Noah Calhoun quotes from The Notebook (2004)

Noah Calhoun

My Dearest Allie. I couldn't sleep last night because I know that it's over between us. I'm not bitter anymore, because I know that what we had was real. And if in some distant place in the future we see each other in our new lives, I'll smile at you with joy and remember how we spent the summer beneath the trees, learning from each other and growing in love. 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. That's what I hope to give to you forever. I love you. I'll be seeing you. Noah.

Noah Calhoun

You're gonna kill me woman! I need sleep, I need food, to regain my strength!

Noah Calhoun

You know I want to give you all the things you want. But I can't. Because they're gone. They're broken.

Now, say you're a bird, too.

If you're a bird, I'm a bird.

Why didn't you write me? Why? It wasn't over for me. I waited for you for seven years. But now it's too late.

I wrote you 365 letters. I wrote you every day for a year.

You wrote me?

Yes. It wasn't over. It still isn't over.
[kisses Allie]

I see you got my letters, finally. What are you gonna do, Al?

I don't know.

We're back to that? Are we back there? What about the past couple of days? They happened, you know.

I know that they happened, and they were wonderful. But they were also very irresponsible. I have a fianc? waiting for me at a hotel who's going to be crushed when he finds out what I did.

So you make love to me, and go back to your husband. Was that your plan? Was that a test I didn't pass?

No, I made a promise to a man. He gave me a ring and I gave him my word.

And your word is shot to hell now, don't you think?

I don't know. I'll find out when I talk to him.

This is not about keeping your promise, and it's not about following your heart. It's about security.

What is that supposed to mean?

Money!

What are you talking about?

He has a lot of money.

Now I hate you, you smug bastard.

Well, I hate you. If you leave here, I hate you.

Have you been paying attention to anything that's happening?

I guess not, I think I must have misread all of those signals.

Well I guess you did!

You're bored! You're bored and you know it! You wouldn't be here if there wasn't something missing.

You arrogant son of a bitch.

Would you just stay with me?

Stay with you? What for? Look at us, we're already fighting.

Well, that's what we do! We fight! You tell me when I'm being an arrogant son of a bitch and I tell you when you're being a pain in the ass, which you are 99% of the time. I'm not afraid to hurt your feelings. They have, like, a two second rebound rate, then you're back doing the next pain-in-the-ass thing.

So what?

So it's not gonna be easy. It's gonna be really hard. And we're gonna have to work at this every day. But I want to do that because I want you. I want all of you, forever, you and me, every day. Can you do something for me? Please? Will you just picture your life for me? Thirty years from now? Forty years from now? What's it look like? If it's with that guy, go. Go! I lost you once. I think I can do it again if I thought that's what you really wanted. But don't you take the easy way out.

What easy way? There is no easy way. No matter what I do, somebody gets hurt!

Would you stop thinking about what everyone wants?! Stop thinking about what I want, what he wants, what your parents want. What do you want? What do you want?

It's not that simple!

What do you want? Goddammit, what do you want?

I have to go.

I'm Noah Calhoun.

So?

So it's really nice to meet you.

Allie, who is this guy?

I don't know, Noah Calhoun.

Will you go out with me?

What? No.

No?

No.

Why not?

I don't know, because I don't want to.

OK, then you leave me no other choice.

AHHHH!

I'm gonna ask you one more time. Will you or will you not go out with me? Goddammit my hand's slipping.

OK, OK. Fine, I'll go out with you.

No, don't do me any favors.

No, no I want to.

You do?

Yes!

Say it.

I wanna go out with you!

Say it again.

I WANNA GO OUT WITH YOU!

Alright, fine, we'll go out.

What happens if a car comes?

We die.

What am I gonna do in New York?

Be with me.

We can just finish out the summer and see what happens then.

Please don't do this. You don't mean it. Well, if you're going to do it, why wait until the summer ends? Why don't you do it right now?

Huh? C'mon. Do it! Do it!

You know what? I'm gonna do it! It's over. Okay? It's over.

Come here.

Don't touch me! I hate you! I hate you!

OK, I'm going.

Why don't you just go then?

Get out! Leave!

Go! No, no, just wait a minute. We're not really breaking up, are we? Come on. This is just a fight we're having and tomorrow it will be like it never happened, right?
[Noah drives away]

I'm not usually like this, I'm sorry.

Oh yes you are.

I could be fun, if you want. I could be pensive, smart, supersticious, brave. And I, uhh, I can be light on my feet. I could be whatever you want. You just tell me what you want, and I'm gonna be that for you.

You're dumb.

I could be that.

Come on, one date. What's it gonna hurt?

I don't think so.

Well, what can I do to change your mind?

You're gonna get run over!

Uhh, by all the cars?

This place is gigantic.

Yeah, a gigantic piece of crap.

Noah, what are you doing?

Just c'mon.

You're going to get run over.

Uhh, by all the cars?