The Notebook Quotes

• "I'm gonna ask you one more time, will you or will you not go out with me? I think my hand's slipping. "
• "Get in the water, woman! Get in the water! "
• "Mmm-hmm. 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."
• "You don't know me, but I know me."
• "It's not about following your heart and it's not about keeping your promises. It's about security. "
• "You're bored Allie. You're bored and you know it. You wouldn't be here if there wasn't something missing. "
• "Well that's what we do, we fight... You tell me when I am being an arrogant son of a bitch and I tell you when you are a pain in the ass. Which you are, 99% of the time. I'm not afraid to hurt your feelings. You have like a 2 second rebound rate, then you're back doing the next pain-in-the-ass thing. "
• "So it's not gonna be easy. It's gonna be really hard. We're gonna have to work at this every day, but I want to do that because I want you. I want all of you, for ever, you and me, every day. Will you do something for me, please? Just picture your life for me? 30 years from now, 40 years from now? What's it look like? If it's with him, go. Go! I lost you once, I think I can do it again. If I thought that's what you really wanted. But don't you take the easy way out. "
• "What easy way? There is no easy way, no matter what I do, somebody gets hurt. "
• "Would 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? "
• "When I'm with Noah I feel like one person and when I'm with you I feel like someone totally different. "
• "Allie, it's normal not to forget your first love but I want you for myself. I don't want to convince my fiancée that she should be with me. "
• "Look, a woman know when a man looks into her eyes and sees someone else."
• " 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 the summer beneath the trees, learning from each other and growing in love. The best 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 hope to give to you forever. I love you. I'll be seeing you. Noah "
• "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 the summer beneath the trees, learning from each other and growing in love. The best 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 hope to give to you forever. I love you. I'll be seeing you. Noah "
• "I am nothing 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 to me, this has always been enough. "
• "I keep trying to die, but they won't let me. "
• "So it's not gonna be easy. It's going to be really hard; we're gonna have to work at this everyday, but I want to do that because I want you. I want all of you, forever, everyday. You and me... everyday. "
• "Do you think our love can make miracles? "
• "I think our love can do anything we want it to. "
• "Well, what's that got to do with it, you can have pancakes any damn time of night you want! Come on in, you want some breakfast? "
• "They didn't agree on much. In fact they rarely agreed on anything. They fought all the time and they challenged each other everyday... "
• "But in spite their differences, they had one important thing in common, they were crazy about each other. "
• "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! "
• "Summer romances begin 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. "
• "'Cause I might know you a little better than you think. And I don't want you waking up one morning thinking if you'd known everything you might have done something different."