Best Quotes from After Movies Series

Our list of the best quotes from the romantic drama After film series based on the series of novels by Anna Todd. The story centers on Tessa Young (Josephine Langford), dedicated student, dutiful daughter, and loyal girlfriend to her high-school sweetheart, as she enters her first semester in college armed with grand ambitions for her future. However, when she crosses paths with the complicated and mysterious Hardin Scott (Hero Fiennes Tiffin), he makes her question all she thought she knew about herself and what she wants from life.

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1. After (2019)

'She took my hand and led me out of the darkness and showed me that whatever our souls are made of, hers and mine are the same.' - Hardin Scott (After) Click To Tweet

Tessa Young: My life before him was so simple and decided. And now, after him, there’s just, after.

[as she finds Hardin in her dorm room after having a shower]
Tessa Young: Uh, excuse me? I think that you’re in the wrong room.
Hardin Scott: I’m in the right room.
Tessa Young: How did you even get in here?
[Hardin holds up the key]
Tessa Young: Okay. Can you please go out into the hall so I can get dressed?
Hardin Scott: Don’t flatter yourself. I’m not looking.

Hardin Scott: The Great Gatsby. It’s a good book. I’d hate to spoil it, but it was all a dream.
Tessa Young: Actually, it was all a lie.

Steph: [takes Tessa to a party and starts to drink] I need things to be way less in focus.

Tessa Young: [refuses to kiss Hardin during their truth or dare game] I’m done playing this game.
Zed: I like this girl.
Molly: Oh, Hardin Scott got his first rejection.

Hardin Scott: “He’s more myself than I am. “Whatever our souls are made of. His and mine are the same.” It’s Brontë, Theresa.
Tessa Young: I know it’s Brontë. And my name is Tessa.

Hardin Scott: What are you doing in my room, Tessa?
Tessa Young: Your room?
Hardin Scott: Yes. Are we still playing? Because I think you owe me a dare.
Tessa Young: [as Hardin leans in to kiss her] Wait. I can’t. I need to go.

Hardin Scott: [during their literature class] Pride and Prejudice? Elizabeth Bennet needs to chill. She gave Darcy a way worse time than he deserved.
Professor Soto: Are you saying that Darcy was not in love with Elizabeth?
Hardin Scott: Love is just a transaction. We’re all hardwired to desire. We present the correct set of desirable traits, and boom. We can turn it on, and we can turn it off.

Tessa Young: [referring to Pride and Prejudice] I think that it was the most revolutionary feminist novel that I’d ever read. That a woman of that era would have the strength to reject Darcy when he treated her poorly.
Hardin Scott: That’s a load.

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Hardin Scott: It was Darcy’s very attitude that attracted Elizabeth to him.
Tessa Young: Darcy’s attitude was rude and mocking. I think that he was lucky to be with a woman with as much integrity as Elizabeth.
Hardin Scott: The only reason he even asked her to marry him was because she wouldn’t stop throwing herself at…
Tessa Young: Throwing herself at him? He was pursuing her.
Hardin Scott: She’s clearly not satisfied with her life and is looking for excitement wherever she can get it.
Tessa Young: Well, I think that it’s obviously all in his head that she had any feelings for him at all.
Professor Soto: Well, there you have it. That’s the power of a good book.

Hardin Scott: [referring to their debate in literature class] That was exciting.
Tessa Young: No, it was annoying.
Hardin Scott: I enjoyed it.
Tessa Young: Look, whatever you’re thinking, don’t. Nothing happened between us, okay? I have a boyfriend.
Hardin Scott: Us? I thought we were talking about Pride and Prejudice.

Hardin Scott: [as Tessa runs into him at the coffee shop] I can’t stay away from you.
Tessa Young: What?
Hardin Scott: Well, we’re going to see each other. I’m friends with Steph, and you’re roommates. Tessa, let’s just start over. Just reset, and we can be…
Tessa Young: What, friends?
Hardin Scott: Well, why not?

Hardin Scott: I want to show you something.
Tessa Young: So, show me, then.
Hardin Scott: It’s a place.
Tessa Young: I think that it’s better if we keep our distance.
[Hardin takes a step back from her and Tessa laughs]
Hardin Scott: I’ll see you around.

[as Hardin takes her to his secret spot at the lake]
Hardin Scott: Welcome to my favorite place.
Tessa Young: It’s beautiful.

Tessa Young: Can I ask you something?
Hardin Scott: Do I even have a choice?
Tessa Young: Who do you love the most in the world?
Hardin Scott: Easy. Myself.
Tessa Young: Of course you do.

Tessa Young: I thought that you just wanted to be friends.
Hardin Scott: I don’t think we can ever be just friends.
[they kiss for the first time]

Hardin Scott: [as he starts touching Tessa by the lake] Have you never been touched before?
Tessa Young: [shakes her head] Why did you stop?
Hardin Scott: We’ve got time.

Tessa Young: So, why do you call them chips?
Hardin Scott: Why do you call them fries?
Tessa Young: Because they’re fried.
Hardin Scott: They’re not French.

Tessa Young: So, what’s your story then?
Hardin Scott: My story?
Tessa Young: Yeah. Like your family. How you ended up here.
Hardin Scott: I’ll pass. I just don’t think asking a bunch of arbitrary questions about someone’s past is really going to tell you who they are. I can find out who you are by sitting here and spending time with you.

Hardin Scott: [Tessa sits silently just staring at him] What are you doing?
Tessa Young: I’m just waiting for you to reveal your true self to me by just sitting here and spending time with you.

Tessa Young: Why do you have all those romance novels if you don’t believe in love?
Hardin Scott: Who says I don’t believe in love?
Tessa Young: You did, in Soto’s class.
Hardin Scott: True. Maybe don’t believe everything I say then.

Tessa Young: You know, I am going to tell Noah about us. I just…
Hardin Scott: Us? What do you mean, “us”? If you want to dump Mr. High School, then go ahead, but don’t do it on my account.
Tessa Young: What?
Hardin Scott: Look, it was fun. But I don’t date.
Tessa Young: Are you actually kidding me?

Hardin Scott: I’m sorry for how I treated you.
Tessa Young: If you don’t date, if that’s how you feel…
Hardin Scott: I don’t think that is how I feel anymore. I’m a mess.
Tessa Young: I think that we’re both a mess.
[they start making out, then Harding pulls her shirt up]
Hardin Scott: You don’t ever have to cover up, not for me.

[after Noah breaks up with Tessa because of Hardin]
Tessa Young: When my dad left, I was ten. He left us with nothing. And my mom, she just sort of fell apart. I had to take care of her alone. But Noah was there for me, you know? I hate myself for what I did to him.
Hardin Scott: Tessa, it’s not your fault.
Tessa Young: Yeah, it is. Noah is my best friend. But you, you’re so much more.

Carol Young: You’re going to break up with this boy, and you are going to focus on your schoolwork.
Tessa Young: Do you even know what it has been like trying to be perfect for you? Having you mold my life into the way that you wanted it to be?
Carol Young: I did it for your own good.
Tessa Young: I am so, so sorry, mom, that your life didn’t work out the way that you wanted it to. I really am. But this is my life and you have to let me live it.
Carol Young: Is that really what you want?
Tessa Young: Yes.
Carol Young: If I leave now, you’re cut off. He’s going to break your heart.

Hardin Scott: [referring to the apartment] When you told me your mom was going to cut you off, I had to do something. We can stay here for the rest of the year. Just you and me.
Tessa Young: You did this for me?

Hardin Scott: I still can’t believe it.
Tessa Young: Hm? Believe what?
Hardin Scott: That you’re mine.
Tessa Young: Not this again.
Hardin Scott: I don’t deserve you.
Tessa Young: Nothing could ever change the way that I feel about you.

Hardin Scott: [at his father’s wedding reception] That’s not the man I grew up with. My father was a drunk, and nothing more.
Tessa Young: At least he’s trying. Which is more than my father ever did. People change.
Hardin Scott: Clearly. It still doesn’t change what happened.

Hardin Scott: [as Molly shows Tessa the video she took at the first party they went to] You lot don’t think I can make it happen?
Molly: Make what happen, Hardin?
Hardin Scott: Here’s a dare. Make her fall in love with me. And then, I’ll just turn it off.
Molly: [to Tessa] It was all a game.

Tessa Young: So what exactly did you tell them then?
Hardin Scott: Nothing.
Tessa Young: None of it was real. I actually thought, I thought that… You’re just a liar!
Hardin Scott: That was all before.
Tessa Young: Before what?
Hardin Scott: Before…
Tessa Young: You snapped your fingers, and you turned it off.
Hardin Scott: You said nothing could change the way you felt about me.
Tessa Young: Then I guess we’re both liars.

Tessa Young: [after Tessa returns home and reconciles with her mom] I’m so sorry, Noah. I never meant to hurt you.
Noah: Yeah, I know.
Tessa Young: I guess I just never saw any of this coming.
Noah: Yeah, but that’s like the point. Right? We change, and we discover who we are. I think that’s okay.

Hardin Scott: [as Tessa reads Hardin’s literature essay was about her] “I’ve read hundreds of novels in my life. Most of them claiming that love was the center of the universe, that it could heal any damage inside of us, that it was what we need to survive. From Darcy to Heathcliff, I thought they were fools, that love was something fictional, only found in worn pages of a book. But that has all changed since I met my Elizabeth Bennet. I never thought I would find myself completely and utterly consumed by another, until her. She took my hand and led me out of the darkness and showed me that whatever our souls are made of, hers and mine are the same. I’m sorry. Please forgive me. You once asked who I loved most in this world. It’s you.”

2. After We Collided (2020)

Hardin Scott: The entire world is a collection of memoranda that she did exist, and that I have lost her. Whatever our souls are made of, hers and mine are the same. A rather pretentious way to open our story, but I’ve always had a flair for the dramatic. You see, this is our story. Tessa’s and mine.

Hardin Scott: It’s a story you’ve heard before, passed down from the Greeks, through Shakespeare, the Brontes, Jane Austen. It’s the story of a young girl exploring her independence, free from the bonds of her oppressive parent, and promised to a boy she clearly does not love. She meets a dashingly handsome young man, who sweeps her off her feet, even though he represents everything she detests. She falls for him, gives herself to him, and is ultimately betrayed by him, and left shattered. Only it is he who is destroyed by his deceit. When it feels as though all is lost, the two reunite and live happily ever after.

Hardin Scott: Like I’ve said, a story you’ve heard before. Only difference is, this isn’t that story.

Uber Driver: [to Tessa] Wooh! Sure don’t seem like Christmas out here, all this heat we’ve been having. You know, I hate the heat. Heat make people do some crazy things.

Tessa Young: [to Trevor] Excuse me! Sir, can you hold that elevator, please!
[the elevator door closes]
Tessa Young: A**wipe!

Trevor Matthews: [as Tessa gets into the elevator] Did you call me an a**wipe?
Tessa Young: Excuse me?
Trevor Matthews: You just called me an a**wipe.
Tessa Young: No. I didn’t.
Trevor Matthews: Yeah, I guess I just imagined it.
Tessa Young: Guess so.

Trevor Matthews: You know, I was trying to hold the elevator for you.
Tessa Young: Sure you were. Look, I’m sorry. It’s my first day. I’m just trying to make an impression.
Trevor Matthews: Well, you certainly succeeded at that.
Tessa Young: [to herself as she gets out of the elevator] A**wipe.

Tessa Young: Hi. Kimberly, right?
Kim: Excellent memory. I’m impressed.
Trevor Matthews: Yes, she makes quite the impression.
Kim: You two know each other?
Trevor Matthews: Uh, we’re old friends.

Trevor Matthews: [to Tessa] Little work tip. It helps if you don’t wear the same clothes every day. That, and showering.

[refusing the alcohol as he’s about to get another tattoo]
Hardin Scott: I’m good.
Tattoo Artist: Come on, it’ll ease the pain.
Hardin Scott: I like the pain.
Tattoo Artist: Well, suit yourself, you f***ing masochist.

Kim: Vance and I are more than co-workers.
Tessa Young: Oh.
Kim: It was strictly a work thing for years, especially after his wife died. Then I started helping out with his son Smith. And, well, love can really take you by surprise.
Tessa Young: Yes, it can.

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Trevor Matthews: [as he sees Tessa walking down the stairs] Wow. You clean up nicely.
Christian Vance: Jee, Trevor, you sure know how to charm the ladies.

Zed: Well, well, look what the cat dragged in.
Hardin Scott: That’s a stupid f***ing expression. Why would a cat drag me anywhere?

Molly Samuels: [comes up behind Hardin and covers his eyes] Guess who. Okay, I’ll give you a hint. She’s super f***ing hot, a lot of fun, and loves to f***.
Hardin Scott: Mother Teresa.
Molly Samuels: No. Ew.

Molly Samuels: I know, I look amazing. I’ve had like no carbs in eight weeks, but I’m feeling f***ing fantastic.
Hardin Scott: Wow.
Steph: Yeah, it’s from the lack of carbs and not all the blow.
Molly Samuels: Don’t you have some carpets to munch on?
Steph: Don’t you have some d**k to suck?

Molly Samuels: [as Hardin pushes Molly off] What the f***, Hardin?! Hardin, you didn’t mind f***ing me before, though, right? Oh, let me guess. You’re still moping over that stuck-up b**ch.
Hardin Scott: Don’t f***ing talk about her, okay?!
Molly Samuels: Look at you. You look like a lost little puppy over some Virgin Mary turned skank who doesn’t even want you!

Tessa Young: [drunkenly calls Hardin from the nightclub] I just wanted to inform you that I look hot, and you’re missing it.
Hardin Scott: Tessa, where are you?
Tessa Young: Somewhere that you’re not.
Hardin Scott: Tess, I have your location, I can find you.

Tessa Young: Oh, hey, Hardin? I’m the commander. I’ve been the commander all night. Commander. What’s it called? I’m not wearing any underwear!
Hardin Scott: Tess, who are you with?
Tessa Young: Why haven’t you called me?
Hardin Scott: I’ve texted you a hundred times! You haven’t replied!
Tessa Young: I actually have to go. But it was nice talking to you, Mr. Hardin Scott. So, goodbye.

Trevor Matthews: I’m drunk, uncomfortable, and I saw a tampon on the ground. I’m leaving.
Tessa Young: Yeah, no, me too.

Tessa Young: What’s your favorite book?
Trevor Matthews: It’s The Principles of Economics by Alfred Marshall.
Tessa Young: No, it’s not.
Trevor Matthews: [laughs] Yeah, it is.
Tessa Young: No. I mean like fiction. Like a real book.
Trevor Matthews: I don’t do fiction. I mean, have you seen how I dress?
Tessa Young: [playfully] You heathen!

Tessa Young: Fiction is an escape from reality. It’s a way that like you can live a hundred lives, or even a thousand.
Trevor Matthews: I don’t need to live a thousand lives. Okay? And I would rather watch paint dry.

Trevor Matthews: [as Hardin finds Trevor in his underwear in Tessa’s room] Hey, Hardin, didn’t see you. How you been?
Hardin Scott: F***ing Trevor?!
Trevor Matthews: Time to go, I think.

Tessa Young: You’re such a d**k. Why are you even here?
Hardin Scott: I’m a d**k? I’m not the one taking advantage of drunk girls.
Tessa Young: You do know that not every guy is trying to get into my pants, right?
Hardin Scott: You’d be surprised.

Tessa Young: You can’t tell me who I can and can’t have sex with, because it’s none of your business anymore!
Hardin Scott: Were you going to have sex with him?
Tessa Young: Oh, my God!
Hardin Scott: What?
Tessa Young: You’re insane!
Hardin Scott: You’re avoiding the question.

Tessa Young: You don’t like the idea of Trevor’s hands all over my body? Touching me?
[she kisses Hardin’s ear]
Tessa Young: I’ve missed this.

Tessa Young: [as she’s touching Hardin] You don’t want this?
Hardin Scott: Of course I want this. But…
Tessa Young: Hardin, you have two options here. Either you f*** me, or you leave. You decide.
[he starts kissing her]

Tessa Young: Do you have a condom?
Hardin Scott: Are you sure?
Tessa Young: Why not.
Hardin Scott: You’ll hate me tomorrow.
Tessa Young: Yeah. Well, I hate you already.

Hardin Scott: [as they’re having sex] Tell me I’m the only one.
Tessa Young: You’re the only one.

Tessa Young: [as Hardin’s calling out to her] What do you want?!
Hardin Scott: The other Tessa. The one who’s nice?
Tessa Young: Yeah, well, she’s late for work!

[as Hardin sees her in her underwear]
Tessa Young: Hey! Privacy!
Hardin Scott: Privacy. After what we did last night, you want privacy?
Tessa Young: Don’t remind me.
Hardin Scott: Hey, you called me.
Tessa Young: I didn’t tell you to come here.
Hardin Scott: Okay, I’m starting to get the feeling you’re not entirely cool with what happened last night.
Tessa Young: No, I’m not cool with it.

Hardin Scott: Well, do you want to talk about it?
Tessa Young: Nope. You hurt me and I can’t forgive you. That’s it.
Hardin Scott: So last night meant nothing.
Tessa Young: I was drunk. I called you. You came here. I made a mistake.
Hardin Scott: But you obviously missed me.

Hardin Scott: My Tessa would never kiss a f***ing stranger at a club!
Tessa Young: There is no “Your Tessa” anymore!
Hardin Scott: Yeah, well, when you were kissing that guy, I was f***ing Molly.
Tessa Young: F*** you!

Tessa Young: Trevor, I’m so sorry about last night.
Trevor Matthews: No, don’t be. If I showed up to my girlfriend’s hotel room, and I saw a half-naked, incredibly handsome man there, I’d react the same way. Is he still lurking around? Should I be hiding in the van?
Tessa Young: He’s the one that should be hiding. And we are not together.

Trevor Matthews: You know, I didn’t peg you as the bad boy type.
Tessa Young: We’ll save that for another time.

Hardin Scott: Look, bro, I know I…
Landon Gibson: No, step-bro. I’m not your brother. You made that very clear. And if I was Tessa, I’d never speak to you again, Hardin. It’s unforgiveable.
Hardin Scott: You think I don’t know that?! I know I f***ed up! I know! She won’t return my calls or texts.

Hardin Scott: I found out she kissed some guy. And I told her I f***ed Molly.
Landon Gibson: You slept with Molly?
Hardin Scott: No, I said I did. That’s the point. I didn’t. I said it to get back at her, and I realized how stupid that was.

Landon Gibson: So you’re just going to run away like you do from everything. Right? Where you going?
Hardin Scott: London. I was going to take her with me. I’ll see you next year.
Landon Gibson: Hardin, do you really love her? No bulls**t.
Hardin Scott: Yes. Of course I f***ing love her. I’ve never felt this way about anyone before! I just wish I didn’t f*** the whole thing up.

Landon Gibson: I’m actually looking at your birthday horoscope. So first off, you share a birthday with Joseph Stalin.
Tessa Young: Great.
Landon Gibson: You are a proud, idealistic person.
Tessa Young: Like Stalin.
Landon Gibson: You are more emotional than is obvious. You may solidify a romantic relationship, or become involved with a mature partner. Mature. That doesn’t really sound…
Tessa Young: No, it doesn’t.

[as Tessa has flashback of when Hardin read to her]
Hardin Scott: “You can draw me to fire. You can draw me to water. You can draw me to the gallows. You can draw me to any death.”

Trish Daniels: I cannot believe how pretty you are. I mean, Hardin said you were the most beautiful girl in the world. But honestly, I thought you were going to be covered in tattoos, green hair, and a piercing on your bean.
Tessa Young: What bean?
Hardin Scott: Mum!
Trish Daniels: Don’t be so melodramatic, Hardin. You and I are going to be the best of friends.

Tessa Young: Why didn’t you tell her that we broke up?
Hardin Scott: She was so excited when I told her first, I couldn’t ruin it for her.
Tessa Young: Hardin!
Hardin Scott: She’s my mum! I couldn’t tell her about the stupid bet, okay? I’m sorry.

Hardin Scott: I don’t expect you to pretend we’re still together.
Tessa Young: It’s fine.
Hardin Scott: What’s fine?
Tessa Young: I said it’s fine. I’ll play along.

Trish Daniels: [shows Tessa baby photos of Hardin] I know I’m biased because I’m his mum, but isn’t that just the cutest little bum you’ve ever seen?
Hardin Scott: Oh, my God. Mum, please.
Trish Daniels: Oh, hush.
Tessa Young: It’s a pretty cute bum, Hardin.
Hardin Scott: Right. Well, you guys are obviously having lots of fun. So I’m just going to clear up, and then set myself on fire.

Hardin Scott: I’m just going to grab a blanket and sleep on the floor.
Tessa Young: You don’t think we could share the bed and not, you know.
Hardin Scott: Do you?
Tessa Young: Well, I’d like to think that we’re not total Neanderthals.
Hardin Scott: Okay.

Trish Daniels: I can’t tell you how much it means to me to see Hardin this way.
Tessa Young: What way?
Trish Daniels: Happy.

Tessa Young: [after finding out her dad wanted to see her] I just don’t understand why you would keep that a secret.
Carol Young: And you never kept any secrets from me? Because I can think of a big one, and so can Noah. I thought we got past this little hiccup once you got your heart broken. But I can tell by the sound of your voice that this not the case. This boy is not good for you, Teresa. He is just like your father.

Tessa Young: I’m so sorry for what happened to you.
Trish Daniels: I just hoped he’d forget the whole thing. But the nightmares kicked in.
Tessa Young: Sorry.
Trish Daniels: And I took him to therapist after therapist, but nothing seemed to help. And then he started self-medicating with alcohol. But he told me that the nightmares went away when he started seeing you.
Tessa Young: I didn’t know that.

Trish Daniels: May I ask, why does your mum hate him so much?
Tessa Young: Hardin’s your son.
Trish Daniels: Yes, and I love him. But he is not without his challenges. You can tell me. What happened between you two?
Tessa Young: He lied to me.
Trish Daniels: A big lie?
Tessa Young: A massive lie.
Trish Daniels: Is he sorry?
Tessa Young: He is.

Hardin Scott: [ gives Tessa a card] Happy belated.
Tessa Young: But you already got me a gift.
Hardin Scott: True, but you had to snoop around and open it without me, thus denying me the pleasure of watching you react to said gift. Therefore…
Tessa Young: “Tessa’s perfect day.” What’s my perfect day?
Hardin Scott: Well, that’s for you to decide. Whatever your wish or desire, I will agree to without any snide remarks or tantrums. Your time starts in three, two, one.

Tessa Young: [after Hardin falls during ice skating] Are you okay?
Hardin Scott: Yeah. Just a tad rusty.
Tessa Young: When was the last time you skated?
Hardin Scott: I’ve never skated before.
Tessa Young: Do you want me to get you a walker?
Hardin Scott: F*** no!

Hardin Scott: Is yoga supposed to be a turn-on? Are you turned on?
Tessa Young: Mm-hmm.
Hardin Scott: Well, can we leave then?
Tessa Young: Mm-hmm.

[as Tessa and Harding are babysitting Vance’s young son]
Smith Vance: What are those marks on your arm?
Hardin Scott: My tattoos.
Smith Vance: Why do you have them?
Hardin Scott: Because I like them.
Smith Vance: Don’t people think it looks strange?
Hardin Scott: I don’t give a f*** what people think.
Smith Vance: Which people don’t you give a f*** about?
Hardin Scott: Oh, s**t. Don’t say f***.
Smith Vance: S**t.

[referring to the inscription on the charm bracelet he gives Tessa]
Hardin Scott: It says “Whatever our souls are made of…”
Tessa Young: “His and mine are the same.”

Tessa Young: I didn’t think that I’d see you over the holidays, so I didn’t get you anything. Is there anything that you want?
Hardin Scott: Another chance?
Tessa Young: Do you promise to act like this every day?
Hardin Scott: No. But I’ll try. Whatever it takes.

Hardin Scott: There’s no one else for me, Tessa. No one. I love you.
Tessa Young: I love you too.
Hardin Scott: Don’t say “too”. Sounds like you’re agreeing with me.
Tessa Young: I love you, Hardin.

Hardin Scott: [referring to his father, Ken] Look, I’m sorry I’m not like you. You may be able to forget everything he did, but I can’t.
Trish Daniels: I haven’t forgotten anything. I’ve chosen to forgive him so that I can move on. Hardin, resentments like this are going to destroy you. And they’re going to take Tessa right down with you.

Trevor Matthews: And I thought I was the only Grinch who worked the day after Christmas.
Tessa Young: We have got to stop meeting like this.
Trevor Matthews: You’re right. I’ll have restraining orders drafted immediately.

Tessa Young: I thought that things were getting better, but it’s clear that he still has a lot of stuff he has to deal with. And I just feel really bad for him, and I don’t know how to fix it.
Trevor Matthews: Well, let me ask you this. Are you in love with him?
Tessa Young: I am.
Trevor Matthews: Then you got yourself a problem.
Tessa Young: Those are your words of wisdom?
Trevor Matthews: Hey, I never said I had any words of wisdom.
Tessa Young: No, you just wanted to know whether I actually loved him.

Trevor Matthews: My sister has struggled with addiction her whole life. This thing between you and Hardin, it’s not going to end well.
Tessa Young: Well, you’re wrong.

Tessa Young: [agrees to go to the frat house New Year’s Eve party] I’m not scared of them. Besides, if it blows up in my face, then we can just stay in next year.
[Hardin kisses her]
Tessa Young: What was that for?
Hardin Scott: I just loved how you said “next year”.

Molly Samuels: [playing Truth or Dare] Is it true that you’re a dumba** for getting back together with Hardin after he clearly f***ed you for a bet?
Hardin Scott: Let’s go.
Tessa Young: No, that’s not true.
Molly Samuels: Oh, but it is. You believe anything that comes out of his mouth.
Hardin Scott: I f***ing hate you, Molly.
Molly Samuels: Which I don’t blame you. Because, oh, man, what that mouth can do. And that tongue.
[Tessa lunges at Molly and they start fighting]

Hardin Scott: [as Tessa takes off his pants] Miss Young, are you objectifying me?
Tessa Young: Why, yes, I am, Mr. Scott.

[after Tessa sees Hardin talking to a girl at the New Year’s Eve party]
Hardin Scott: You should know I would never f***ing cheat on you!
Tessa Young: Were you with her tonight? Is she who you disappeared with the whole night?!
Hardin Scott: Yes! I was trying to make her forgive me.
Tessa Young: For what?!
Hardin Scott: Because I’m trying to be a better person for you! That’s all I f***ing do!

Hardin Scott: Tell me what else I can do to make you believe that I love you. Tell me! You’re never going to trust me.
Tessa Young: Trust you? You think that I should trust you?
Hardin Scott: Yes!
Tessa Young: Where has that ever gotten me?!

Hardin Scott: You’re never going to forgive me, are you? You’re just going to keep bringing it up, every time.
Tessa Young: Because I don’t trust you!
Hardin Scott: You act like you’re so f***ing innocent. Like you’re perfect. Oh, f*** this. And f*** you!
Tessa Young: F*** you too.

Hardin Scott: [after Tessa has a car crash] Tell me where she is!
Landon Gibson: It’s your fault she crashed! You didn’t come home last night! Get off of me! She was out looking for you.
Hardin Scott: I don’t believe you.

[after Hardin calls Tessa and Trevor answers her phone]
Trevor Matthews: Shut the f*** up and listen to me. You’re toxic, and you’re bad news. If you love Tessa, and I think that you do, let her go.
Hardin Scott: Trevor, I just want to talk to her. Please. Please. Trevor, please, just let me talk to her.
Trevor Matthews: Give her a chance to find happiness in this life, because she’s never going to find it with you.

Hardin Scott: [in his letter to Tessa] “My dearest Tessa, like all our favorite stories, there are happy and unhappy endings. I thought we had a chance for a happy one, but at last, it was not mean to be. I love you with all of my heart, and that’s exactly why I had to get as far away from you as possible. We’re like an addiction to each other, with equal parts pleasure and pain.”

Hardin Scott: [in his letter to Tessa] “And as for that other night, that girl, she was one of my former conquests. I had to apologize for my past in order to have a future with you. But fate just seems to get in our way. So let’s cut the bulls**t. You’re too damn good for me, and I know it. And somewhere in the back of my mind I always knew we wouldn’t last, and I think you did too.

Hardin Scott: [in his letter to Tessa] “I know this is going to be painful at first, and it could take days, even more. But one of those days, you’re going to wake up and the sorrow will start to slip away, until we’re nothing but a distant memory. Goodbye, Tessa.”

Trish Daniels: [referring to Ken] Hardin, what happened that night, it wasn’t his fault.
Hardin Scott: And all the other nights? Not his fault?
Trish Daniels: Yeah, it was s**t. It was s**t, and we both deserved better. But the only person you’re punishing by not forgiving him is yourself. And Hardin, I want you to stop punishing yourself.

Trish Daniels: Did you hear that Vance was moving to Seattle?
Hardin Scott: Tessa’s going too. How did you know?
Trish Daniels: Well, we talk from time to time. He’s having a going away party on Sunday, and I think you should get your a** off this sofa, and go get her.
Hardin Scott: No, I can’t.
Trish Daniels: Can’t? Or you don’t want to face what you left behind?
Hardin Scott: I’d have to leave right now.
Trish Daniels: So what are you waiting for?
Hardin Scott: Mum, I’m not going to…
Trish Daniels: Hardin, I love you, but you have to start fighting for what really matters.

Trevor Matthews: [after Vance proposes to Kim] Who said happy endings don’t exist?
Tessa Young: Don’t tell me. You’re the cynic.
Trevor Matthews: I’m turning over a new leaf.

Trevor Matthews: Look, Tessa, there’s something I actually want to get off my chest.
Tessa Young: Okay.
Trevor Matthews: The other day, in the hospital, I answered your cell phone, it was Hardin, and I told him to stay away from you.
Tessa Young: What?
Trevor Matthews: In retrospect, I do realize that that was over the line. And I do realize that I let my emotions get the best of me. And I’m sorry, but somehow you bring that side out of me, so.

Tessa Young: [after Hardin shows up at Vance’s party] You’re just never going to leave me alone, are you?
Hardin Scott: I tried.

Uber Driver: [to Tessa and Hardin] So I was dreaming of a white Christmas. All I got was heat. You know, I hate the heat. Heat get into people’s minds and make them do some crazy things.

Hardin Scott: Like I said, this is a story you’ve heard before. Only difference is, this is our story. Tessa’s and mine.

Tessa Young: [reads the new tattoo on Hardin’s back] “I never wish to be parted from you from this day on.”

Hardin Scott: And who knows? Maybe there is a happy ending for us after all.
[then Tessa’s dad shows up]
Hardin Scott: I guess we’ll just have to find out.

[mid-credit lines, practicing asking Tessa out on a date in front of the bathroom mirror]
Trevor: I only pull out my teal suit when I have something important to say.

3. After We Fell

We’ll add the best quotes once the movie is released and we’ve had a chance to watch it, but for now, here’s a small selection.

Tessa Young: Pain. Lately I’ve become very well acquainted with it. The type that comes when you’ve been hurt repeatedly by the same person. Only in those rare moments, when he pulls me to his chest and makes promises he never seems able to keep, does the pain disappear.

Hardin Scott: Close your eyes.

Hardin Scott: I just want you to be happy. You deserve to be happy.

Tessa Young: I thought we were going to be more open with each other.
Hardin Scott: So did I.

Tessa Young: Why can’t you just trust me?!
Hardin Scott: I do trust you! You know I trust you!
Tessa Young: You don’t trust me, you don’t anyone. You just control us.

Landon Gibson: [to Tessa] You’ve been gushing about Seattle since the day I first met you. If he loves you, he could follow you.

Hardin Scott: I was hoping that we would move to London after graduation.
Tessa Young: And how was I supposed to know that?

Kimberly: Relationships, they’re complicated.

Hardin Scott: You have a great job in Seattle, but I don’t have anything there.
Tessa Young: You’d have me!
Hardin Scott: Okay, that’s not enough!
Tessa Young: If I’m not enough, that’s your problem. But you’re not going to stop me.

Tessa Young: I won’t give up Seattle for you, so you just turn on me. This is what you do! You sabotage every good moment that we have.
Hardin Scott: No, no, no. If I wanted to try and sabotage a good moment, I would have brought up another guy’s number and your dress.
Tessa Young: You don’t get to choose who I have as friends!
Hardin Scott: They don’t want to be your friends, okay!

Tessa Young: I can’t tell what’s true and what’s not.

Hardin Scott: We are fools in love. But you’re my better place, Tess.