Katie Jordan Quotes in The Story of Us (1999)

Rachel: You were our Fred and Ethel Mertz!

Katie Jordan: Funny, we thought you were OUR Fred and Ethel Mertz.

Rachel: It's not an affair. Theresa never had sex with him, they just kissed.

Katie Jordan: A kiss is an affair.

Liza: You think so?

Katie Jordan: Absolutely. Once you establish anything truly intimate with another person, even talking, it has to affect the person you're supposed to be the most intimate with.

Liza: But the crazy thing is that Theresa could fuck her husband. She just couldn't kiss him, I mean really kiss him.

Rachel: It's not so crazy. There have been times when I'm so angry at Stan that I could fuck him but I don't want that count on anyone near me.

Katie Jordan: A kiss can be so much more intimate than sex.

Liza: Yeah. Why is that?

Rachel: Because fucking means "yeah, yeah, I love you" but a kiss, a kiss means "I like you".

Katie Jordan: I think the loudest silences are the ones filled with everything that's been said, said wrong, said 300 times. Until fighting becomes the condition rather than the exception. And suddenly without even knowing it, it becomes the language of the relationship and your only option is a silent retreat to neutral corners.