"There's nothing like rewatching Gilmore Girls." It's a phrase I've heard more than a few times, but I never really understood it until I actually sat down and watched it. Gilmore Girls has been around for years, yet it still remains unknown to many people. It's a shame because it's the kind of show that everyone should be watching! It has everything you could ever want in a television series: romance, comedy, and a not-so-conventional family drama.
The Gilmore Girls are a mother-daughter duo that has been making waves since the early 2000s. Lorelai and Rory Gilmore made their debut on the small screen in 2000 and quickly became beloved by fans of all ages. The show ran for seven seasons, with each one following the two women in a hurricane of family ups and downs and finding comfort in each other, despite everything. But Gilmore Girls has always been about more than just Lorelai and Rory. It's about their whole family — including Emily Gilmore, whose wit and charm have made her one of the most interesting characters on the show.
Gilmore Girls is a show that's so good and so smart that it's almost too easy to quote. But we've rounded up our favorite lines from the series in one place — just in case you need a reminder of what makes the show so memorable! From Lorelai's one-liners to Rory's comebacks, here are the best Gilmore Girls quotes that prove why it's worth watching again and again.
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“And if eating cake is wrong, I don’t want to be right.” – Lorelai
Not on this list but should be near the top: “You jump, I jump Jack.”……..”11111”……..”In Omnia Paratis”
“People like you. You’re quiet. You say ‘excuse me.’ You look like little birds help you get dressed in the morning.” — Paris
“I don’t even like kids. They always have jam on their hands. Even when there isn’t any jam in the house, they get jam on their hands. I can’t deal with jam hands.” — Luke
"I can be flexible, as long as everything is exactly the way I want it." - Lorelai
"I had an imaginary girlfriend for a while when I was young, but she left me." — Kirk
Luke: "I thought you'd be happy?"
Lorelai: "I am, I'm just sad at the same time. Never been with a woman before?"
Rory: "The house is burning, and you can save the cake, or me, what do you choose?"
Lorelai: "That's not fair, the cake doesn't have legs."
"I want to get the healthy glow of someone who goes consistently to the gym without actually having to go, of course." — Kirk
Rory: "God I hate her."
Lorelai: "Me too."
Rory: "You've no idea who I'm talking about."
Lorelai: "Solidarity, sister."
“Oh, I can’t stop drinking the coffee. I stop drinking the coffee, and I stop doing the standing, walking, and words putting into sentence doing.” - Lorelai
“I left behind a glass slipper and a business card. Just in case the prince is really dumb.” – Lorelai
“Everything’s magical when it snows.” – Lorelai
"Lorelai, this thing we're doing here, me, you. I just wanted you to know I'm in, I am all in." – Luke
Lorelai: “My mother — she was here. I can feel it.”
Rory: “Grandma hasn’t been here.”
Lorelai: “Smell that?”
Rory: “Smell what?”
Lorelai: “The room, it smells like guilt and Chanel No. 5.”
“I need caffeine. Whatever form you’ve got it. I haven’t had any all day. I’ll drink it, shoot it, eat it, snort it, whatever form it’s in, gimme.” - Lorelai
“Oh, I found that if I focus too much on one subject, I start to get a little punchy.” – Rory
"It's my responsibility as your best friend to make sure you do exciting things even when you don't want to."- Sookie
"It's always best to tell each other major life events, so there's no awkwardness." – Emily
"If it was physically possible to make love to a hot beverage, this would be the one." - Lorelai
“Hey, I have a New Year’s resolution for you: become more cynical and self-absorbed.” – Lorelai
“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.” – Emily
“Hold on, I’m looking up ‘aneurysm’ in our medical dictionary to see if I just had one.” – Emily
"There's a phone call for you and if I'm to fetch you like a dog, I'd like a cookie and a raise." - Michel
"It’s times like these that you realize what is 'truly' important in your life." – Miss Patty
"People can live a hundred years without really living for a minute. You climb up here with me, it's one less minute you haven't lived." – Logan
"Tell her I gotta take another crack at that closet. I think I hung my Tool t-shirt next to my Metallica t-shirt and they don't really get along." – Jess
"I thought there was a better chance of all four of the Beatles getting back together than you two ever calming down long enough to get engaged." —Taylor
"It was a great kiss. If one of us had been a frog, it would have had some seriously impressive consequences." – Lorelai
"I'm having nightmares where I'm being chased by boxes with arms and they tackle me and throw clothes on top of me and secure it with masking tape and while I'm lying there, you're standing in the corner laughing putting gel in your hair!" – Luke
"I gotta tell you, out of all the nutty barn-raising shindigs this town can cook up, this one wasn't half bad." – Jess
Lorelai: "Why are you covering your eyes, Kirk?"
Kirk: "In case you're naked."
Lorelai: "You thought I'd walk into my daughter's room and get naked?"
"Oh, do you see the books? Feel it. Feels good, right? Now smell it. Nothing, nothing smells like that." – Rory
"It’s all any of us wants, to find a nice person to hang out with ‘til we drop dead." – Lorelai
“I love pudding. I worship it. I have a bowl upon the mantel at home with the Virgin Mary, a glass of wine, and a dollar bill next to it.” – Lorelai
“Hey, tomorrow, if you have time, I’m planning on despising everyone who says, ‘Hey, how’s it going?’” – Lorelai
“My mother is fast asleep in my bed, clutching my Hello Kitty pillow, and yes, I have pictures.” – Lorelai
“You never socialized me properly. I should hate you right now. Do something to make me hate you.” – Rory
"Everything in my life has something to do with coffee. I believe in a former life I was coffee." — Lorelai
"I want to live my life so I can read an in-depth biography about myself in later years." – Paris
"Oh God, I hope nothing's happened to him. You get so attached to their little faces, sometimes you can hear them talk to you at night." – Babette
"Oh, people die, we pay. People crash a car, we pay. People lose a foot, we pay." – Richard
“I’m going to have to quit drinking coffee! And I love coffee — I really love coffee!” - Rory
“Give me a burger, onion rings, and a list of people who killed their parents and got away with it. I need some heroes.” – Lorelai
“Oh yes, it was beautiful in there. We should commemorate it with an oil painting or a severed head or something.” – Lorelai
“There have been very few moments in my life where I have actually wished I had one of those enormous creme pies you can just smash in somebody’s face. But this is definitely one of them.” – Lorelai
“Life’s been pretty good to you. It was your turn for a few curveballs. Peaks and valleys, kid.” – Lorelai
“I even cleaned the table using something other than the sleeve of my sweater and spit.” – Lorelai
“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.” – Rory
“Well, if you expect that muffin to fly back to the kitchen by itself, you better go get it a cape.” – Emily
“Just let me buy my plane, Lorelai. Let me be frivolous and shallow, will you please?” – Emily
"I have liked you for some time now and I don't think this feeling is going to go away." – Lane to Zach
"I had a meeting at the bank earlier, they like callers." – Luke
"Well geez, Ms. Gilmore, why would anyone not want to be in Stars Hollow? That just sounds plumb crazy." – Jess
Rory: "If all else fails, you can marry rich."
Lorelai: "I love that we always have that option."
"People are particularly stupid today. I can't talk anymore." — Michel
This is the second time this quote appears on this list, so even the author and editor aren't paying attention.
"It's big, fat, happy sunshine day for me." — Luke
"It's getting a little West Side Story here, Dean, and I've got to warn you, my dancing skills are not up to snuff." — Jess
"You can use your mother's old golf clubs. They're upstairs gathering dust along with the rest of her potential." — Emily
