The Notebook

Duane 2022-04-19 09:01:05

This is a simple love story. A pair of first lovers are forced to separate due to the disparity in their family backgrounds.

Their date is romantic and beautiful. Their quarrels were irritable and restless.

What makes people feel different, however, is that the whole story is interspersed with old memories, and the old Noah wrote this story in a notebook and read it to his wife, Allie, who lost her memory intermittently due to Alzheimer's.

He wrote a letter for her every day, and wrote a whole 365 letters; he buried the house for her, and he changed it into the ideal house in her heart; after she lost her memory, he put this house for her again. The house was turned into a nursing home, and they accompany them every day, narrating their love story in the notebook. . .

At the end of the movie is the ward at midnight, and he sneaks up to her bedside and whispers to her. She opened her eyes to look at him and called his name. He lay down beside her and held her hand tightly. The two gray-haired old men left together holding hands.


If the ending of the fairy tale is so beautiful, why is there so much sentimentality?
Seeing the love that has not changed even after reaching the end of life is filled with a strong tragic color.
Such an eternal love brings tears to my eyes.
This is an ordinary love story, but how many people will have the unwavering love for each other?
There are not so many excuses for love. If it cannot be fulfilled, it only means that love is not enough.



Write down the two lines that moved me the most and share them with you.



Noah's monologue at the beginning of the film

I am no one special, just a common man with common thoughts. I've led a common life, there's no monuments dedicated to me, and my name would be soon forgotten. But in one respect ,I've succeeded as gloriously as anyone who ever lived, I've loved another with all my heart and soul, and for me, that has always been enough.

Translation: I, nothing special, just an ordinary person with ordinary ideas and an ordinary life. No one has erected a monument to write books or sing praises to me, and my name will soon be forgotten. But at one thing, I'm more successful than anyone, I love someone with all my heart, and that's enough for me.

He said this with great pride. I tried to imagine how desolate it would be if a person said, "I've succeeded in everything, but I accidentally made do with it in love" at the end.

Summer romances end for all kinds of reasons, but when all is said and done, they have one thing in commen: They are shooting stars—a spectacular moment of light in the heavens, a fleeting glimpse of eternity, and in a flash, they are gone.

Translation: Summer romances always end for various reasons. But whatever the reason, they all have one thing in common, they are like shooting stars streaking across the heavens, with spectacular moments. Although it is only fleeting, it has a short eternity.

In the eyes of the elderly, there will be many summers for children, and many loves in each field. I always think that there are too many paths to choose from, too many flashy things to see, but there is always a season, a person is actually the only one, no matter how far you go, you are still fascinated.

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The Notebook quotes

  • Young Noah: It's not about following your heart and it's not about keeping your promises. It's about security.

    Young Allie: What's that supposed to mean?

    Young Noah: [yelling] Money. He's got a lot of money!

    Young Allie: You smug bastard. I hate you for saying that.

    Young Noah: You're bored Allie. You're bored and you know it. You wouldn't be here if there wasn't something missing.

    Young Allie: You arrogant son of a bitch.

    Young Noah: Would you just stay with me?

    Young Allie: Stay with you? What for? Look at us, we're already fightin'

    Young Noah: Well that's what we do, we fight... You tell me when I am being an arrogant son of a bitch and I tell you when you are a pain in the ass. Which you are, 99% of the time. I'm not afraid to hurt your feelings. You have like a 2 second rebound rate, then you're back doing the next pain-in-the-ass thing.

    Young Allie: So what?

    Young Noah: So it's not gonna be easy. It's gonna be really hard. We're gonna have to work at this every day, but I want to do that because I want you. I want all of you, for ever, you and me, every day. Will you do something for me, please? Just picture your life for me? 30 years from now, 40 years from now? What's it look like? If it's with him, go. Go! I lost you once, I think I can do it again. If I thought that's what you really wanted. But don't you take the easy way out.

    Young Allie: What easy way? There is no easy way, no matter what I do, somebody gets hurt.

    Young Noah: Would you stop thinking about what everyone wants? Stop thinking about what I want, what he wants, what your parents want. What do YOU want? What do you WANT?

    Young Allie: It's not that simple.

    Young Noah: What... do... you... want? God damn it what do you want?

    Young Allie: I have to go now.

  • Young Noah: If you're a bird I'm a bird.