If you've ever watched a single episode of Gilmore Girls, you know Lorelai Gilmore is one of the greatest, wittiest, off-the-wall fictional TV moms who holds a bottomless love for her daughter Rory, coffee, and the remarkably-bizarre people of Stars Hollow. (Yes, even Kirk). Her presence is always noticed, and you can guarantee that any conversation of hers will include a speedy, one-liner comeback. This is why it's such a challenge to not quote every word that rolls off Lorelai's tongue, so I pulled together an entertaining combination of her sharpest quotes that every college student can associate with their own life.
"It's all any of us wants, to find a nice person to hang out with until we drop dead. Not a lot to ask!"
"Cheeseburger, onion rings, and a list of people who killed their parents and got away with it. I'm looking for heroes."
"I need caffeine. Whatever form you've got, I haven't had any all day. I'll drink it, shoot it, eat it, snort it, whatever form it's in, gimme."
"Hey, I have a New Year's resolution for you: Become more cynical and self-absorbed."
"It feels. . . right. Such a long time getting here. . . sometimes it's just a journey, you know?"
"Hate early. Must kill early."
"Hey tomorrow, if you have time, I'm planning on despising everyone who says, 'Hey, how's it going?'"
"There's plenty to do tonight that we can be mortified about tomorrow."
"I stop drinking coffee, I stop doing the standing and the walking and the words-putting-into-sentence doing."
"976-BITE-ME."
"As long as everything is exactly the way I want it, I'm totally flexible."
"I don't like Mondays but unfortunately they come around eventually."
"I thought I knew exactly what I wanted, where I was going, what I was doing and why I was doing. But lately, things seem hazier."
"Get back in your pajamas, go to bed, eat nothing but gallons of ice cream and tons of pizza, don't take a shower or shave your legs or put on any kind of makeup at all and just sit in the dark and watch a really sad movie and have a good long cry and just wallow. You need to wallow."
Whether it's a desparate desire for caffeine, working through a tough break-up, being forced to wake up at an unearthly hour, absolutely despising Mondays, or feeling as though the path you chose no longer remains satisfactory, Lorelai Gilmore can immensely relate.
My adoration for Gilmore Girls will always remain astronomical, and I have Lorelai to thank because she has taught me it's wholly acceptable to be a little cynical, or to stay in bed all day watching quirky romantic comedies while eating my weight in carbs. So, next time you catch yourself wrapped up in life's unbearable moments, read a Lorelai Gilmore quote. You won't be disappointed.
