Jane the Virgin is a TV series on CW that aired for five seasons between 2014 and 2019. This series follows a young woman, named Jane (Gina Rodriguez), who accidentally becomes pregnant after being inseminated during what was supposed to be a routine check-up with her doctor.
Adding to the drama, the biological father of her child is her boss: Rafael.
This series, in classic telenovela style, has many dramatic plot twists, a witty off-screen narrator, hilarious quips, and complicated relationships between friends, family, and lovers.
Here is the scoop on the best quotes from Jane the Virgin!
Warning, spoilers for Jane the Virgin are ahead!
1. “I love you because you're my best friend and I want to grow old with you. And right now, I am confused about every single thing in my life, except you.” -Jane
2. “A rich playboy with an entitled attitude missing a basic sensitivity chip. He was so much nicer in my head.” -Jane
3. “Then again, we both ended up unmarried and pregnant, so you must have really pissed the big man off.” -Xiomara
4. “Observe Jane between a rock and a hard place. The rock is a really intrusive telenovela star, the hard place being Rafael's body.” -Narrator
5. “I'm sorry. Look. I screwed up. I was scared, I was stupid. Everything I did, I did because I love you. Jane, don't, don't leave!” -Michael
6. “Now it's your turn to listen to me because I know how to take care of 16-year-olds.” -Xiomara
7. “Please, take it away. I'll be happy to drink normal people wine.” -Rogelio
8. “That is love. To give up money, like it's nothing.” -Abuela
9. "Will you just indulge my 14-year-old self, please?" -Rafael
10. “Oh, please, Jane? I need this job. I drink for free and it's so close to my gym.” -Lina
11. “Yes. But to be fair, it's been building up for a while.” -Jane
12. “You can't have 'The Passions of Santos' without Santos! Then it's just 'Passions,' and that show failed!” -Rogelio
13. “I happen to be in the middle of a heated bidding war on eBay to take my mind off the heated war currently raging over my acting services.” -Rogelio
14. “Of course, in such sad days, it helps to see a celebrity.” -Rogelio
15. “I know romance novels are all about fate and destiny, but I don’t think one has ever been written that could come close to our story. If they were ever two people destined to be together, it’s us. Jane, will you marry me?” -Rafael
16. “While Jane is truly magnificent, she does not have the ear for comedy that I have.” -Rogelio
17. “Too soon? I've been waiting forever.” -Jane
18. “I will tell her… on her death bed.” -Rogelio
19. “Yeah, I am, actually. I have to be. Better to know now, you know? Before the baby comes, in the long run, it's better to know now.” -Jane
20. “I just needed to prove I can do it myself because I’m going to have to do things myself now! And I know you’re here, but still, there are some things I need to do on my own. Okay? As a single mother. Because that’s what I am. And I didn’t see it coming, Abuela… I just wanted to know I can do something on my own.” -Jane
21. “I'm not afraid of anything, except acne and leprechauns.” -Rogelio
22. “There are many Jesus Christs. There is only one Jane.” -Rogelio
23. “You got married? By a Cher impersonator?” -Jane
24. “But it's not some theoretical baby anymore. It's Mateo. So yeah, I'm in.” -Michael
25. “Rose did this, didn't she? Oh my God. I can't believe this. This is so crazy, but it's also kind of romantic, don't you think?” -Luisa
26. “It was the best kiss of my life, Mom. And suddenly it was so clear: it's Michael.” -Jane
27. “It wasn't an accident. It was premeditated, and you were the premeditator.” -Rogelio
28. “Yeah, well you never really are. You know, it's a hard balance. It's kind of like you learn on the job, and just when you think you've figured it out, something changes, and then you have to do everything different. You'll be okay.” -Jane
29. “You told me to fight for you. You told me to fight for our family, and I was. I was fighting for us.” -Rafael
30. “Easy there, Lady Macbeth.” -Narrator
31. “Look, I'm finally happy again. I want you to be happy too. I want you to be happy.” -Michael
32. “I have recently added it to my repertoire. Is it threatening?” -Adriana
33. “I think back to when we first met when we were sixteen, and I think that my whole journey up to now has been about finding my way back to you.” -Rogelio
34. “My feelings changed. I don't know when, but they changed and that's why we aren't together.” -Jane
35. “Oh, of course, I was drinking at work. But ever since they put in the new rules, I bring my own booze.” -Jane
36. “Never! No! I'm just saying I don't want to go back because we're better now, and I want you to know that you are absolutely who I want, and I'm not going anywhere.” -Jane
37. “I'm sorry you don't like me, but you know what, your son understands why I wasn't here, so I'm cool, and I really hope that you'll learn to live with me because I'm not going anywhere.” -Jane
38. “Be gone, you dirty old Devil!” -Alba
39. “Truth be told, if Derek knew his boat was being searched, he probably wouldn’t feel so buoyed. See what I did there?” -Narrator
40. “My hand should be chewed off by wolves.” -Aneska
41. “Only for you, Jane. Only for you.” -Narrator
42. “ I have to prove to her that I'm more than just oceans of charisma. I refuse to be objectified.” -Rogelio
43. “I'm getting tired of you assuming that you're the better person.” -Petra
44. “You know ours is the greatest love story ever told.” -Rose
45. “Because I'm a fighter. You should know that about me. I'm a fighter.” -Michael
46. “I mean, at this point it just seems like a big cosmic joke.” -Michael
47. “But you feel like you lost something, and you didn't. You just gained something. A whole new dimension of your life, your relationship.” -Xiomara
48. “Yeah, whatever. I'm not gonna get my hopes up.” -Narrator
49. “No, I mean it. You came from nowhere, and you've made yourself into this total badass. Anyway, I won't argue. I mean, if you're willing to walk away from this hotel, which is all your blood, sweat, and tears, well then you can walk away from anything... even me.” -Scott
50. “I did have fun tonight. And for the record, I don't want to be young and crazy with anyone else but you.” -Jane
51. “Oh please! I have hundreds of women lining up to meet me. Literally. So while you're out meeting with your one measly lover, I will be meeting with a matchmaker.” -Rogelio
52. “No. No, I am not okay. You paralyzed me, and now I'm paranoid, and I can't trust anyone, not even myself!” -Petra
53. “Rogelio De La Vega's not now, nor has he ever been desperate.” -Rogelio
54. “And friends, I did say Michael would love Jane until his dying breath.” -Narrator
55. “I staked everything on this renovation. Everything. Not just my reputation. It's my vision. It's my gift to my daughters. It's mine. It's the first thing, actually, that's truly mine. I didn't marry it. I didn't steal it. I made it, and now you're trying to take it all away.” -Petra
56. “Deep breaths, Jane. I've been doing it too, and I am definitely finding narrating a lot less stressful this episode. Usually, I'm like, There's so much exposition. How can I fit it all in?” -Narrator
57. “Hey, Mateo. I always want to know what you think. Okay? Not what you think I want you to think.” -Jane
58. “The best rivalries are not about the rival. They're about the insecurities that your rival brings out in you... preferably in the fifth act.” -Rogelio
59. “I just forgot how exhausting dating is for someone like me... the overthinking, the analyzing, the worrying. I just wish I could date without my brain being on overload.” -Jane
60. “Which is to say, you're in a long-term relationship with grief. But it has to evolve, and it's okay to keep letting go. You have to.” -Alba
61. “And suddenly I thought maybe what I've been looking for has been right in front of me this whole time. Maybe we just went on this whole crazy journey just to find our way back to each other.” -Rafael
62. “The problem is the whole Madonna-Whore paradigm is reductive. I am a real person who you know nothing about.” -Jane
63. “And I get it. It's scary to have feelings again for someone. But when it comes to love, there's always a risk, and there's always a chance that you'll get hurt. But the possibility of it working out, that's so worth it!” -Jane
64. “If not for that recital and that burger, I might not have ended up on the doorstep of a drunk twenty-one-year-old girl. That's not just a series of coincidences, it's destiny. And I never doubted you were mine. And never doubt that all I want, forever and always, is for you to be happy.” -Michael
65. “If Mateo said that, I would feel like I failed as a parent.” -Jane
66. “I like having him here, we've become friends with benefits.” -Abuela
67. “But I guess that's what you're signing up for — my whole messy life. My nosy baby daddy, and my overprotective grandma; my kid. Now are you panicking?” -Jane
68. “When he said he was panicking I felt exactly the same, you know; like when I was nineteen and he left.” -Jane
69. “Hey. You're family. Family shows up. Plus, you know, I love you.” -Jane
70. “I can't believe I was going to tell him I loved him! I can't believe I did love him!” -Jane
71. “And friends, he knew then and there, that he had to be brave, too.” -Narrator
72. “It's just hard to give up on the idea that something perfect might not have been perfect for everyone.” -Rafael
73. “Good luck on your Czechoslovakian bootstrap beach lifestyle book.” -Jane
74. “Wow, this voice memo thing is pretty great, actually. I can communicate and not see you standing there, judging me with that judgy Jane face!” -Petra
75. “Other Jane? Whose story do you think this is?” -Narrator
76. “Yes, you and Michael had a beautiful love story and now I hope that we can have our own.” -Rafael
77. “I must say, I didn't think it was possible, but you are even more beautiful without eyebrows. And really, who needs them anyway? You know they have no function.” -Rogelio
78. “I just wondered if I’m not your type, who is your type? And the next thing I knew I was driving after you.” -Petra
79. “Well, if there was ever a moment to play the cancer card, this was it.” -Narrator
80. “The most important piece of real estate in my future isn’t some big hotel, it’s a one-bedroom apartment with you. That’s my dream.” -Rafael
81. “I love him so much. He is my future, who else could it be?” -Jane
82. “Maybe your dead husband’s coming back, too!” -Jane
83. “You know, you may be a little too young for CCD. You're not going anymore.” -Jane
84. “It's always been my dream to be famous in America. But I'm starting to wonder... Why am I so desperate for validation from a country that doesn't seem to value or accept me?” -Rogelio
85. “It's been four years Jane. You have a life.” -Michael
86. “I notice you have your rage face on.” -Rogelio
87. “We should deport Petra from this lesbian bar. Am I right, ladies?” -Narrator
88. “I'm sure - more sure than I've ever been about anything - that I wanna be with you. Forever. You're my now; you're my tomorrow; you're my always.” -Jane
89. “Can you even hear yourself? Just because you love someone, doesn't mean you get to have them. Imagine if the roles were reversed and you were a man acting like this.” -Xiomara
90. “She's not a River, she's a swamp! She's worse than a swamp: she is a bog!” -Rogelio
91. “Thanks for letting me stay.” “What are sisters for?” -Petra and Jane
92. “How long is this going to last? I'm so sick of crying. I feel like a Villanueva.” -Petra
93. “It really does. I'm not a big fan of wearing pants after 9 pm.” -Jane
94. “Look, I'm a more selfish person than you, so sometimes I forget to think about other people, but I'm working on it, okay?” -Petra
95. “Looks like everyone wants Jane's eggs these days.” -Narrator
96. “And real quick, it's okay that I told him that I was your nanny because I was using his bias against him. So it was subversive. Huh? Do you know what that means?” -Jane
97. “I am not scared of you anymore, because I am an American now, bitch.” -Alba
98. “I tell my son every night that monsters aren't real. But they are. I'm looking at one. But you'll never win.” -Jane
99. “Am I being practical or brave?” -Jane
100. “Love is fun! It’s feeling free! Love lets you be who you want to be!” -Mateo
There you have it: some of the best quotes from the 100 episodes of Jane the Virgin!
This series takes its viewers on an emotional rollercoaster, so be sure to buckle in and grab some popcorn if you decide to watch this show. Now on Netflix!
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