24 Profoundly Deep Quotes From 'You're The Worst' That'll Make You Tear Up

“The vast majority of all human effort, however great or minuscule, ends in failure. So what are your options? You just admit pre-defeat that odds are you’re going to be right or you do it anyway. Maybe we’re a success regardless of the outcome, because we tried. Maybe there’s beauty in the struggle…”

— Stephen Falk, Jimmy Shive-Overly, Chris Geere, imdb.com

“There is horrible sadness and pain coming, and we’re inviting in.”

— Stephen Falk, Gretchen Cutler, Aya Cash, imdb.com

“Well, as my Grandma used to say, it's only a walk of shame if you're capable of feeling shame.”

— Stephen Falk, Gretchen Cutler, Aya Cash, imdb.com

“Dishonesty to spare someone’s feelings belittles everyone involved, but dishonesty to get free stuff is just smart economics!”

— Stephen Falk, Jimmy Shive-Overly, Chris Geere, imdb.com

“I’m not a sidekick! I’m Beyoncé, not Kelly Rowland. If I’m on a motorcycle, I’m driving the motorcycle, not riding in that shitty little side motorcycle thingy for poor people and dogs.”

— Stephen Falk, Lindsay Jillian, Kether Donohue, imdb.com

“Love isn't about having someone to get you things. Love is putting someone else's feelings above your own.”

— Stephen Falck, Paul, Allan McLeod, imdb.com

“There comes a day when every relationship turns gross old and boring, like Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner… You go home tonight and you dress up real slutty and you do butt stuff with your boyfriend for all of us who let love die to become ordinary.”

— Stephen Falk, Lindsay Jillian, Kether Donohue, imdb.com

“To be a slave to an idea of coolness is why some of your friends never grow and in the end are actually less themselves, and counter-intuitively live less authentic lives than the buyers-in.”

— Stephen Falck, Lexi, Tara Summers, imdb.com

“You need to stop. It's like you have amnesia. Every day, you think things are gonna be different, and I'll just be happy. Well, maybe you can understand this. I feel nothing. About anything. Dogs, candy, old Blondie records, nachos, you, us, nothing. So for the last time, please go.”

— Stephen Falck, Gretchen Cutler, Aya Cash, imdb.com

“The patriarchy somehow convinced us that visible panty lines were unacceptable, so now I've just grown accustomed to the feeling of a fabric rope against my actual asshole all day.”

— Stephen Falck, Allan McLeod, Gretchen Cutler, Aya Cash, imdb.com

“I did what you said. I looked at my life from an outside perspective. It was terrifying. I didn't recognize any of it. I don't recognize my life. I don't know whether I made any of the right decisions. Everything could be wrong.”

— Stephen Falck, Brad Hunt, Jimmy Shive-Overly, Chris Geere, imdb.com

“I know you don't want to hear this, but the minute you stop looking for someone else to cure you, maybe you start living again.”

— Stephen Falck, Tow Truck Driver, Brad Hunt, imdb.com

“Being vulnerable makes me angry!”

— Stephen Falck, Gretchen Cutler, Aya Cash, imdb.com

“You thought you could master me. But I'm a person. I'm not one of your hobbies.”

— Stephen Falk, Lindsay, Kether Donohue, imdb.com

“Look at me. You knew it was a snake when you picked it up. You knew who I was. You don't get to act surprised now.”

— Stephen Falck, Brad Hunt, Lindsay Jillian, Kether Donohue, imdb.com

“I guess, in the end, we were just two stars born lightyears apart. You need to find someone in your own constellation.”

— Stephen Falk, Paul, Allan McLeod, imdb.com

“If 'I love you' is like a promise, it's just a promise to try real hard. It doesn't mean you can't fail.”

— Stephen Falck, Brad Hunt, Gretchen Cutler, Aya Cash, imdb.com

“You gotta honor the end of the relationship.”

— Stephen Falk, Vernon, Todd Robert Anderson, imdb.com

“Why is it so hard to find someone to get close with?”

— Stephen Falk, Lindsay Jillian, Kether Donohue, imdb.com

“This is our love story… and our story is chaotic, but love is chaos. It's the only game in town I've played.”

— Stephen Falk, Jimmy Shive-Overly, Chris Geere, imdb.com

“You know this is the best time, right? It is all downhill from here, for real. I mean, you do get hotter, and get to do or eat whatever you want, and that’s awesome, but things are new right now. And you feel things so hard and that is beautiful.”

— Stephen Falk, Gretchen Cutler, Aya Cash, imdb.com

“Have you ever had a day that starts with one bad decision? And then... it's just a cascade of bad decisions, until you're like, "Well, might as well burn down the whole town tonight"?”

— Stephen Falk, Gretchen Cutler, Aya Cash, imdb.com

“I bought in! Finally, after a lifetime of being too goddamn scared and you punished me for it! It just confirmed what I’ve always known; at the end of the day I’m unlovable, fundamentally, always have been.”

— Stephen Falk, Gretchen Cutler, Aya Cash, imdb.com

“Thank you for being alone with me.”

— Stephen Falk, Jimmy Shive-Overly, Chris Geere, imdb.com