Serendipity Quotations

Serendipity is a 2001 romantic movie, starring Kate Beckinsale and John Cusack. It is written by Marc Klein and directed by Peter Chelsom. Strangers Jonathan and Sara, immediately attracted to each other, let fate decide whether they will end up together. Fate responds by a series of near-encounters over the years, but will they finally make a permanent connection?

Dean

{obituary for Jonathan} Johnathan Trager, prominent television producer for ESPN, died last night from complications of losing his soul mate and his fiancee. He was 35 years old. Soft-spoken and obsessive, Trager never looked the part of a hopeless romantic. But, in the final days of his life, he revealed an unknown side of his psyche. This hidden quasi-Jungian persona surfaced during the Agatha Christie-like pursuit of his long-reputed soul mate, a woman whom he only spent a few precious hours with. Sadly, the protracted search ended late Saturday night in complete and utter failure. Yet even in certain defeat, the courageous Trager secretly clung to the belief that life is not merely a series of meaningless accidents or coincidences. Uh-uh. But rather, its a tapestry of events that culminate in an exquisite, sublime plan. Asked about the loss of his dear friend, Dean Kansky, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author and executive editor of the New York Times, described Jonathan as a changed man in the last days of his life. "Things were clearer for him," Kansky noted. Ultimately Johnathan concluded that if we are to live life in harmony with the universe, we must all possess a powerful faith in what the ancients used to call "fatum", what we currently refer to as destiny.
You know the Greeks didn't write obituaries. They only asked one question after a man died: "Did he have passion?".
[Lying on the grass with Jonathan, outside Sara's house] Maybe we're lying here because you don't wanna be standing somewhere else.
Contrary to popular New York myth the Times is not omniscient.
[commenting on Jonathan's craziness] They should make pills for this.

Eve

[commenting on Sara's craziness] They should make pills for this.
You know who plays golf? Guys who are too fat to play tennis, like this guy.

Dialogue

Lars: How does Bora Bora sound?

Sara: Very sexy sexy.

Dean: I'm telling you right now British women do not age well. Eight years ago she was a luscious treat, you know, she probably looked like, you know, Baby Spice, now she could look like...

Jonathan: Old Spice.

Jonathan: This is the ultimate blend to drink. How'd you find this place?

Sara: I first came in because of the name: Serendipity. It's one of my favorite words.

Jonathan: It is? Why?

Sara: It's such a nice sounding word for what it means: a fortunate accident.

Dean: You're the shit!

[man next to him on plane looks over at him thinking he's talking to him]

Jonathan: [to the guy] That would be me, the shit.

Sara: Ok, favorite movie?

Jonathan: The correct answer is Cool Hand Luke.

Sara: I've never seen it?

Jonathan: Oh, come on! You've never seen Cool Hand Luke? Paul Newman? Oh my god! Come on! "Failure to communicate", sadistic cop with sunglasses with no name, who reminds me of you in that way.

[Discussing the Cool Hand Luke poster Sara saw]

Eve: Sara, it was a movie poster, it's no big deal.

Sara: It's peculiar though, right? Don't you think?

Eve: I thought you were through with all this new-age bullshit, feng-shuey and all that crap.

Sara: Eve, for someone who owns a new-age store you're incredibly earth-bound

Eve: Oh yeah, well, for a shrink-in-training, you're a little bit crazy, I'll tell you that much.

[Jonathan is trying to get Sara's information from her old Bloomingdale's account]

Jonathan: Would $20 help?

Bloomingdale's Salesman: It might if I were a health inspector.

Eve: Prada! Ooh! Prada! I love this stuff!

Salesman: That's 20 bucks.

Sara: Eve, that's a horrific knockoff! At least my knockoff says 'Prada,' yours says 'Prado!'

Eve: Well, I say for a dollar I can buy a magic marker and fix it. I'll take it!

Jonathan: So are you gonna meet your boyfriend now or what?

Sara: No, I think he's out probably doing what you're doing.

Jonathan: Getting a crush on somebody else's girlfriend? No, I'm sorry, I just meant I had a really nice time. You know, maybe you should give me your phone number. Just in case.

Sara: In case of what?

Jonathan: In case of life. I just had a really great time and for all we know I wouldn't be able to find you again.

Sara: Well, if we're meant to meet again, we'll meet again. it's just not the right time now.

Jonathan: Maybe we're supposed to meet on British time and we're five hours too early.

[at Bloomingdale's]

Jonathan: Happy anniversary.

Sara: When did you get to be so unimaginably romantic?

Jonathan: I think that it's good luck that we return this year to the scene of the crime. (pours a paper cup of champagne) Cheers.

Sara: Cheers.

Jonathan: This is the ultimate blend to drink. How'd you find this place?

Sara: I first came in because of the name: Serendipity. It's one of my favorite words.

Jonathan: It is? Why?

Sara: It's such a nice sounding word for what it means: a fortunate accident.