1 Yeah, the real world sucks, deal with it like the rest of us
Real-world is a cruel place because it makes life difficult for us. However, we need to deal with it. This can be done by overcoming whatever challenges life throws on us with confidence and determination.
2 Why are you keeping this curiosity door locked?
When you are not curious, you don’t discover anything new. Curiosity unlocks the mind which helps us to learn and discover new things around us. When you discover new things, your world changes.
3 If you believe in this story… Finish it
When you believe in something, try to accomplish it completely. When you accomplish what you want to do, you attain success. Believing in something is the first step to achieve something in life.
4 You keep trying things on until something feels like you
In life, we like to do many things. However, the things which make you feel yourself are the ones best pursued. This is possible only when you try them out one at a time.
5 You shouldn’t like things because people tell you you’re supposed to
When people like the things they like, they like it because they feel it suits them. Often due to peer pressure, we like their things and don’t end up liking them. You should find things which suits you and then like them for that.
6 When I become rich and famous for this one day, don’t come crawling back, saying, oh, my God, Dustin, I’m so sorry for being mean to you back in 8th grade
The sad truth is that people like others for what they have in life. However, this isn’t a real kind of bond between others but rather comes from material value of others. You should like and make bonds with them for their personality.
7 Science is neat, but I’m afraid it’s not very forgiving
Science has helped us in making the world a more convenient place to be in. However, we tend to misuse nature’s gifts for us. Thus, nature gets angry and punishes us through various disasters like earthquakes, floods, droughts etc.
8 Maybe I am a mess. Maybe I’m crazy. Maybe I’m out of my mind! But, God help me, I will keep these lights up until the day I die if I think there’s a chance that Will’s still out there!
When you want something in life so badly, you don’t give up no matter what. In spite of everything that’s going on around you, your will and resilience strengthen your resolve. You want it so badly because of your stubborn conviction.
9 Nobody normal ever accomplished anything meaningful in this world
When you are crazy, you have an extraordinary kind of zest and determination to do the things you want. With these, you can accomplish meaningful things in life. Other people don’t get this opportunity to do this with their ordinariness.
10 You’re just not nimble enough, but you’ll get there someday
Even though you aren’t quick in your actions, as long as you are determined and do things smartly, you’ll still reach your destination. By doing things slowly, you are able to learn a lot and enjoy the entire process of how to achieve your goals.
11 Friends don’t lie
When you make a friend, you open up to them and be honest with them. There are no secrets with each other. When friends lie, they break your trust and eventually the entire friendship.
12 You’re now faced with the same choice, Jane: go back into hiding and hope they don’t find you, or fight, and face them again
When we are in a situation, we can either hide from it or face it. When you hide from it, the situation doesn’t really change. It is when we face it bravely and smartly we overcome it.
13 Only love makes you that crazy sweetheart and that damn stupid
Love makes us crazy and so does the person who we are in love with. Our minds can’t get enough of the person we’re in love with by behaving the way we aren’t usually. This shows the power of love and its effects on us.
14 We all die, my strange little child friend. It’s just a matter of how and when
People always die. Death happens to people in a different time and in a different way. Death is inevitable and we must learn to embrace death as and when it comes to us.
15 Nothing is gonna go back to the way that it was. Not really. But it’ll get better. In time
Change is an inevitable constant in life. However, with time things do get better. This happens because either we get used to changes around us or we make the change happen.
16 There’s More To Life Than Stupid Boys. -Max
Max and Eleven’s friendship is one of the highlights of Season 3. After her breakup with Mike, Eleven tries to bond with Max. It’s then that she tells her that life is more than just about stupid relationships and teaches her to enjoy her single life.
17 Mornings Are For Coffee And Contemplation. -Jim Hopper
Jim Hopper is introduced as a sheriff who doesn’t take his job seriously. He’s late to work and yet, it doesn’t seem to bother him in the least. The only thing he cares about is his coffee.
18 If anyone asks where I am, I’ve left the country. -Mike
One of the most hilarious aspects of Mike’s character is his melodrama. When Dr. Benner and the others come looking for Eleven, he panics and yells this to his mom before going to hide.
19 If we’re both going crazy, then we’ll go crazy together, right? —Mike
One of the highlights of the show is the friendship between the boys and Eleven. When Will is having a mental breakdown, Mike assures him that they’re always there for him.
20 I am on a curiosity voyage, and I need my paddles to travel. These books, these books are my paddles. —Dustin
Dustin is an ever-curious and wise young man who has a funny way of speaking. When the librarian stops him, he tells her that he needs the books to go out on his curiosity voyage.
21 Ask for forgiveness, not permission. -Nancy
Nancy was angry that boys hadn’t told her anything about all the supernatural and sinister stuff that they’d been getting themselves into. When confronting them, she tells them to ask for forgiveness first and permission later.
22 I’m the monster. -Eleven
Eleven has supernatural powers which sometimes get out of control. As such, she believed that she was a monster herself just like the other monsters that the gang had been fighting.
23 I don’t care if anyone believes me. -Joyce
Joyce’s son, Will, had gone missing. Will, who’d been stuck in the other dimension, was trying to contact Joyce through the lights and electrical appliances of their home. Joyce knew that it was her son who’d been causing the disruptions and she didn’t care that no one else believed her. She loved her son too much and was ready to do anything to get him back.
24 Make mistakes, learn from them and when life hurts you, because it will, remember the hurt. The hurt is good. -Hopper
Hopper may seem like a really stupid and careless sheriff but once in a while, he does drop some wise gems. Here, he tells Eleven that life may hurt once in a while but that pain and mistakes will only help you grow.
25 Nothing is gonna go back to the way that it was. Not really. But it’ll get better. In time. -Hopper
After everything that the boys and Eleven had gone through, their life was gonna change dramatically. It wasn’t ever going to go back to the way it was before but life certainly has a way of getting better over time.
26 Feelings. The truth is, for so long, I’d forgotten what those even were. I’ve been stuck in that place, in a cave, you might say. A deep, dark cave. -Hopper
Hopper had been through too much in life. He’s first shown to be a careless cop who sucks at his job. But it’s only revealed later that he has a past that caused him to be numb to everything around him.
27 No, El, you’re not the monster. You saved me. Do you understand? You saved me. -Mike
When El is afraid that she is indeed a monster because of uncontrolled supernatural powers, Mike tries to console her. He tells her that she isn’t at all a monster because if Mike is alive, it’s only because of her.
28 We have a lot of rules in our party, but the most important is, ‘Friends don’t lie.’ Never ever. No matter what. -Lucas
‘Friends don’t lie’ is a significant quote that keeps reappearing in the show. Here, after finding out that he’s been lying to them, Lucas reminds Mike that he wasn’t supposed to do that if he really was a friend.
29 All living organisms develop defense mechanisms against attack. They adapt. They find some way to survive. -Sam Owens
Sam Owens was a scientist who was researching the supernatural creatures in the show. Here, he speaks about the natural tendency of every living organism, natural or supernatural, to survive. After all, in nature, survival is the prime mission.
30 Men of science have made abundant mistakes of every kind. -Sam Owens
Every man who has ever contributed to the development of science has always made mistakes. It’s the lessons that come from those mistakes that has brought us humans, where we are today.
30 Best Quotes From Netflix’s Stranger Things
1. Yeah, the real world sucks, deal with it like the rest of us
2. Why are you keeping this curiosity door locked?
3. If you believe in this story… Finish it
4. You keep trying things on until something feels like you
5. You shouldn’t like things because people tell you you’re supposed to
6. When I become rich and famous for this one day, don’t come crawling back, saying, oh, my God, Dustin, I’m so sorry for being mean to you back in 8th grade
7. Science is neat, but I’m afraid it’s not very forgiving
8. Maybe I am a mess. Maybe I’m crazy. Maybe I’m out of my mind! But, God help me, I will keep these lights up until the day I die if I think there’s a chance that Will’s still out there!
9. Nobody normal ever accomplished anything meaningful in this world
10. You’re just not nimble enough, but you’ll get there someday
11. Friends don’t lie
12. You’re now faced with the same choice, Jane: go back into hiding and hope they don’t find you, or fight, and face them again
13. Only love makes you that crazy sweetheart and that damn stupid
14. We all die, my strange little child friend. It’s just a matter of how and when
15. Nothing is gonna go back to the way that it was. Not really. But it’ll get better. In time
16. There’s More To Life Than Stupid Boys. -Max
17. Mornings Are For Coffee And Contemplation. -Jim Hopper
18. If anyone asks where I am, I’ve left the country. -Mike
19. If we’re both going crazy, then we’ll go crazy together, right? —Mike
20. I am on a curiosity voyage, and I need my paddles to travel. These books, these books are my paddles. —Dustin
21. Ask for forgiveness, not permission. -Nancy
22. I’m the monster. -Eleven
23. I don’t care if anyone believes me. -Joyce
24. Make mistakes, learn from them and when life hurts you, because it will, remember the hurt. The hurt is good. -Hopper
25. Nothing is gonna go back to the way that it was. Not really. But it’ll get better. In time. -Hopper
26. Feelings. The truth is, for so long, I’d forgotten what those even were. I’ve been stuck in that place, in a cave, you might say. A deep, dark cave. -Hopper
27. No, El, you’re not the monster. You saved me. Do you understand? You saved me. -Mike
28. We have a lot of rules in our party, but the most important is, ‘Friends don’t lie.’ Never ever. No matter what. -Lucas
29. All living organisms develop defense mechanisms against attack. They adapt. They find some way to survive. -Sam Owens
30. Men of science have made abundant mistakes of every kind. -Sam Owens