You're The Worst

24 Profoundly Deep Quotes From 'You're The Worst' That'll Make You Tear Up

There's beauty in the struggle against near-certain failure.
Sade Andria Zabala
December 10, 2017
“The vast majority of all human effort, however great or minuscule, ends in failure. So what are your options? You just admit pre-defeat that odds are you’re going to be right or you do it anyway. Maybe we’re a success regardless of the outcome, because we tried. Maybe there’s beauty in the struggle against near certain failure.”
— Jimmy Shive-Overly, You're the Worst(TV Series 2014– )
Tagged: Trying, perseverance, Failure, Never Give Up, Break Up
“You thought you could master me. But I'm a person. I'm not one of your hobbies.”
— Lindsay, You're the Worst(TV Series 2014– )
Tagged: Break Up, Love Quarrel
“I guess, in the end, we were just two stars born lightyears apart. You need to find someone in your own constellation.”
— Paul, You're the Worst(TV Series 2014– )
Tagged: Break Up, Not Meant To Be Together, Finding Love Again
“Love isn't about having someone to get you things. Love is putting someone else's feelings above your own.”
— Paul, You're the Worst, Season 2: The Sweater People
Tagged: Love, Selfless Love, Selfless, The Meaning of Love, Unconditional Love
“The patriarchy somehow convinced us that visible panty lines were unacceptable, so now I've just grown accustomed to the feeling of a fabric rope against my actual asshole all day.”
— Gretchen Cutler, You're the Worst, Season 2: Crevasses
Tagged: LMAO, Underwear, Beauty Standards, patriarchal society, Beauty Industry
“To be a slave to an idea of coolness is why some of your friends never grow and in the end are actually less themselves, and counter-intuitively live less authentic lives than the buyers-in.”
— Lexi,
Tagged: Being Cool, Coolness, What Others Think Does Not Matter, Reputation
“You need to stop. It's like you have amnesia. Every day, you think things are gonna be different, and I'll just be happy. Well, maybe you can understand this. I feel nothing. About anything. Dogs, candy, old Blondie records, nachos, you, us, nothing. So for the last time, please go.”
— Gretchen Cutler, You're the Worst, Season 2: A Rapidly Mutating Virus
Tagged: Depression, Empty, Loving Someone With Depression
“Being vulnerable makes me angry!”
— Gretchen Cutler, You're the Worst, Season 3: Fix Me, Dummy
Tagged: Depression, Vulnerable, Defense Mechanisms, BPD
“I know you don't want to hear this, but the minute you stop looking for someone else to cure you, maybe you start living again.”
— Tow Truck Driver, You're the Worst, Season 3: Twenty-Two
Tagged: Healing, Self-Care, Healing Yourself, Life Tips
“I did what you said. I looked at my life from an outside perspective. It was terrifying. I didn't recognize any of it. I don't recognize my life. I don't know whether I made any of the right decisions. Everything could be wrong.”
— Jimmy Shive-Overly, You're the Worst, Season 3: Talking to Me, Talking to Me
Tagged: Self-doubts, Fear Of Failing, Failure
“Look at me. You knew it was a snake when you picked it up. You knew who I was. You don't get to act surprised now.”
— Lindsay Jillian, You're the Worst, Season 3: You Knew It Was a Snake
Tagged: Break Up
“Well, as my Grandma used to say, it's only a walk of shame if you're capable of feeling shame.”
— Gretchen Cutler, You're the Worst, Season 1: Keys Open Doors
Tagged: Shameless, one-night stand, Slut Shaming, Sex Advice
“If 'I love you' is like a promise, it's just a promise to try real hard. It doesn't mean you can't fail.”
— Gretchen Cutler, You're the Worst, Season 3: Try Real Hard
Tagged: Commitment Issues, I Love You, Relationships
“You gotta honor the end of the relationship.”
— Vernon, You're the Worst, Season 4: A Bunch of Hornballs
Tagged: Breakup Advice, Break Up, Divorce, Moving On
“You know this is the best time, right? It is all downhill from here, for real. I mean, you do get hotter, and get to do or eat whatever you want, and that’s awesome, but things are new right now. And you feel things so hard and that is beautiful.”
— Gretchen Cutler, You're the Worst, Season 4: Not a Great Bet
Tagged: Youth, Growing Pains, Enjoy Your Life, Teenage life
“There comes a day when every relationship turns gross old and boring, like Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner… You go home tonight and you dress up real slutty and you do butt stuff with your boyfriend for all of us who let love die to become ordinary.”
— Lindsay Jillian, You're the Worst, Season 2: The Sweater People
Tagged: LOL, Sex Advice, Relationship Advice, Marriage
“There is horrible sadness and pain coming, and we’re inviting in.”
— Gretchen Cutler, You're the Worst, Season 1: Fists and Feet and Stuff
Tagged: Commitment Issues
“I’m not a sidekick! I’m Beyoncé, not Kelly Rowland. If I’m on a motorcycle, I’m driving the motorcycle, not riding in that shitty little side motorcycle thingy for poor people and dogs.”
— Lindsay Jillian, You're the Worst, Season 1: Equally Dead Inside
Tagged: LOL, Narcissistic
“Dishonesty to spare someone’s feelings belittles everyone involved, but dishonesty to get free stuff is just smart economics!”
— Jimmy Shive-Overly, You're the Worst, Season 1: Insouciance
Tagged: broke, Dishonesty, Poverty Hacks
“This is our love story… and our story is chaotic, but love is chaos. It's the only game in town I've played.”
— Jimmy Shive-Overly, You're the Worst, Season 4: Fog of War, Bro
Tagged: Love, What Is Love?, Romantic
“Why is it so hard to find someone to get close with?”
— Lindsay Jillian, You're the Worst, Season 4: There's Always a Back Door
Tagged: Social Anxiety, Alone, Friendless, Single, Looking For Love
“Thank you for being alone with me.”
— Jimmy Shive-Overly, You're the Worst, Season 4: This Is Just Marketing
Tagged: Romantic, Healthy Relationship
“I bought in! Finally, after a lifetime of being too goddamn scared and you punished me for it! It just confirmed what I’ve always known; at the end of the day I’m unlovable, fundamentally, always have been.”
— Gretchen Cutler, You're the Worst, Season 4: It's Always Been This Way
Tagged: Commitment Issues, I Hate Myself, Afraid To Love, Unlovable
“Have you ever had a day that starts with one bad decision? And then... it's just a cascade of bad decisions, until you're like, "Well, might as well burn down the whole town tonight"?”
— Gretchen Cutler, You're the Worst, Season 4: Not a Great Bet
Tagged: Fuck It, Life Sucks, Growing Pains