30+ Romantic 'Me Before You' Quotes From The Book And The Movie

Georgia Stone
Dec 12, 2023 By Georgia Stone
Originally Published on Feb 16, 2021
'Me Before You' is a romantic tale.
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'Me Before You' is a fascinating love story of a paralyzed man named Will Traynor and his caretaker- Lou Clark.

'Me Before You' was originally a novel written by the British author Jojo Moyes in the year 2012. It was then adapted into a movie of the same name in 2016.

We've compiled a list of the sweetest quotes from the book as well as the movie. If you want to read more quotes around this theme, then have a look at our Nicholas Sparks quotes and 'The Notebook' quotes.

Best 'Me Before You' Quotes

Here are some important 'Me Before You' quotes. These really are some of the best quotes in the story.

1. "How could she understand that losing him was like having a hole shot straight through me, a painful, constant reminder, an absence I could never fill?"

- Jojo Moyes.

2. "You can only actually help someone who wants to be helped."

- Jojo Moyes.

3. "I know this isn’t a conventional love story. I know there are all sorts of reasons I shouldn’t even be saying what I am. But I love you."

- Jojo Moyes.

4. "It always does feel strange to be knocked out of your comfort zone."

- Jojo Moyes.

5. "Some mistakes... Just have greater consequences than others. But you don't have to let the result of one mistake be the thing that defines you. You, Clark, have the choice not to let that happen."

- Jojo Moyes.

6. "How could I explain to this girl what Will and I had been to each other, the way I felt that no person in the world had ever understood me like he did or ever would again?"

- Jojo Moyes.

7. "You only get one life. It's actually your duty to live it as fully as possible."

- Jojo Moyes.

'Me Before You' Movie Quotes

Here are the best quotes from the 'Me Before You' movie.

8. "You make me happy, even when you're awful, I would rather be with you - even the you that you seem to think is diminished, than with anyone else in the world."

- Louisa Clark.

9. "William Traynor: And selfishly I don't what you to look at me one day and feel event the tiniest bit of regret or pity.

Louisa Clark: I would never think that!"

- 'Me Before You' (2016).

10. "Don't think of me too often. I don't want you getting sad. Just live well. Just live. I'll be walking beside you every step of the way. Love, Will."

- William Traynor.

11. "Rupert: Baynes, have you ever come across him at all?

William Traynor: No.

Rupert: Fearsome. Total monster. Most days I feel like I can hardly leave my chair."

- 'Me Before You' (2016).

12. "I just want to be a man who has been to a concert with a girl in a red dress."

- William Traynor.

13. "No Clark. This could be a good life, but it's not my life, it's not even close. You never saw me before. I loved my life. I really loved it. I can't be the kind of man who just accepts this."

- William Traynor.

14. "William Traynor: Will you stay?

Louise Clark: For as long as you want me to."

- 'Me Before You' (2016).

15. "I know we can do this. I know it's not how you would have chosen it, but I know I can make you happy."

- Louisa Clark.

16. "So this is it. You are scored on my heart, Clark. You were from the first day you walked in, with your ridiculous clothes and your bad jokes and your complete inability to ever hide a single thing you felt."

- William Traynor.

17. "I have become a whole new person because of you."

- Louisa Clark.

18. "Live boldly, Clark. Push yourself. Don’t settle. Wear those stripy legs with pride. Knowing you still have possibilities is a luxury, knowing I might have given them to you."

- William Traynor.

'Me Before You' Book Quotes

'Me Before You' is a very popular romantic novel.

Here are the best quotes from the 'Me Before You' novel. These include some of the sweetest and most romantic words too.

19. "Do you know how hard it is to say nothing? When every atom of you strains to do the opposite?"

- Jojo Moyes.

20. "It's just that the thing you never understand about being a mother, until you are one."

- Jojo Moyes.

21. "Astonishingly . . . not all girls get dressed just to please men."

- Jojo Moyes.

22. "I don’t want to go in just yet. I just want to sit and not have to think about..."

- Jojo Moyes.

23. "Sometimes when you get hammered till the small hours you feel pretty good in the morning."

- Jojo Moyes.

24. "Two people who shouldn't have met, and who didn't like each other much when they did, but who found they were the only two people in the world who could possibly have understood each other."

- Jojo Moyes.

25. "Sometimes, Clark, you are pretty much the only thing that makes me want to get up in the morning."

- Jojo Moyes.

26. "'It has been, the best six months of my entire life.' 'Funnily enough, Clark, mine too.'"

- Jojo Moyes.

27. "I thought, briefly, that I would never feel as intensely connected to the world, to another human being, as I did at that moment."

- Jojo Moyes.

28. "I held him close and said nothing, all the while telling him silently that he was loved. Oh, but he was loved."

- Jojo Moyes.

29. "All I can say is that you make me... you make me into someone I couldn't even imagine. You make me happy, even when you're awful."

- Jojo Moyes.

30. "I will never, ever regret the things I've done. Because most days, all you have are places in your memory that you can go to."

- Jojo Moyes.

31. "I let him know a hurt had been mended in a way that he couldn’t have known, and for that alone there would always be a piece of me indebted to him."

- Jojo Moyes.

32. "If you’re going to wear a dress like that you need to wear it with confidence. You need to fill it mentally as well as physically."

- Jojo Moyes.

Here at Kidadl, we have carefully created lots of interesting family-friendly quotes for everyone to enjoy! If you liked our suggestions for 'Me Before You' quotes then why not take a look at 'The Vow' quotes, or ['Love Actually' quotes].

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Written by Georgia Stone

Bachelor of Arts specializing in French with Film Studies, Bachelor of Arts (Year Abroad) specializing in Literature, History, Language, Media, and Art

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Georgia StoneBachelor of Arts specializing in French with Film Studies, Bachelor of Arts (Year Abroad) specializing in Literature, History, Language, Media, and Art

Georgia is an experienced Content Manager with a degree in French and Film Studies from King's College London and Bachelors degree from Université Paris-Sorbonne. Her passion for exploring the world and experiencing different cultures was sparked during her childhood in Switzerland and her year abroad in Paris. In her spare time, Georgia enjoys using London's excellent travel connections to explore further afield.

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