The 67 Best “Emily in Paris” Quotes That Make Me Want This Show to Last Forever

It’s been nearly five years since we first met Emily Cooper as she was jetting off to France in the premiere of Emily in Paris. The show immediately divided the internet into two camps: “this is ridiculous” and “okay, I’ll watch 10 episodes right now.” I’m somewhere in the middle. Since then, Emily has donned couture-level outfits, navigated office politics, and made catastrophic dating decisions — all while delivering some very memorable quotes. 

But it’s not only Emily’s best moments that have stuck in my head; so many people she’s encountered in her new life in Europe have left a mark. 

Now that all of Season 5 is streaming on Netflix (and it’s been renewed for Season 6!), I rounded up some of the best quotes from all five seasons to help you remember why Emily Cooper is the expat you want to keep watching. Consider this your emotional and narrative refresher as you see how Emily takes on Rome. 

Warning: Some spoilers for all seasons ahead.

Here, we meet the show’s main character, Emily Cooper, who’s dropped straight into Paris with big ambition, bright outfits, and absolutely no idea what she’s getting into. Her nonstop optimism runs straight into Sylvie’s zero-nonsense work energy, Mindy’s blunt honesty, Camille’s effortlessly cool sensibility, and Gabriel’s immediate romantic confusion. These early quotes introduce us to the characters and the show, from Emily’s culture shock to a new workplace to feelings getting way too complicated way too fast.

1. “You live to work. We work to live.” —Luc (Season 1)
2. “Paris is weeping.” —Emily Cooper (Season 1) 
3. “I was being polite. You look American.” —Mindy Chen (Season 1)
4. “Fake it till you make it.” —Emily (Season 1) 
5. “Paris seems like a big city, but it’s really just a small town.” —Camille (Season 1)
6. “I didn’t know you were gonna kiss me.” —Gabriel (Season 1)
7. “We’re on the precipice of the rest of our lives.” —Brooklyn Clark (Season 1)
8. “The French are romantics, but they are also realists.” —Mindy (Season 1) 
9. “I’m not somebody who can share a crepe. I need the whole crepe.” —Emily (Season 1) 
10. “Without basic bitches like me, you wouldn’t be fashionable.” —Emily (Season 1)
11. “We never really had a chance, but at least now, we have this one perfect thing.” —Emily (Season 1)
12. “It’s Paris. Everyone’s serious about dinner.” —Mindy (Season 1)
13. “You haven’t done Paris right until you’ve had at least one wildly inappropriate affair.” —Sylvie Grateau (Season 1)
14. “I did Rosetta Stone on the plane, but it hasn’t kicked in yet.” —Emily (Season 1)
15. “I’d bone appétit him.” —Mindy (Season 1)

In Season 2, Emily is no longer the new girl in town, but she still doesn’t have a full handle on her Parisian life. She has to face real consequences with Camille (Gabriel’s ex and Emily’s friend) over Gabriel, she’s seeing real tension at work, and has many questions about whether or not Paris is just a fun detour in her life. Emily flirts with the idea of a less dramatic relationship with Alfie, Mindy continues to carry both the humor and the hard truths, and Sylvie stays effortlessly brutal. These quotes show Emily growing up just enough to realize she might already be in too deep. 

1. “I think most girls would forgive you. But a French girl? Nuh-uh.” —Mindy (Season 2)
2. “It doesn’t matter what language we’re speaking. I don’t believe a word coming out of your mouth.” —Camille (Season 2) 
3. “This isn’t just a fun year abroad anymore. This is your life.” —Mindy (Season 2)
4. “I’m not going to fall in love with you if we have an expiration date.” —Emily (Season 2) 
5. “I know how much the French love to say no.” —Madeline Wheeler (Season 2) 
6. “I’m a national embarrassment. Again.” —Mindy (Season 2)
7. “Oh, Emily, you’re getting more French by the day.” —Sylvie (Season 2) 
8. “Unlike magic leek soup, there’s no quick fix for betraying a friend.” —Sylvie (Season 2) 
9. “Emily, you’ve got the rest of your life to be as dull as you wish, but while you’re here, fall in love, make mistakes, leave a disastrous trip in your wake.” —Sylvie (Season 2) 
10. “You are not making a major life decision based on a manipulative pinky swear.”  —Mindy (Season 2) 
11. “You go to St. Tropez to party, not to work. It’s like going to Ibiza to do your taxes.” —Luc (Season 2)
12. “Paris is built on a fantasy, and I just happen to be able to see right through it.” —Alfie Peterson (Season 2)

The stakes are higher for all our faves in the third season. Emily is suddenly juggling real career power moves, explosive relationship messes, and the kind of choices you can’t just spin into a cute Instagram post. The tone is sharper, the pressure is heavier, and Emily’s world is messier than ever. These quotes take us right back to that love triangle (or square?), a possible pregnancy, new job opportunities, and the whirlwind that is Emily’s life. 

1. “Not choosing is still a choice.” —Alfie (Season 3) 
2. “I am so tired of apologizing for who I am.” —Mindy (Season 3) 
3. “I’m as nice as I need to be.” —Gigi (Season 3) 
4. “The only baguettes I’m interested in are diamonds.” — Sylvie (Season 3) 
5. “I’ll give it to Paris. Even when I’m having a bad day, the city is looking great.” —Emily (Season 3) 
6. “That’s the thing about your generation, Emily, not a shred of mystery. The whole world knows where you are all the time.” —Sylvie (Season 3) 
7. “It’s nice to talk to someone you don’t have to explain yourself to.” —Mindy (Season 3) 
8. “Take the time to live.” —Gabriel (Season 3) 
9. “It’s funny how you become the things you hate.” —Madeline (Season 3) 
10. “Your success is my success.”  —Sylvie (Season 3) 
11. “The American dream turned into a French nightmare.” —Sylvie (Season 3) 
12. “Fashion is a dirty business.” —Luc (Season 3) 
13. “Were you just trying to have it all? That is so American.” —Sylvie (Season 3)

Season 4 is filled with passport stamps, burned bridges, power moves, and the realization that Paris might not actually be forever. Emily’s love life and career are rerouted at the same time, as it finally looks like it’s time for her and Gabriel to finally be together until Italian businessman Marcello comes to shake things up at work and in the romance department. The best part? We were all left wondering if it’ll be Emily in Rome come Season 5. 

1. “I’ve seen so much of this city in movies, I feel like I’ve been here already.” —Emily, about Rome (Season 4) 
2. “I was thinking more like The Lizzie McGuire Movie.” —Emily, in reference to her quote above (Season 4)
3. “I cannot be the person that pulls you away from your family.” —Emily (Season 4) 
4. “Well, no relationship is perfect.” —Mindy 
5. “You know what I saw on my run? Hot men. Everywhere.” —Emily (Season 4) 
6. “So now you’ve been with a French guy, a British guy, and now, Italian? You’re really stamping your passport, huh?” —Mindy (Season 4) 
7. “For once do something spontaneous and reckless and un-Emily. Just have an adventure.” —Mindy (Season 4)
8. “It’s not the first time you mix business with pleasure. You’re actually quite good at it.” —Sylvie (Season 4) 
9. “I’ve just been so focused on Gabriel and Alfie that I … I forgot what it feels like to be single.” —Emily (Season 4)

Season 5 of Emily in Paris takes the show somewhere new, geographically and emotionally. With Emily splitting her time between Paris and Rome, the season leans into big questions about belonging and whether starting over actually fixes anything or just gives you new scenery. The season gives us culture clashes, secret relationships, and career issues all while delivering sharp one-liners, classic Emily optimism, and, of course, all that dry wit fans have come to know and love from Sylvie (who is carrying this season on her back!)

1. “Rome looks so good on you.” —Mindy (Season 5 trailer)
2. “I don’t think my ideas are translating, but Rome wasn’t built in a day.” —Emily (Season 5 trailer)
3. “And yet, it only took you one day to destroy it.” —Julien (Season 5 trailer)
4. “Rome is so new and exciting, but I have built a life for myself in Paris, and everything is just going on without me.” —Emily (Season 5 trailer)
5. “I’m Roman now. I take the bus.” —Emily (Season 5)
6. “Keep your attention on Muratori — the business, not the man.” —Sylvie (Season 5)
7. “Maybe I don’t have to try so hard. Maybe I can just let things be, and it will all be fine.” —Emily (Season 5)
8. “You know the saying, you can’t go home again? Well you can. It’s leaving that’s the hard part.” —Mindy (Season 5) 
9. “Oh my god! You think I’m French? Thank you!” —Emily (Season 5) 
10. “I need my Emily in Paris.” —Sylvie (Season 5) 
11. “You can learn a lot about yourself by being away from the person you love.” —Sylvie (Season 5) 
12. “I love boats. I live in one.” —Luc (Season 5) 
13. “I’m not sure I want to splash around in muddy waters.” —Mindy (Season 5) 
14. “No money, no sleep, just me and my art. I was never happier.” —Luc (Season 5)
15. “We tend to romanticize the past. Things were pretty hard back then, too.” —Gabriel (Season 5)
16. “But now I’m excited for the future, whatever it brings me.” —Gabriel (Season 5)
17. “Despite all the cloaks I wear, I’m not a wizard.” —Pierre Cadault (Season 5)
18. “I’m not a ‘bottom of the tiramisu bowl engagement ring’ kind of girl.” —Emily (Season 5)
19. “I thought he was the one. But, in the end, I just realized it’s not the life I wanted.” —Emily (Season 5)