This Is Us Quotes (Season 3)

Community. It’s a strange word on its own. The word is not as warm as family, but, some people, people like myself, we don’t have family. But that’s okay, because we have each other. We have this place and that’s not nothing. That’s not nothing at all.

Can I let you in on a little secret? Toby and Audio and your maybe-baby that I think is going to turn into a real baby… There’s gonna be a million things, a million decisions you’re gonna have to make for them, and you will. You’ll do exactly what I did. You’re gonna take a deep breath, and make a choice, and just hope you didn’t screw things up too badly.[to Kate]

Babe, we’re starting a new family. Our family. And, no, we don’t have all of your action figures to pass down. And, no, we don’t have my handmade football stadium. But, babe, we come with us. You don’t need to pass down your favorite thing to your son, because I know with every part of me that you are gonna be our son’s favorite thing. You.[to Toby]

A kid can either repeat the mistakes of his old man, or he corrects them.

You tend to be the most impressive part of the impressions that I make.[to Beth]

You know, my dad, he kept the first 28 years of his life a secret from my mom, which worked for them, you know. I mean, it more than worked for them, actually, but I don’t want that for us. Okay? I don’t. I want to be able to tell you everything, and I want to know everything about you. But if I can’t, that’s okay. That’s okay because you smell like peaches, and, well, right now you don’t. You smell like garbage right now, actually, but, typically, you smell like peaches. And you keep snacks in that big purse that you have and… Well, I’m falling in love with you. Whether you open up to me or not, I’m falling in love with you.[to Zoe]

We’re staying. This family stays.

We will figure out a way to make this work. We’re us.[to Beth]

We don’t work when we’re apart. But, together… baby, together, we set the world on fire.[to Randall]

There is this thing that some fighters do. Okay? If their opponent hits them really hard, they just plaster on a big old smile.[to Randall]

Sometimes people think they know what they want… but then time goes by and things just… they change.[to Zoe]

My dad was a superhero. Man literally saved my life the day I was born. And he always took action. He never sat still. He was a superhero and then he died and we’ve all been scrambling ever since, scrambling to keep him alive however we can, scrambling for new ways to feel close to him. I pride myself on having a piece of my dad in me, always have. But my dad wouldn’t have sat still. And my dad wouldn’t have just made phone calls. If this councilman won’t do his job, then maybe I can. I think I’m gonna run against him, Beth.