This Is Us Quotes (Season 4)

That song. Ah. It made us happy, it made us sad, it made us happy again. The whole human experience just wrapped up in that one song. Hospitals are kind of like that, you know. These bizarre buildings where people experience some of their greatest joys and some of the most awful tragedies. All under one roof. I think the trick is not trying to keep the joys and the tragedies apart. But you kind of got to let them cozy up to one another. You know, let them coexist. And I think that if you can do that, if you can manage to forge ahead with all that joy and heartache mixed up together inside of you, never knowing which one’s gonna get the upper hand… And, well, life does have a way of shaking out to be more beautiful than tragic.

Sometimes making people forget about their worries, or what comes next, that’s the most important thing you can do for someone.

You and I? We’re gonna have it all together. We’re gonna have the big moments and the small moments and it’s gonna be one for the ages.[to Jack]

Just because you’re sensitive doesn’t mean you’re not strong.

There’s a fine line between caring and worrying, and sometimes that line gets blurry.

Sometimes you’ll have to play up to the competition, sometimes you’ll have to play down. But play the game.

Sometimes we lose things. Things that we love. And it makes us feel sad. Really sad. And I know right now it feels like the worst thing in the world. But I promise you, you’re gonna find something else to love.[to Kevin]

It’s so strange, isn’t it? How, just like that, a complete stranger can become such a big part of your story. It’s actually kind of terrifying, you know? How a single cross with one person you’ve never met can change everything.

I love him. It doesn’t matter how long we’ve been together.[about Jack]

I would just wish that I could make time stand still. Babies change so fast at that age. I knew that any morning might be the last time you ever let me rock you like that. So I made sure to remember every little detail of those mornings.

I don’t think you should look at yourself as the person who always gets left. You should look at yourself as the person who’s willing to stay and fight.[to Madison]

For 40 years, I have pushed people away. Not because I thought they would hurt me but because I thought I would hurt them. I told myself I was doing it for their own good, because I’m broken. But I was wrong. I wasn’t broken. I was sick. And when you’re sick, you got to let the people who care about you help.