I came to the woods afraid of the darkness inside me, but they saw it and accepted me anyway. Is this what it feels like to have friends? Fitting in isn't always the worst. Yes, they're silly. Yes, what happens out here is fucking nuts. All I know is I feel like me again.

Joe Voiceover

Cary actually taught me an important lesson, Love, I can't completely cage what's inside of me, or when it bursts out, it comes for blood. Better to feed it just enough to keep it in check, keep it on a leash, take it for a walk, make sure it knows the rules, no keepsakes. No social media. Just watching. So now I have you, Marienne. Arms always full of books. Never leaving the library before dark. No one home to hurry home to. We're just friends, so what is it about you? I can't pin it down. All I know is that I've felt more alive watching you than I've felt in a very long, long time, Marienne, but you can trust me with this secret, Love. Juggling the two of you is confusing, I"ll admit, but I'm up for the challenge. You won't find out. You can't. I'll be careful, so, so careful. Things will be different this time.

Joe Voiceover

I've never felt more clearheaded but I don't need time to figure out what to do about Love. I won't let her hurt you, Marienne, I'll never let anyone hurt you. I have to stay ahead of her this time.

Joe Voiceover

Unleashing my impulses is the absolute opposite of what I need to do. No thank you, hard pass.

Joe Voiceover

What's got you stepping out of your routine? I dearly hope it doesn't involve pegging someone on this bed, RIP Peach.

Joe Voiceover

Love: Forty, I don't know what happened. I fell so in love with Joe, and now I don't even like him anymore. I mean he makes me feel bad for being me. That's not how your soulmates are supposed to make you feel, right? I'm self-sabotaging, aren't I?
Forty: Yeah.
Love: Why can't I just be happy?
Forty: Oh, Lovey, you aren't unhappy because Joe isn't your soulmate. I am.

Love: I am so sorry.
Forty: Don't be sorry for surviving. You are the strong one and you always knew it would turn out this way, that's why you held me so tight.

Oh, shit. Love is going to kill you.

Joe Voiceover

I have feelings for you, Joe. I know nothing can happen. You're married with the cutest baby on the planet, and I would never do anything to split up a family, I need you to know that.

Marienne

I hate you too for leaving me with her. You should've just eaten me in the womb, Forty.

Love

Love: All you ever showed me was to get the prince, build the castle, and then burn it all to the fucking ground.
Dottie: Says the princess who was given all the mattresses in the world to sleep on and still complains she can feel the pea. I gave you the world, you little bitch! And you have no idea what I had to do to give it to you. Your coice to fuck the neighbor boy and blow up your life has nothing to do with me and everyhting to do with you being spoiled and bored. I'll take the blame for spoiling you, but you want the source for your unhappiness, look in the mirror instead of spouting your own unhappiness.

I see it now, this is why you. You're a pattern. You're a lost lamb attracted to wolves, ergo, what I feel or you is not because you're special it's wait for it, it's mother issues.

Joe Voiceover

YOU Quotes

A guy needs to protect himself. I had to make sure you're safe, and your name was a glorious place to start. Not a lot of Guinevere Becks. And there you were, every account sent to public. You want to be seen, heard, known, and of course, I obliged.
Born and raised Nantucket Island. A brother Clyde and sister Anya. Your parents really were assholes about the names. Your folks split when you were 12. Your dad dropped out of the picture.
Went to Brown where you majored in Lit. Cool. And minored in douchebags. Eh. And then on to NYC to conquer an MFA, and make your mark presumably. Now you still write, barely. Too busy living out moments you won't remember five years from now. I know this because you post about this life all the goddamn time. Candidly, it's the least appealing thing about you, Beck.

Joe Voiceover

Beck: At the end of the day people really are disappointing, aren't they?
Joe: Sometimes they surprise you.