41 Quotes from The Notebook That Will Make You Believe in Love

Author:
Alexandra Hurtado
Mar 9, 2022

Who doesn't love love? Ever since Nicholas Sparks first published The Notebook in 1996, fans have swooned over Allie and Noah's ultra-romantic love story. Twenty years ago, the book was adapted for screen and gained a new legion of fans.

There are few movies that fuel the hopeless romantic in us quite like The Notebook.Allie and Noah's love story has tugged at our heartstrings ever since the film first opened in theaters back in 2004. The tearjerker movie, based on the novel by Nicholas Sparks, stars Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdams as two young lovers trying to find their way back to each other, all while sending viewers on an emotional rollercoaster. Although we don't need an excuse like Valentine's Day to watch The Notebook, it's one sure way to put you in the mood for the most romantic day of the year.

To celebrate all things love, we've rounded up the most romantic quotes from both the book and the movie, which starred Rachel McAdams and Ryan Gosling. Check out the list below and tell us in the comments: Which is your favorite famous love quote from The Notebook?

We're not crying ... OK, fine we are. But you will be too after reading these The Notebook quotes ... so keep those tissues handy!

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Best Overall The Notebook Quotes

1. "So it's not gonna be easy. It's going to 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, forever, every day. You and me ... every day."

2. "I think our love can do anything we want it to."

3. "That's my sweetheart in there. Wherever she is, that's where my home is."

4. "It wasn't over; it still isn't over."

5. "We fell in love, despite our differences, and something rare and beautiful was created."

6. "You are a song, a dream, a whisper and I don't know how I could have lived without you for as long as I have."

7. "Sometimes we need to be apart to understand just how much we truly love each other."

8. "You are and always have been, my dream."

9. "She made me who I am and holding her in my arms was more natural to me than my own heartbeat."

10. "There are no monuments dedicated to me and my name will soon be forgotten, but I've loved another with all my heart and soul, and to me, this has always been enough."

Allie Hamilton (Rachel McAdams) Quotes

1. "You gotta be kidding me. All this time, that's what I've been missing? Let's do it again."

2. "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?"

3. "Most of the time I have all these thoughts bouncing around in my head, but with a brush in my hand, the world just gets kinda quiet."

4. "This is just a fight we're having and tomorrow it'll be like it never happened, right?"

5. Allie: "What happens if a car comes?
Noah: "We die."

6. Allie: "We don't have any music."
Noah: "Well, we'll make some."

7. "I can't play chopsticks if you're doing that."

Noah Calhoun (Ryan Gosling) Quotes

8. "If you're a bird, I'm a bird."

9. "I wrote you 365 letters. I wrote you every day for a year. It wasn't over; it still isn't over!"

10. "So it’s not gonna be easy. It’s going to 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, forever. You and me, every day."

11. "Stop thinking about what I want, what he wants, what your parents want. What do you want? What do you want?"

12. "I can be fun if you want. Pensive. Smart. Uh, superstitious, brave. And, uh, I can be light on my feet. I could be whatever you want. You just tell me what you want, and I'll be that for you."

13. "You don't know me, but I know me. And when I see something that I like, I gotta ... I love it. I go crazy for it."

14. "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’d hoped to give to you forever."

Martha Shaw (Jamie Anne Allman) Quotes

15. "A woman knows when a man looks into her eyes and sees someone else."

Duke/Older Noah Calhoun (James Garner) Quotes

16. "Look, guys. That’s my sweetheart in there. I’m not leaving her. This is my home now. Your mother is my home."

17. "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 another with all my heart and soul, and for me, that has always been enough."

18. "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. A fleeting glimpse of eternity, and in a flash they're gone."

19. "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."

20. "Science goes only so far and then comes God."

21. "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."

22. Duke: "How's it hanging Harry?"
Harry: "I keep trying to die but they won't let me."
Duke: "Well, you can't have everything."

23. "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."

24. "I think our love can do anything we want it to."

25. "Southern summers are indifferent to the trials of young love."

Older Allie Calhoun (Gena Rowlands) Quotes

26. "Do you think that our love can create miracles?"

27. "Do you think our love can take us away together?"

One of the sweetest scenes in The Notebook

Lon Hammond (James Marsden) Quotes

28. "It's normal not to forget your first love."

29. "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. But all that's no good. You see, 'cause none of those options get me you."