How we cite our quotes: All quotations are from Annie Hall.
Quote #4
ANNIE: Do you love me?
ALVY: Love is too weak a word for what—I lurve you. You know, I loave you. I luff you, with two F's. Yes, I have to invent… of course I do. Don't you think I do?
Is it weird that Alvy never actually says "I love you" to Annie?
Quote #5
ALVY: We live together. We sleep together. We eat together. Jesus! You don't want it to be like we're married, do you?
ANNIE: How is it any different?
ALVY: It's different because you keep your own apartment. Because, you know, it's there. We don't have to go to it. We don't have to deal with it. But it's like a free-floating life raft that we know we're not married.
A life raft? Yikes. Alvy's hesitation to really commit to Annie comes back to bite him later. When he accuses her of having an affair with her professor, she's quick to remind him that he's the one who didn't want things to get too serious.
Quote #6
ALVY: Somewhere she cooled off to me. Is it something that I did?
LADY WITH GROCERIES: It's never something you do. That's how people are. Love fades.
ALVY: Love fades? God, that's a depressing thought.
"Love fades" is more than just a mega-depressing thought; it's also a central theme of the movie. So, uh, have a good day, Shmooper.