12 Quotes from the ‘Before’ Trilogy That Are Guaranteed to Give You the Feels
For anyone who has watched the romantic movie “Before Sunrise,” you’ll totes understand what I mean when I say how utterly sensational and beautiful that movie is. You also probably watched “Before Sunset” and “Before Midnight” moments after watching the first movie. The Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy GIFs have been all over the Egyptian social media, driving everyone crazy (me especially), so I’ve decided to round up my favorite quotes from the movies that are guaranteed to hit anyone right in the feels.
“I was having this awful nightmare that I was 32. And then I woke up and I was 23. So relieved. And then I woke up for real, and I was 32.”
― Julie Delpy, Before Sunrise & Before Sunset: Two Screenplays
“So often in my life I’ve been with people and shared beautiful moments like travelling or staying up all night and watching the sunrise, and I knew it was a special moment, but something was always wrong. I wished I’d been with someone else. I knew that what I was feeling – exactly what was so important to me – they didn’t understand.”
― Julie Delpy, Before Sunrise & Before Sunset: Two Screenplays
“Even being alone, it’s better than sitting next to your lover and feeling lonely.”
― Julie Delpy, Before Sunrise & Before Sunset: Two Screenplays
“You are both stars, don’t forget. When the stars exploded billions of years ago, they formed everything that is this world. The moon, the trees, everything we know is
stardust. So don’t forget. You are stardust.
― Richard Linklater, Before Sunrise & Before Sunset: Two Screenplays
Jesse: “You know what’s the worst thing about somebody breaking up with you? It’s when you remember how little you thought about the people you broke up with and you realize that is how little they’re thinking of you. You know, you’d like to think you’re both in all this pain but they’re just like “Hey, I’m glad you’re gone”.
― Richard Linklater, Before Sunrise & Before Sunset: Two Screenplay
Celine: “I think I can really fall in love when I know everything about someone-the way he’s going to part his hair, which shirt he’s going to wear that day, knowing the exact story he’d tell in a given situation. I’m sure that’s when I know I’m really in love.”
― Richard Linklater, Before Sunrise & Before Sunset: Two Screenplay
“No one really knows anyone. That’s the thing about relationships – people are
always saying, ‘I want to know you, I want to know who you are.’ But it is so hard for anyone to even know themselves. Who I am is always changing, so how can anyone else share in that?”
― Richard Linklater, Before Sunrise & Before Sunset: Two Screenplay
“I see the people that do the real work, and what in a way is really sad is that the people that are often the most giving, hardworking, and capable of making this world better don’t really have the ambition and ego to be a leader—they don’t see any interest in the rewards, they don’t care if their names ever appear in the press, they actually enjoy the process of helping others, they are truly in the moment.”
― Richard Linklater, Before Sunrise & Before Sunset: Two Screenplays
“I kind of see love as this, it’s an escape for two people who don’t know how to be alone. People always talk about how love is this totally unselfish, but if you think about it, there’s nothing more selfish than love.”
― Richard Linklater, Before Sunrise & Before Sunset: Two Screenplay
“I always feel this pressure of being a strong and independent icon of womanhood, and without making it look my whole life is revolving around some guy. But loving someone, and being loved means so much to me. We always make fun of it and stuff. But isn’t everything we do in life a way to be loved a little more?”
― Julie Delpy, Before Sunrise & Before Sunset: Two Screenplays
“I believe if there’s any kind of God it wouldn’t be in any of us, not you or me but just this little space in between. If there’s any kind of magic in this world it must be in the attempt of understanding someone sharing something. I know, it’s almost impossible to succeed but who cares really? The answer must be in the attempt.”
― Julie Delpy, Before Sunrise & Before Sunset
“You can never replace anyone because everyone is made up of such beautiful specific details.”
― Julie Delpy, Before Sunrise & Before Sunset: Two Screenplays
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