97 500 Days of Summer Quotes (2026) #5

500 Days of Summer

Tom: There's two options really. Either she's an evil, emotionless, miserable human being or... she's a robot.

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Tom: It's off.
McKenzie: What?
Tom: Me and Summer.
McKenzie: Was it ever on?
Tom: No, but it could've been, in a world where good things happen to me.
Paul: Yeah, well, that's not really where we live.

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McKenzie: This Friday, all-you-can-karaoke at the Mill.
Tom: No.
McKenzie: Come on!
Tom: They're not gonna let you back in there after last time.
McKenzie: Yeah... I wasn't that bad.
Tom: Dude, you threw up on the stage, you tried to fight the bartender, you

threatened to burn the place down.
McKenzie: But I didn't burn the place down.

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Vance: Twenty-one years. She's the light that guides me home... Yes, that is from one of our cards... No, someone else wrote it. Doesn't make it less true.

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Paul: I think it's kind of like how they say. There's, uh, plenty of other fish in the sea.
Tom: No...
Paul: They... They say that.
Tom: Well, they're lying. I don't want to get over her. I want to get her back.

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Tom: Whatever, man. It's fine. I don't need this crap, really. I just, you know... I'm comfortable. I'm unhassled. People don't realize this, but loneliness... it's underrated.

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Summer: I mean, this thing. What are we doing? I mean, is this normal?
Tom: Normal? I don't know. I don't care. I'm happy. Aren't you happy?
Summer: You're happy?
Tom: You're not?
Summer: All we do is argue.
Tom: That is bullshit!

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Rachel Hansen: You've broken up with girls before.
Tom: Yes.
Rachel Hansen: And girls have broken up with you before.
Tom: This is different.
Rachel Hansen: Why?
Tom: 'Cause it's Summer.

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Summer: I just, I can't believe you.
Tom: You can't believe me?
Summer: You were so completely, completely uncool in there.
Tom: Wait, are you mad at me? I just got my ass kicked for you.
Summer: Oh, really? Was that for me? Was that for my benefit?
Tom: Yes, it

was.
Summer: Okay, well, next time don't, 'cause I don't need your help.

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Summer: I like you, Tom. I just don't want a relationship...
Tom: Well, you're not the only one that gets a say in this! I do too! And I say we're a couple, goddamn it!

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Summer: This is fun. You're fun.
Tom: Thanks.

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Girl at Interview: Are you interviewing for the position?
Tom: Oh, yeah. Why? Are you?
Girl at Interview: Yeah.
Tom: My competition.
Girl at Interview: It would appear.
Tom: Yeah. So, a little awkward.
Girl at Interview: Yeah.

Tom: Well, I hope you, um, don't get the job.
Girl at Interview: Well, I hope *you* don't get the job.

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Tom: Hey.
Girl at Interview: You again.
Tom: Yeah. I, uh, was just wondering if maybe after this, if, um, you... want to get some coffee or something.
Girl at Interview: Oh, I'm sorry. I'm sort of supposed to meet someone after this.
Tom: Okay...
[walks away]
Girl

at Interview: Sure!
Tom: What's that?
Girl at Interview: Why not?

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McKenzie: Maybe playing it safe is the wrong approach. The nuclear family is dead, we need a new holiday that recognizes that. May 21st. "Other" Mother's Day. Thank you.

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Tom: Well, "Why rock the boat?" is what I'm thinking. I mean, things are going well. You start putting labels on it, that's like the kiss of death. That's like saying, "I love you."

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Tom: [about being punched in the face] It was really just this crazy thing. It happened like... it felt like it happened fast, but really, it felt like it happened really slowly. Like everything all was just... I don't know...