12 Quotes From ‘The Notebook’ About Love That’ll Break Your Heart All Over Again

Updated 2 years ago, January 31 2022
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Even though it came out almost 20 years ago, there’s still something so heartbreaking about The Notebook. Noah and Allie go through such hardships to stay together, but they eventually get their happy ending. And even that happy ending is truly heartbreaking. Whether you’re single and hoping for an epic love story or you’re currently going through one of your own, these The Notebook quotes will hit you right in the heart.

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.
Noah

Allie: They fell in love, didn’t they?
Duke: Yes, they did.

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.
Duke

He got the notion into his head that if he restored the old house where they had come that night, Allie would find a way to come back to him. Some called it a labor of love. Others called it something else. But in fact, Noah had gone a little mad.
Duke

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, every day. You and me…every day.
Noah

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.
Duke

‘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.
Anne

Stop thinking about what everyone wants, stop thinking about what I want, what your parents want! What do you want Allie?
Noah

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.
Noah

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.
Noah