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17 Quotes From 'Before Sunset' That Sum Up The Struggles Of Growing Up And Healing From Heartbreak

Life is hard. It's supposed to be.
Rania Naim
October 31, 2016
“I guess when you're young, you just believe there'll be many people with whom you'll connect with. Later in life, you realize it only happens a few times.”
— Celine, Before Sunset
Tagged: Love, Relationships, Soul Mates
“Oh, God, why didn't we exchange phone numbers and stuff? Why didn't we do that?”
— Celine, Before Sunset
Tagged: Love, Relationships
“Even being alone it's better than sitting next to your lover and feeling lonely.”
— Celine, Before Sunset
Tagged: Love, Loneliness, Toxic Relationship
“Life's hard. It's supposed to be. If we didn't suffer, we'd never learn anything.”
— Jesse, Before Sunset
Tagged: Life, Learning
“Maybe it's just a sense of entitlement. You know, like whenever you feel like you deserve that new pair of shoes. It's OK to want things as long as you don't get pissed off if you don't get 'em. Right?”
— Jesse, Before Sunset
Tagged: Life, Desire
“You realize that most of the people that you meet are trying to get somewhere better, they're trying to make a little bit more cash, trying to get a little more respect, have more people admire them. It's just exhausting.”
— Jesse, Before Sunset
Tagged: Life, People
“They enjoy the goal but not the process. But the reality of it is that the true work of improving things is in the little achievements of the day.”
— Celine, Before Sunset
Tagged: Life, Happiness
“You can never replace anyone because everyone is made up of such beautiful specific details.”
— Celine, Before Sunset
Tagged: Love, Details, Falling In Love
“There's gotta be something more to love than commitment.”
— Jesse, Before Sunset
Tagged: Love, Commitment, What Is Love
“You know, I want to kill them! Why didn't they ask me to marry them? I would have said "No," but at least they could have asked! But it's my fault, I know it's my fault, because I never felt it was the right man. Never! But what does it mean the right man? The love of your life? The concept is absurd. The idea that we can only be complete with another person is EVIL! Right?!”
— Celine, Before Sunset
Tagged: Love, Marriage, The One
“You know, I guess I've been heart-broken too many times. And then I recovered. So now, you know, from the start I make no effort because I know it’s not going to work out, I know it’s not going to work out.”
— Celine, Before Sunset
Tagged: Love, Heartbreak, Effort
“You know, I think that book that I wrote, in a way, was like building something. So that I wouldn't forget the... details of the time that we spent together. You know, like just a reminder that... that once we really did meet! You know, that this was real! That this happened!”
— Jesse, Before Sunset
Tagged: Love, Infatuation, Muse, inspiration
“Each relationship, when it ends, really damages me. I never fully recover. That's why I'm very careful with getting involved, because... It hurts too much!”
— Celine, Before Sunset
Tagged: Love, Heartbreak
“I just... I don't wanna be one of those people who are... getting divorced at 52, and falling down into tears, admitting that they never really loved their spouse, and they feel that their life has been... sucked up into a vacuum cleaner! You know, I want a great life”
— Jesse, Before Sunset
Tagged: Love, Life, Marriage
“I might have given up... on the whole idea of romantic love. That I... I might have put it to bed, that... that day when you weren't there.”
— Jesse, Before Sunset
Tagged: Love, Heartbreak
“Celine: Baby, you are gonna miss that plane.
Jesse: I know.”
— Jesse, Celine, Before Sunset
Tagged: Love
“The older I get, the more I realize how rare it is to meet a kindred spirit.”
— Jesse, Before Sunset
Tagged: Love, Life, People