, that's not it. But she's gotta be really special. She's gotta be. And I can spend the rest of my life finding out why.
[Jack looks annoyed]
Small Acts of Kindness Matter
Lucy You give up your seat every day in the train.
Peter Well... But that's not heroic.
Lucy It is to the person who sits in it.
Debating the Quality of an Outfit
Jack You suck!
Peter I suck, or the outfit sucks?
Jack It's a toss-up.
Unexpected Cat Feeding Situation
Jack Why are you here ?
[in Peter's apartment]
Lucy I'm here to feed the cat.
Jack Peter doesn't have a cat.
Ashley's Cat Meow.
Reflections on Life's Unexpected Turns
Lucy He would get these far-off looks in his eyes and he would say "Life doesn't always turn out the way you plan." I just wish I'd realized at the time, he was talking about my life.
Finding Love and Connection in Unexpected Places
Lucy The truth was that I fell in love with you.
Ox Callahan You fell in love with me?
Lucy No, N-o, yes. All of you. I went from being all alone to being a fiancee, a daughter, a granddaughter, a sister, and a friend.
A Father's Tough Love and Honesty
Saul I couldn't love you any more if you were my own son. But the fact of the matter is, you're... well you're a putz.
Peter Is there a point to this?
A Love Realized in Silence
Lucy Peter once asked me when I fell in love with Jack. And I told him, "It was while you were sleeping.
Reflections on Unrequited Love and Loneliness
Lucy Do you believe in love at first sight? Nah, I betcha don't, you're probably too sensible for that. Or have you ever, like, seen somebody? And you knew that, if only that person really knew you, they would, well, they would of course dump the perfect model that they were with, and realize that you were the one that they wanted to, just, grow old with. Have you ever fallen in love with someone you haven't even talked to? Have you ever been so alone you spend the night confusing a man in a coma?