Duke: She had come back into his life like a sudden flame; blazing and streaming into his heart. Noah stayed up all night contemplating the certain agony he knew would be his if he were to lose her twice.
Young Noah: You wanna walk with me. Fin: What are you guys doing? Get in! Young Allie: Yeah. Young Noah: We're gonna walk. Fin: Do you guys love each other? [Young Noah snickers] Fin: Oh I get it, you guys do love each other! Young Noah: Okay. Goodby...
Young Noah: What am I gonna do in New York? Young Allie: ...Be with me.
Young Allie: What do ya want? [asks after he tells her he needs to regain his strength after making love all day] Young Noah: Hmmm. I want some... uh... pancakes... and some bacon... and chicken.
Young Noah: When I see something I like, I gotta... I love it.
Duke: I am no one special. Just a common man with common thoughts. 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've succeeded as gloriously as anyone who ever lived. I've loved...
Young Noah: Stop thinking about what everyone wants, stop thinking about what I want, what your parents want! What do *you* want Allie?
Allie: They fell in love, didn't they? Duke: Yes, they did.
Fin: [after Noah and Allie kept saying 'You look great.'] [to Allie] Fin: You look great. [to Noah] Fin: You look great. And I know I look great.
Young Noah: [to Martha] You know I want to give you everything you want. But I can't. It's broken.
Allie: Did you write that? Duke: No, that was Walt Whitman. Allie: I think I knew him... Duke: I think you did too.
Young Allie: This place is gigantic! Young Noah: Yeah, a gigantic piece of crap!
Young Allie: [Noah is about to lie down in the street intersection] You're gonna get hit. Young Noah: [Looks around for oncoming cars, there aren't any in sight] Uhh, by all the cars?
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 happene...
Young Noah: If you're a bird I'm a bird.
Frank: Well, Mr. Calho... What am I? *Old* or something? You can call me Frank.
Young Noah: [at the Carnival] Who's that girl with Sara? Fin: Her name is Allie Hamilton. She's here for the summer with her family. Dad's got more money than God.
Lon: Should I be worried?
