"We may be a small country, but we are a great one. A country of Shakespeare, Churchill, The Beatles, Sean Connery, Harry Potter, David Beckham's right foot, David Beckham's left foot come to that..."

"[first lines, playing over a montage of reunions at Heathrow Airport] Whenever I get gloomy with the state of the world, I think about the arrivals gate at Heathrow Airport. General opinion's starting to make out that we live in a world of hatred and greed, but I don't see that. It seems to me that love is everywhere. Often it's not particularly dignified or newsworthy, but it's always there – fathers and sons, mothers and daughters, husbands and wives, boyfriends, girlfriends, old friends. When the planes hit the Twin Towers, as far as I know none of the phone calls from the people on board were messages of hate or revenge – they were all messages of love. If you look for it, I've got a sneaky feeling you'll find that [the following words appear on screen] love actually is all around. [the screen turns black, showing the words "love actually"]"

"Why do I fall in love with every woman I see who shows me the least bit of attention?"

"Mark Ruffalo – Stan"

"Tom Wilkinson – Howard"

"Elijah Wood – Patrick"

"Kirsten Dunst – Mary"

"Kate Winslet – Clementine"

"Jim Carrey – Joel"

"Adults are, like, this mess of sadness and phobias."

"[Quoting Friedrich Nietzsche] "Blessed are the forgetful: for they get the better even of their blunders.""

"[Quoting Alexander Pope] "How happy is the blameless vestal's lot! The world forgetting, by the world forgot. Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind! Each prayer accepted, and each wish resigned.""

"People don’t understand how lonely it is to be a kid."

"I don't need nice. I don't need myself to be it, and I don't need anybody else to be it at me."

"You look familiar. Ever shop at Barnes & Noble?"

"I'm not a concept. Too many guys think I'm a concept or I complete them or I'm going to make them alive, but I'm just a fucked up girl who is looking for my own peace of mind. Don't assign me yours."

"I'm a vindictive little bitch, truth be told."

"I apply my personality in a paste."

"… you stop listening to what is true, and what is true is constantly changing."

"Sand is overrated. It's just tiny little rocks."

"I'm always anxious thinking I'm not living my life to the fullest, you know? Taking advantage of every possibility? Just making sure that I'm not wasting one second of the little time I have."

"Drink up, young man. It'll make the whole seduction part less repugnant."

"I ditched work today. Took a train out to Montauk. I don't know why, I'm not an impulsive person."

"I loved you on this day. I love this memory."

"I could die right now, I'm just … happy. I've never felt that before. I'm just exactly where I want to be."

"It's all being wiped away."

"Are we like those bored couples you feel sorry for in restaurants? Are we the dining dead?"

"Constantly talking isn't necessarily communicating."

"This is working like gangbusters!"

"Random thoughts for Valentine's Day, 2004. Today is a holiday invented by greeting card companies. To make people feel like crap."

"She was nice. Nice is good."

"I'm constitutionally incapable of making eye-contact with a woman I don't know."

"You see, most men, they'll tell a story straight through— it won't be complicated, but it won't be interesting either."

"Miley Cyrus - Ruthie (Age 8)"

"Hailey Anne Nelson - Jenny (Age 8)"

"Perry Walston - Edward Bloom (Age 10)"

"Danny DeVito - Amos Calloway"

"Steve Buscemi - Norther Winslow"

"Arlene Tai - Jing"

"Ada Tai - Ping"

"Loudon Wainwright III - Beamen"

"Missi Pyle - Mildred"

"David Denman - Don Price (Age 18-22)"