Gilmore Girls has a lot of quotable dialogue thanks to Alexis Bledel and Lauren Graham (who play Rory and Lorelai Gilmore, respectively). A colorful cast performed in the show as it explored issues and themes such as classism, generational divisions, education, romance, and mother-daughter relationships. It is Lorelai’s famous “Life is short” quote that provides a theme throughout. Celebrating Gilmore Girls’ 20th anniversary on Instagram, here are the best Gilmore Girls quotes. While binge-watching the show, introduce them into your conversations. The cult classic series will take them back in time.
Quotes By Gilmore Girls
- “I live in two worlds. One is a world of books.” – Rory
- “I just take a book with me everywhere. It’s a habit.” – Rory
- “Oh, do you see the books? Feel it. Feels good, right? Now smell it. Nothing, nothing smells like that.” – Rory
- “But marriage is not about always being happy. It’s about compromise.” (Emily)
- “Oh my god, he kissed me.” (Rory)
- “I smell snow.”
- “Everything’s magical when it snows.”
- “Oy, with the poodles already!”
- “And if eating cake is wrong, I don’t want to be right.”
- “It’s all any of us wants, to find a nice person to hang out with ‘til we drop dead.” (Lorelai)
- “You jump, I jump, Jack!” (Rory)
- “I cannot do this alone, I need my mommy and I don’t care who knows it.” (Rory)
- “It’s always best to tell each other major life events, so there’s no awkwardness.” (Emily)
- “Did you ever know that you’re my hero?” (Lorelai to Rory)
- “I don’t know if she ever realized the person I most wanted to be was her.” (Rory)
- “Having babies doesn’t mean you can’t be rock and roll!” (Zack to Lane)
- “No men. Just lots and lots of Chinese food.” (Paris)
- “I live in two worlds, one is a world of books.” (Rory)
- “And if eating cake is wrong, I don’t want to be right.” (Lorelai)
- “The Long Island Ice Tea makes you do things you normally wouldn’t do.” (Lorelai)
- “We’re almost there & nowhere near it. All that matters is that we’re going!” (Lorelai)
- “You’re a book tease.” – Jess
- “I can’t believe we get to sit around and talk about books and get graded.” – Rory
- “I’m here because I enjoy books, and because I read books.” – Rory
- “My books look sad. Can books look sad?” – Rory
- “We could go to a bookstore, I’ll watch you browse for six or seven hours.” – Dean
- “You’re going to kiss me now? So incredibly predictable.” (Lorelai to Luke)
- “Every relationship is just a big honking leap of faith.” (Rory)
- “You know what I just realized? Oy is the funniest word in the entire world.” (Lorelai)
- “You have to sleep, it’s what keeps you pretty.” (Lorelai)
- “I love you, you idiot.” (Rory)
- “Life’s short. Talk fast.” (Lorelai)
- “Reality has no place in our world!” (Lorelai)
- “Coffee, please, and a shot of cynicism.” (Lorelai)
- “You’ve got to be patient and wait for what you want to appear, then pounce.” (Michel)
- “People can live a hundred years without really living for a minute.”
- “I live in two worlds. One is a world of books.” – Rory
- “I just take a book with me everywhere. It’s a habit.” – Rory
- “Oh, do you see the books? Feel it. Feels good, right? Now smell it. Nothing, nothing smells like that.” – Rory
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Best Gilmore Quotes
- “You’re a book tease.” – Jess
- “I can’t believe we get to sit around and talk about books and get graded.” – Rory
- “I’m here because I enjoy books, and because I read books.” – Rory
- “Reality has no place in our world!”
- “You have so many years and screw-ups ahead of you.”
- “I don’t like Mondays but unfortunately they come around eventually.”
- “Well, you know my babbling capabilities are infinite.”
- “I can be flexible, as long as everything is exactly the way I want it.”
- “I hate when I’m an idiot and don’t know it. I like being aware of my idiocy.”
- “I’m not broken. Maybe just a little chipped.”
- “There’s plenty to do tonight that we can be mortified about tomorrow.”
- “You jump, I jump jack.”
- “You’ve got such a great brain!”
- “Mom, you’ve given me everything I need.”
- “I cannot do this alone. I need my mommy and I don’t care who knows it.”
- “I don’t know if she ever realized the person I most wanted to be was her.”
- “I can go from zero to studying in less than 60 seconds!”
- “Reality has no place in our world.” — Lorelai Gilmore
- “People can live for a hundred years without living a minute.” — Logan Huntzberger
Inspirational Gilmore Quotes
- “I’m here and now. I’m like cheese!” — Lorelai Gilmore
- “My books look sad. Can books look sad?” – Rory
- “We could go to a bookstore, I’ll watch you browse for six or seven hours.” – Dean
- “We’re almost there & nowhere near it. All that matters is that we’re going!”
- “Life’s short. Talk fast.”
- “It’s my responsibility as your best friend to make sure you do exciting things, even when you don’t want to.” — Sookie St. James
- “I’m attracted to pie. It doesn’t mean I feel the need to date pie.” — Lorelai Gilmore
- “Think how dull your life would be without me.” — Jess Mariano
- “Yes, I left behind a glass slipper and a business card … just in case the prince is really dumb.” — Lorelai Gilmore
- “No man is an island, but this woman is.” — Paris Geller
- “You jump, I jump, Jack.” — Rory Gilmore
- “I’m afraid once your heart is involved, it all comes out in moron.” — Lorelai Gilmore
- “People are particularly stupid today. I can’t talk to any more of them.” — Michel Gerard
- “It was a great kiss. If one of us had been a frog, it would have had some seriously impressive consequences.” — Lorelai Gilmore
- “Every relationship is just a big honking leap of faith.” — Rory Gilmore
- “It’s my responsibility as your best friend to make sure you do exciting things even when don’t want to.” (Sookie)
- “It is what it is. You, me.” (Jess to Rory)
- “I have liked you for some time now and I don’t think this feeling is going to go away.” (Lane to Zach)
- “It was a great kiss. If one of us had been a frog, it would have had some seriously impressive consequences.” (Lorelai)
- “This thing we’re doing here — me, you — I just want you know I’m in. I’m all in.” (Luke to Lorelai)
- “Are you ever gonna ask me out? You flirt with me. You act like you like me.” (Rory to Logan)
- “Everything’s magical when it snows.” — Lorelai Gilmore
