Groundhog Day Love Quotes

How we cite our quotes: All quotations are from Groundhog Day.

Quote #4

RITA: I guess I want what everybody wants: career, love, marriage, children.

When Phil asks Rita what she wants out of life, she answers that she wants what everyone wants. She wants to have a good career and she wants love and a family. For her these wants are universal, although the old Phil Connors wouldn't necessarily agree. He would define "what everyone wants" as money, power, and pleasure.

Quote #5

RITA: And he plays an instrument and he loves his mother.

Rita has a pretty clear vision of who her "ideal guy" is, and she surprises Phil with some of her details. For example, her ideal guy knows how to play an instrument and loves his mother. So what does Phil do? He spends the next several years getting extremely good at the piano.

Quote #6

PHIL: Why not? I love you.

RITA: You love me? You don't even know me.

PHIL: I know you.

The first time Phil says he loves Rita, she doesn't buy it. From her perspective, she has only gotten to know Phil for one day. Little does she know that Phil has spent the last several years' worth of Groundhog Days learning everything he can about her.