Martin I gotta ask you something and it's important so I need you to be homest with me. Have you had breakfast yet?

Cole

Noah: I trusted you. I put my whole life into your hands.
Alison: Noah, you're tired. Go home and get some rest. I'll call you later.

Oscar: Fuckin' dealers man.
Noah: Who?
Oscar: The Lockharts. The own that ranch out towards the lighthouse? It's a front. They're as dirty as dirt. Their great grandfather ran a bootleg operation. It's fuckin' hereditary. Put that in your book. Use their names.

You sure do have a knack for making new friends.

Scotty

Helen: I feel old. Do I look old?
Noah: You look incredible. I look old.
Helen: Am I still a great lay?
Noah: Are you kidding? You're the best lay.

Noah: I need to know how someone in Montauk would score some drugs.
Whitney: Score some drugs. Wow.

Alison: I could be your mistress.
Noah: I don't like that word.
Alison: What would you prefer?
Noah: Concubine.

My parents. They want to help. Look, I know you don't want to talk about it, but what does it matter how much money I accept from them if it makes our lives easier and it's all going to be mine anyway?!

Helen

Whitney: I don't want to be an asshole.
Noah: Then you don't have to.
Whitney: Well then what do I do? How do I unsshole myself?
Noah: Just stop doing bad things.

Oh, so you're not only mean, you're also stupid.

Noah

Are you out of your mind?! A child just tried to take her own life because of what our kid did. Jesus! All you can think about is your money?

Noah

Det. Jeffries: One more thing.
Alison: Of course.
Det. Jeffries: The night of the wedding, did you notice anything off about him?
Alison: No, he was acting like himself.
Det. Jeffries: Did you see him leave?
Alison: No, we left first.
Det. Jeffries: And drove back to the city.
Alison: That's right.
Det. Jeffries: OK. Great. That's all my questions. Thank you again for coming in.

The Affair Quotes

Noah: I, I was a happy man back then. Proud of my family. My first book had just come out. Everything I dreamed I'd achieve as a young man, I'd done it.
Det; Jeffries: But.
Noah: That's just it. There is no but. When I look back, I can't tell you why it happened.

Noah: When's she going to college?
Helen: Twelve years.