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100 Best Quotes from Netflix’s Along for the Ride

Netflix’s new movie titled Along for the Ride is a teen rom-com based on the book by Sarah Dessen. The movie follows the main character named Auden who spends her summer in Colby, a small beach town, with her dad and step-mom. Auden has been the perfect student her whole life but seeks to find a new version of herself that isn’t perfect. While in Colby, Auden meets a mysterious guy named Eli and the two begin a quest to help Auden experience everything she missed out on as a teenager.

If you enjoy watching teen romcoms that focus on adventure, friendship, and romance then Along for the Ride is the movie for you!

Here’s the scoop on the best quotes from Along for the Ride!

1. “Dear Vertical Checkers, I miss you already.”- Eli

Eli and Auden walking back to Auden's house after hanging out at the secret pie shop.
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2. “I’ve never done anything you can’t read about on my transcript.” -Auden

3. “What’s a secret pie shop without pie?” -Eli

4. “Nothing is going to change when we don’t recognize a woman who merits our attention unless she’s married or having sex with a more famous man.” – Auden’s mom

5. “I even bookmarked ideas for a “Welcome to Colby” themed brunch.” – Auden’s step-mom

6. “If you make a sound, I will murder you.” – Heidi

7. “Gotta say Dad in the memory of the time of our lives, the status of your office cleanliness is not exactly what comes to mind.” -Auden

Auden sitting at the beach in Colby.
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8. “You should go to the Tip!” -Heidi

9. “Have you ever done something because you’re trying to be a different version of yourself but once you’re in the middle of it you think like, “Wow this is so not me?”‘-Auden

10. “But if you’re not feelin’ it with me, you’re probably not feelin’ it, dudes, because all the honeys’ love the Jake.” -Jake

11. “Are you making it up to me by taking me to do your laundry.” – Auden

12. “Someone different.” – Auden

13. “What are you, some connect 4 hustler?” – Eli

14. “You seem awfully invested in my life for a stranger, Eli.” -Auden

15. “See you later, vertical checkers.” -Eli

Along for the Ride film. Eli and Auden watching a movie.
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16. “I think everyone deserves a do-over if they want it.” -Eli

17. “It’s a… It’s a powerful thing that you’ve done, to stand up to him and… and to say “I… I deserve better.” -Auden’s mom

19. “Two nocturnes. Guess that’s why we’re pals.” -Eli

20. “A girl can’t live without deets.” – Leah

21. “I think sometimes I come off as a little intense.” -Auden

22. “I’ve never had friends like this before.” -Auden

Along for the Ride. Auden hanging out with Maggie, Leah, and Esther
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23. “I guess I’m just not one of those people who thought high school isn’t supposed to be this, like big party.” -Auden

24. “I’m not one of those kids who’s defined by her parent’s divorce.” -Auden

25. “I just love the fourth of July so freaking much!” -Heidi

26. “It’s all a spectrum, right?” -Auden

27. “Classic indoor kid, huh?” – Eli

Auden and Eli hanging out inside of the bike shop.
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28. “Is it too much to make an American flag out of berries on top of the cheesecake?” -Heidi

29. “Auden, you’re a firework baby.”- Heidi

30. “Meat? I’m a Vegan. Don’t your friends shave their armpits? My AC works fine.” – Esther

31. “Don’t mind her, she thinks she’s the only person who’s ever read a book before.” -Maggie

32. “Can’t be a beach day every day.” – Esther

33. “I didn’t want to hang out with my parents when I was 18. Obviously.” -Heidi

34. “The thing about your father is, uh, he enjoys the performance of working arguably more than he does the actual work.” -Auden’s mom

35. “Life is long. It’d be pretty boring if we had to stay the same versions of ourselves the whole time.” -Heidi

Along for the Ride. Auden leaning against the wall while talking to Eli.
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36. “Lay off. I’m new here.” -Auden

37. “This is why you need us to observe the two of you together and tell you what’s going on.” -Leah

38. “This, uh, seems pretty tame for a hot dog party.” -Eli

39. “I’ll always need you Mom, I just need other people too.” -Auden

40. “You gonna pop a wheelie?” -Eli

41. “I expected too much of you.” – Auden’s mom

42. “You know what the penalty for lateness is at a hotdog party.” -Auden

43. “Wow, you look really pretty. Auden does too.” -Auden’s dad

Auden's step-mom and dad waving her goodbye as she goes off with Eli to prom.
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44. “Do all people who do BMX have two little assistants like that?” -Auden

45. “Actually… the rule is that the new kid… is supposed to bring the beans.” -Eli

46. “Do you really think Abe would have wanted you to quit?” -Auden

47. “All I’m asking for is one fucking picnic.”-Heidi

48. “I can’t also be the thing you use to avoid thinking about yourself.” -Auden

49. “Do I look like a cowboy to you?” -Eli

50. “The theme is Beach Bash.” -Leah

51. “You’re gonna quit on your family, again? Because it’s hard?” -Auden

Along for the Ride. Auden and her dad having lunch together to discuss his book.
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52. “Just like this summer you’ve been pushing me to be this whole new version of myself but you’re too scared to be who you are.” -Auden

53. “Dance break. Happens every night at six.” -Leah

54. “Uh-oh, No Eli. Don’t make it a thing.” -Maggie

55. “My dad taught me as all children’s fathers teach them.” -Auden

56. “Don’t think I don’t brag about you to everybody.” -Heidi

57. “I hate when people say “go” when they want you to answer a question.” -Leah

58. “So what was your favorite move in the fourth grade? The Piano? -Eli

59. “You need something with a snack bang.” -Leah

60. “Why you need a kid-stuff guru?”- Eli

61. “But I love that you four are a new little crew.” -Heidi

62. “Sometimes I feel like all I’ve ever done is goof off. I even made a career out of it.”-Eli

Along for the Ride. Eli shows up to the hotdog party late.
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63. “But if you wouldn’t mind bringing me back a burger, that’d be uh, that’d be great.” -Auden’s dad

64. “I tried to be a different person once this summer, and it was comically bad.” -Auden

65. “Okay, you have read it five times now. Can we please go to lunch?” -Maggie

66. “Maybe there’s something nice about getting dressed up and dancing with your friends to mark the end of something.” -Auden

Along for the Ride. Auden, Maggie, and Leah having a dance party at work.
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67. “Hi, Heidi, it’s me, your stepdaughter, Auden.” -Auden

68. “Is this your way of trying to spoon-feed me the quest?” -Auden

69. “If I’m being honest, maybe without realizing it, I think I push people away.” -Auden

70. “Esther wants jerky ’cause she’s a contrarian.” -Leah

71. “In my experience, most comically bad things take place at the Tip.” -Eli

72. “I wanna do the quest.” -Auden

73. “I was downtown one day, going to used bookstores, and I wandered into this store, and there was this dress on the mannequin that was just like, so cool…” -Auden

74. “Have you sampled the local cuisine?” -Auden’s mom

walking on the beach
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75. “Auden, do you know why I liked you? You didn’t say stupid shit like that.” -Eli

76. “Not since Abe.” -Eli

77. “So, what’s your snack profile?” -Leah

78. “Think of a bunch of stuff you haven’t done and just start doing ’em. It could be, uh, like a quest.” -Eli

79. “To mark the end of the hour, they TP the tower.” -Auden

80. “Eli, come on, the quest isn’t real.” -Auden

81. “The truth is, and I’m telling you because I respect you and I think you’ll understand… sometimes I wonder whether I was really meant to be a husband or a father.” -Auden’s dad

82. “I would like to ask you what makes you think that his needs are more important than yours?” -Auden’s mom

83. “You know, it’s the craziest thing, both my girls slept through the night.” Heidi

84. “I don’t know… I was thinking maybe I’d skip rocks, drink Cokes. Why, is that something you’d be interested in?” -Eli

Along for the Ride. Eli talking to Auden the morning after kissing her.
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85. “When Eli told us his plan, I said, “Are you kidding? If my friend has never been to prom, she’s gonna get a real one.” -Maggie

86. “Don’t let the quest end just because you have homework now.” -Eli

87. “Maggie likes sour gummy bears, cute but with an edge, like she is.” -Leah

88. “What happened to Abe… it wasn’t your fault.” -Auden

89. “When you say stuff like that, you act like you’re speaking for everyone when really, you’re only speaking for yourself.” -Maggie

90. “But maybe if I go to Colby, I can be someone else. Or it will be exactly the same, and I can’t change.” -Auden

91. “Bueno suerte, mi amor. Love, Eli.” -Eli

92. ” It’s a real shame you didn’t bring that dress to Colby with you.” -Eli

93. “You know, we, uh, came up with a new name for the bike shop: “Abe’s bikes.”‘ -Eli

94. “I thought that if I stopped thinking about it and if I gave up doing all the things he loved that it would just go away, but it only made it worse ’cause you know… all the things he loved were things I loved too.” -Eli

95. “Actually, when I first saw you, I thought, ‘I’m so depressed that cool, hot girl’s hooking up with my boyfriend.'” – Maggie

96. “Oh yeah. ‘Cause guys hate when girls they like show up and watch them win.'” -Leah

Along for the Ride. Eli with his friends after his surprise  bike tournament.
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97. “Mom.” -Auden

98. “All right, just ’cause you’re the catalyst of this thing doesn’t mean you don’t have to help. Get to work.” -Maggie

Along for the Ride. Heidi having a heartfelt conversation with Auden.
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99. “So, thanks for showing me the secret pie shop, random Colby bike guy who appears in the mist.” -Auden

100. “It’s funny isn’t it? You look at your life and you think one decision, and it all would have been different.” -Heidi

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