Season 1

“Like, listen to yourself. It's fucking exhausting.”

— Sam Levinson, Lexi Howard, Maude Apatow, imdb.com

“I wasn't going to stop until I got the truth.”

— Sam Levinson, Rue, Zendaya, imdb.com

“Rue: I've got an idea. Jules: Should I be concerned?”

— Sam Levinson, Jules Vaughn, Hunter Schafer, imdb.com

“Every time I feel good, I think it'll last forever, but it doesn't.”

— Sam Levinson, Rue Bennett, Zendaya, imdb.com

“Like, haven't got out of bed to pee in 24 hours depressed.”

— Sam Levinson, Rue Bennett, Zendaya, imdb.com

“She fell in love with every guy she ever dated.”

— Sam Levinson, Rue Bennett, Zendaya, imdb.com

“Suddenly, the whole world goes dark and nothing else matters except the person standing in front of you.”

— Sam Levinson, Rue Bennett, Zendaya, imdb.com

“What do you think this is, the eighties? Catch a dick.”

— Sam Levinson, Jules Vaughn, Hunter Schafer, imdb.com

“You're, like, half a retard. You dropped out of school at 20, and now you're a gangster. What are you, like, fucking Tony Montana? What's the plan? Hmm? You gonna be living in a mansion, fuckin' pet tigers and shit? Go fuck yourself.”

— Jennifer Morrison, Sam Levinson, Augustine Frizzell, Pippa Bianco, Nate Jacobs, Jacob Elordi, imdb.com

“The absolute worst part of depression is that even though you know you're depressed, you're unable to stop yourself from getting worse.”

— Sam Levinson, Jennifer Morrison, Augustine Frizzell, Pippa Bianco, Rue Bennett, Zendaya, imdb.com

“I had a therapist once who said that these states will wax and wane. Which gave my mother relief, because it meant that in the bad times, there would be good times. But it also gave her anxiety because it meant that in the good times, there would be bad times.It always confused me, because I didn't…”

— Sam Levinson, Jennifer Morrison, Pippa Bianco, Augustine Frizzell, Rue Bennett, Zendaya, imdb.com

“Why, because I won't sit and listen to you bitch and moan about your psychotic, abusive boyfriend who you've literally broken up with a thousand times?”

— Jennifer Morrison, Sam Levinson, Augustine Frizzell, Pippa Bianco, Kat Hernandez, Barbie Ferreria, imdb.com

“In my head, it's like If I can conquer men, then I can conquer femininity.”

— Jennifer Morrison, Sam Levinson, Augustine Frizzell, Pippa Bianco, Jules Vaughn, Hunter Schafer, imdb.com

“The thought of having to stand up, exert 172 muscles each step for 35 feet, just so I can sit on cold porcelain and piss out toxins over and over again for the rest of my life makes the whole concept of living feel like one long, sadistic joke.”

— Jennifer Morrison, Sam Levinson, Augustine Frizzell, Pippa Bianco, Rue Bennett, Zendaya, imdb.com

“You know I spent my whole life trying to keep this part of me separate. But I feel like it's poisoned everything. I thought that I was doing what was best for everybody. And then, I look at my boys, and they have so much anger. Not just anger but rage. And it scares me.”

— Sam Levinson, Augustine Frizzell, Pippa Bianco, Cal Jacobs, Eric Dane, imdb.com

“Cal: Do you think this stuff affects them? Even if they don't know it? Minako: I don't know. Cal: Do you think hiding it creates the same thing in them? Minako: Honey, I don't know. Everyone knows who I am.”

— Sam Levinson, Augustine Frizzell, Pippa Bianco, Cal Jacobs, Eric Dane, imdb.com

“There is not a thing on the planet Earth that compares to fentanyl. Except Jules. Jules is a close second.”

— Sam Levinson, Augustine Frizzell, Pippa Bianco, Rue Bennett, Zendaya, imdb.com

“I, uh, I once took, like, ten Vicodin, and drank an entire thing of tequila, and then, I, like, blacked out for three days. But while I was blacked out, I, like, still went to school and did homework and shit. It was really weird.”

— Sam Levinson, Augustine Frizzell, Rue Bennett, Zendaya, imdb.com

“I don't take nothin' a drug addict says personally. 'Cause I don't believe nothin' a drug addict say.”

— Sam Levinson, Augustine Frizzell, Fezco, Angus Cloud, imdb.com

“You know what happens when you spend an extended amount of time in rehab? You tend to make friends with those hardcore motherfuckers. So let me be very clear with you. If you so much as go past first base with my little sister, or try to get her high again, I will call Omar, I will call Marlo. I wil…”

— Sam Levinson, Augustine Frizzell, Rue Bennett, Zendaya, imdb.com