26 Of The Most Important Quotes From 'Gilmore Girls: A Year In The Life'

“I’m not broken. Maybe just a little chipped.”

— Amy Sherman-Palladino, Lorelai Gilmore, Lauren Graham, imdb.com

“You never do anything unless it's exactly what you want to do. You never have. You go through life like a natural disaster knocking down everything and everyone in your path.”

— Amy Sherman-Palladino, Emily Gilmore, Kelly Bishop, imdb.com

“I don't know what to do or where to go. I forgot which side of the bed to sleep on. I was married for 50 years, half of me is gone.”

— Amy Sherman-Palladino, Emily Gilmore, Kelly Bishop, imdb.com

“No, that’s not how you and I work. We don’t do the passive-aggressive thing. That’s how you and your mother work.”

— Daniel Palladino, Rory Gilmore, Alexis Bledel, imdb.com

“Everything in my life has something to do with coffee. I believe in a former life, I was coffee.”

— Amy Sherman-Palladino, Lorelai Gilmore, Lauren Graham, imdb.com

“We’re breaking up. Except we can’t break-up because we’re nothing.”

— Daniel Palladino, Rory Gilmore, Alexis Bledel, imdb.com

“The only way out of this life is in a body bag.”

— Amy Sherman-Palladino, Luke Danes, Scott Patterson, imdb.com

“As much as I wish we'd met when I was older and more mature, I know if I hadn't had you with me when I did then I wouldn't be the person I am today.”

— Amy Sherman-Palladino, Rory Gilmore, Alexis Bledel, imdb.com

“Life’s been pretty good to you. It was your turn for a few curveballs.”

— Daniel Palladino, Lorelai Gilmore, Lauren Graham, imdb.com

“This right here is all I will ever need. I never imagined that in my wildest dreams that it would happen, that you and me, that we would happen. But we did. Listen, I know I'm not the easiest guy in the world to build a life with and to share a house with, but there is no one who will be more here f…”

— Amy Sherman-Palladino, Luke Danes, Scott Patterson, imdb.com

“You're still a contender.”

— Amy Sherman-Palladino, Jess Mariano, Milo Ventimiglia, imdb.com

“He’s like a superhero, but his power is that you can’t remember him no matter how much time you spend with him. Kind of like every Marvel movie ever.”

— Amy Sherman-Palladino, Lorelai Gilmore, Lauren Graham, imdb.com

“You know, some people say drinking coffee at night hinders your sleep.”

— Amy Sherman-Palladino, Rory Gilmore, Alexis Bledel, imdb.com

“When I think of blistering thirty-degree burns, I also think of my mother.”

— Amy Sherman-Palladino, Lorelai Gilmore, Lauren Graham, imdb.com

“You never really needed rescuing.”

— Amy Sherman-Palladino, Logan Huntzberger, Matt Czuchry, imdb.com

“Knowing when to admit defeat is one of my better qualities.”

— Amy Sherman-Palladino, Christopher Hayden, David Sutcliffe, imdb.com

“All I could think was that yesterday I had a boyfriend who loved me and today I didn't, and I started to cry. I just sat there like an idiot, bawling. And finally, after what seemed like forever, I managed to control myself a little bit and I calmed down and I waited. I waited for him to yell at me,…”

— Amy Sherman-Palladino, Lorelai Gilmore, Lauren Graham, imdb.com

“I don't know how to do this?...Live my life.”

— Daniel Palladino, Emily Gilmore, Kelly Bishop, imdb.com

“You should know many people have full, lasting emotional relationships without being married.”

— Daniel Palladino, Luke Danes, Scott Patterson, imdb.com

“I sat down and it just came out. Flew out. It's like this story has been sitting in my brain for years, taking up space.”

— Amy Sherman-Palladino, Lorelai Gilmore, Lauren Graham, imdb.com

“I’m 22. I get to adorn my body as I see fit.”

— Daniel Palladino, Vanessa Marano, April Nardini, imdb.com

“People don't want to know how the sausage gets made. They just want to eat.”

— Amy Sherman-Palladino, Kirk Gleason, Sean Gunn, imdb.com

“I feel like this is my time to be rootless and just see where life takes me, and travel wherever there's a story to write.”

— Amy Sherman-Palladino, Rory Gilmore, Alexis Bledel, imdb.com

“Why on earth aren’t you on Xanax? It was invented for you.”

— Amy Sherman-Palladino, Michel Gerard, Yanic Truesdale, imdb.com

“I thought I knew exactly what I wanted, where I was going, what I was doing and why I was doing. But lately, things seem hazier.”

— Amy Sherman-Palladino, Lorelai Gilmore, Lauren Graham, imdb.com

“Sometimes it's just a journey, you know?”

— Amy Sherman-Palladino, Lorelai Gilmore, Lauren Graham, imdb.com