The Way We Were Quotes

[to Katie]

Hubbell Gardner: You hold on and I don't know how. And I wish I did. Maybe you were born committed... I can't get negative enough. I can't get angry enough. And I can't get positive enough.

[discussing advocacy for political causes]

Hubbell Gardner: I don't see how you can do it.

Katie Morosky Gardner: And I don't see how you can't

Katie Morosky Gardner: You'll never find anyone as good for you as I am, to believe in you as much as I do or love you as much!

Hubbell Gardner: I know that.

Katie Morosky Gardner: Well then, why?

Katie Morosky Gardner: I don't have the right style for you do I?

Hubbell Gardner: No you don't have the right style.

Katie Morosky Gardner: I'll change.

Hubbell Gardner: No, don't change. You're your own girl, you have your own style.

Katie Morosky Gardner: But then I won't have you. Why can't I have you?

Hubbell Gardner: Because you push too hard, every damn minute. There's no time to ever relax and enjoy living. Every things too serious to be so serious.

Katie Morosky Gardner: If I push too hard it's because I want things to be better, I want us to be better, I want you to be better. Sure I make waves you have I mean you have to. And I'll keep making them till your everything you should be and will be. You'll never find anyone as good for you as I am, to believe in you as much as I do or to love you as much.

Hubbell Gardner: I know that.

Katie Morosky Gardner: Well then why?

Hubbell Gardner: Do you think if I come back its going to be okay by magic? What's going to change? What's going to be different? We'll both be wrong, we'll both lose.

Katie Morosky Gardner: Couldn't we both win?

Katie Morosky Gardner: Wouldn't it be lovely if we were old? We'd have survived all this. Everything thing would be easy and uncomplicated; the way it was when we were young.

Hubbell Gardner: Katie, it was never uncomplicated.

Hubbell Gardner: A... two cheese burgers and four cokes.

Katie Morosky Gardner: Onion?

Hubbell Gardner: Yeah, in the cokes.

Hubbell Gardner: People are more important than their principles.

Katie Morosky Gardner: People ARE their principles.

Hubbell Gardner: You never give up, do you?

Katie Morosky Gardner: Only when I'm absolutely forced to. But I'm a very good loser...

Hubbell Gardner: Better than I am.

Katie Morosky Gardner: Well, I've had... more practice.

Katie Morosky Gardner: Your girl is lovely, Hubbell. Why don't you bring her for a drink when you come?

Hubbell Gardner: I can't come, Katie. I can't...

Katie Morosky Gardner: I know...