第一次碰面，她挑剔，他不羁。22岁的时候，她的女朋友的男朋友搭她的车同去NYC。直率单线条的她，Sally，一面计划着在纽约大学开始记者深造，一面执着、甚至固执地，用力地抱持“男女之间绝对存在友情”的信念，和完全不屑此理论的Harry，在晚餐上桌一语不合。所以一气之下一口气开18小时的车一路直抵纽约，然后清晨在 the Washington Square Arch不欢而散。
Harry: I've been doing a lot of thinking, and the thing is, I love you. Sally: What? Harry: I love you. Sally: How do you expect me to respond to this? Harry: How about, you love me too? Sally: How about, I'm leaving? Harry: Doesn't what I said mean anything to you? Sally: I'm sorry, Harry. I know it's New Year's Eve. I know you're feeling lonely, but you just can't show up here, tell me you love me, and expect that to make everything all right. It doesn't work this way. Harry: Well, how does it work? Sally: I don't know, but not this way. Harry: How about this way? I love that you get cold when it's 71 degrees out. I love that it takes you an hour and a half to order a sandwich. I love that you get a little crinkle above your nose when you're looking at me like I'm nuts. I love that after I spend the day with you, I can still smell your perfume on my clothes. And I love that you are the last person I want to talk to before I go to sleep at night. And it's not because I'm lonely, and it's not because it's New Year's Eve. I came here tonight because when you realize you want to spend the rest of your life with somebody, you want the rest of your life to start as soon as possible. Sally: You see? That is just like you, Harry. You say things like that, and you make it impossible for me to hate you, and I hate you, Harry. I really hate you. I hate you. [They kiss]
