Dawson's Creek Season 5 Classics

To say that I love the show is an understatement. I love Pacey more than I loved any boyfriend who graced my boring existence. I guess that's why I'm still single. I haven't met my Pacey. Not that I'm complaining.

Here are some lines, mostly Pacey's, that made me smile, cry, laugh, swoon, giggle, and a host of other emotions. You gotta admit the hilarity of some lines make you feel all of those. Wait, it's a drama series? Hah! Sometimes the story sucks and the lines illogical but hey, I love the show, period.

Episode 1 The Bostonians

Jack: These guys are hot.
Jen: Give me the phone.
Jack: Why?
Jen: I’m calling Tobey and telling him you said that.
Jack: I can look.
Jen: Yeah, but you cannot. I like Tobey. Tobey's good people.

Look, you need to get some, and soon, alright, before you achieve born-again virgin status. - Jack

Jack: You know you're a lot more fun when you're with a guy. Watching you twist yourself up into these little knots of anxiety, it's highly entertaining.
Jen: Thanks. That's good to know.

Jack: You didn't think that guy was hot?
Jen: Sure, in a dumb-guy-with-a-dream kinda way.

Audrey: Couldn't you just maybe go to the library for a little while?
Joey: Do you have any idea how much time I’ve spent sex-iled in the library already this semester? It's barely October.
Audrey: Please? Pretty please and just so you know, I'm totally planning on making myself scarce once your beau gets here.
Joey: First of all, he's not my beau. And second of all, he's not coming.
Audrey: Dumpston's not coming?
Joey: Dawson.

Audrey: Hey! Have you ever had an orgasm?
Joey: Excuse me?
Audrey: Have you ever had an orgasm?
Joey: Not something I particularly like to discuss with a near stranger.
Audrey: Me? A near stranger? I am your roommate, Joey. As such, I reserve the right to raise such topics as oral sex, feminine hygiene and orgasm.

Joey: You broke up already?
Audrey: Yes. He tried to talk me into a threesome. I may be easy, but I’m not sleazy. We’re through.

Audrey: I’m afraid for you, Joey.
Joey: What are you talking about?
Audrey: I’m afraid that you’re not having the proper college experience.
Joey: I appreciate the concern, but...
Audrey: No, it’s just... you study, you know, a lot. And you never wanna go out with me.

Pacey: So tell me, what’s the latest scuttlebutt?
Jen: Ay. It’s Bora Bora, where apparently you’ve gone Kurtz.
Pacey: Ooh.
Jen: I hypothesized over that you were in fact here. But I think that everybody likes to imagine a far more exotic locale.
Pacey: And Joey?
Jen: And Joey likes to imagine you’re happy.
Pacey: Which I am.

Joey: I'm assuming I can skip the introductions.
Audrey: Totally. Let me get you up to speed. Jen is my new best friend. And Jack will hereto for be known as Joey’s very cute guy friend.
Jen: Oh, no. No, he’s Joey's very cute gay friend.
Audrey: No, really?
Jack: Pretty gay.
Audrey: And there’s nothing we can do about this?
Jack: Well, I have been kissed by two of the finest female specimens this world has to offer, and that didn’t do it.
Audrey: Both of you girls kissed this boy? That is just so unfair.

Todd: Look, you’re like what, 18?
Dawson: Yeah.
Todd: Chances are, it’s bad. And if I take a look at it and it does indeed suck, than I have to come up with some sort of BS so you don’t feel bad. And if on the off chance it’s actually good, what do I need that for? Why would I wanna be jealous of some 18-year old kid that makes better flicks than I do? Do you see my predicament?

You’ve got balls, kid. Now get off my set. You’re fired. - Todd

Joey: Okay, Jen. Are you gonna tell me his name or am I gonna have to kill you?
Jen: Shh... let’s try and not wake the dragon lady here.
Joey: Jen? Jen?
Jen: Charlie. Okay? His name is Charlie.
Joey: Charlie’s cute.
Jen: Whatever.
Jack: In a dumb-guy-with-a-dream kind of way.
Jen: Charlie’s not dumb.
Jack: Oh, someone’s smitten!

Grams: Ah, nonsense. I can sleep when I’m dead. So, how was your party?
Jen: Fine.
Joey: Jen met a boy.
Jack: Charlie. And he’s not dumb.
Grams: Well... praise the Lord and pass the sugar. And I say, it’s about time.

Episode 2 The Lost Weekend

Jack: The guy will find you and when he does, just throw yourself at him immediately because you obviously want to.
Jen: Whether I want to or not, nice girls do not hurl themselves at boys, Jack. Society at large deems that slutty and self-destructive.
Jack: That’s right, I forgot, you’re a slut. Only you haven’t actually had sex with anybody the entire time that I've known you. And if you look at the cold hard facts, I've kissed more guys than you have this past year.
Jen: Well, that’s not true.
Jack: I’ve kissed one. How many have you kissed?
Jen: One.
Jack: How many straight guys?
Jen: Okay, I... none.

Dawson: You know, it’s probably best that Joey and I are apart right now. If we spend the whole afternoon together we'll just end up saying something that we'd regret.
Audrey: Like?
Dawson: Like why I'm letting this girl ruin my life.
Audrey: Oh.
Dawson: I’m sorry, I should not be discussing this with you.
Audrey: No, hey, you don’t have to apologize to me. I live with the girl.

Charlie: Well, Jen, I guess I've learned in my vast experience that people tend to feel pretty low energy Monday mornings.
Jen: Hmm... And why is that exactly?
Charlie: Because... they generally gone out on the weekend and done something they regret.
Jen: Or not done something they regret. It is possible, you'll agree with me here, to feel more regretful for the things that you haven’t done than the things that you have, like say, failing to get somebody's phone number the first time you meet them?
Charlie: Well, Jen, you're right, that would be a tragedy. Unless the girl, excuse me, woman, involved, had blown you off pretty majorly, and apparently had a boyfriend? Tall, good-looking, dark hair...
Jen: Oh, I see. So what you're running here is a radio program for mopey straight guys who are easily threatened by obviously gay men in Abercrombie sweaters.

Pacey: Okay, okay, look, if I go see this guy, will you get off my case?
Doug: Nothing would make me happier, little brother.

Audrey: Answer the question that's on everyone’s mind. Is USC all it’s cracked up to be?
Dawson: That’s the question on everybody’s mind? What kind of circles are you traveling in?
Audrey: Oh, the Jen-Jack-Joey ones.

I came here from a small town, I like to knit, and I live with my grandmother. - Jen

Pacey: What are you doing?
Melanie: I’m paying the check.
Pacey: Why?
Melanie: Because you don’t have a job.
Pacey: You don’t have a job either.
Melanie: No, but I have a credit card and an allowance, and a trust fund. What, you’d rather pretend I don’t?

Jen: Oh, shoot, shoot, shoot! Hey, hey, why... why did you let me fall asleep?
Charlie: I wasn’t aware we were conducting some sort of vigil.

Karen: This place? Awful. But you know, people are nice and I don’t mean the customers.
Pacey: Yeah, that Danny guy seems pretty cool, I guess.
Karen: Thinks he’s a rock star. They all do. Everyone who works in the kitchen. Chicks dig him in a big way. What am I telling you for? It’s probably why you showed up here to begin with.
Pacey: As it turns out, I'm kind of a one-woman man. Provided she's the right kind.
Karen: And what kind is that?
Pacey: Well, for starters, it’s the kind that doesn't smoke.
Karen: Ouch! You really know how to hurt a girl.

Episode 3 Capeside Revisited

Audrey: This place got an amazing write-up in Time Out Boston. I'm really glad I decided to tag along.
Joey: You mean invite yourself?
Audrey: Will you stop? Nobody believes that you don't adore me.

Audrey: So do we like this Charlie?
Joey: We don't really know this Charlie. She seems to keep this Charlie pretty much to herself.

Audrey: See, that's what I miss most about not having a boyfriend. The snuggling. It's better than sex. If only guys knew how easy it was to make us happy.
Joey: Yeah, but you know what? Even if they did know, they'd still screw it up. Snuggling to them is merely just a means to an end.
Jen: I mean, I've been seeing Charlie for a week and, alright, the only thing that I really know about him is that his boxers are from the Gap.
Audrey: Well, there are worse things, you know?
Jen: Such as?
Audrey: Well, for instance, he could be a tighty-whitey guy.
Joey: Oh!
Jen: Oh, good point!
Joey: Okay, on that note, I'm gonna go to the bathroom. And when I get back, I'd like it very much if this week's episode of Sex and the City had come to an end.
Jen: Okay, Charlotte.

Dawson: Maybe I should just give it more time.
Grams: Because of your busy schedule?
Dawson: Because I... I don't even know what I'm gonna tell them.
Grams: The truth will set you free.
Dawson: The truth will tick them off.

You love academia because of the rules and you hate relationships because of the lack of them. - Audrey

Relationships are messy, that's their nature. They start messy and they end messy, and if you ever wanna have another relationship in your life, you better just stop worrying about the mess. - Audrey

Blossom: There comes a point in every man's life when he has to ask himself that one fundamental question--am I in or am I out?
Jack: Yeah. Yeah, I've asked myself that question, actually, and I think you guys really need to know the answer. I'm gay.
Blossom: You thought we didn't know that?

Jen: You can't base a relationship purely on sex.
Charlie: Now, you see, I beg to differ. Sex is a pretty big thing to have in common. I mean, what exactly are we trying to prove here? What possible reason could there be for two intelligent, responsible people who just happen to have an overwhelming physical attraction for each other to deny that attraction?

Jen: You are totally nearsighted, aren't you?
Charlie: I'm not nearsighted. I just... I just can't read really teeny things far away.
Jen: Like, I don't know, um, subtitles?
Charlie: Yes. Subtitles, alright? I hate subtitles because I can't read them without my glasses. You satisfied?

There is no right or wrong, just the consequences of your actions. - Joey

Episode 4 The Long Goodbye

Let the things you love be your escape. - Mr. Leery

Grams: Why don't you let me take her for a while, dear?
Dawson: I'm afraid I can't do that, Grams. Lily here offers a great buffer. As long as I'm holding her, people tend not to come up to me and offer their platitudes.

Dawson: So, what's yours?
Grams: My what?
Dawson: Your platitude.
Grams: I'm afraid I'm freshed out.
Dawson: Really? I thought for sure you'd whip out 'the Lord works in mysterious ways.'
Grams: The Lord and I, we... we aren't on speaking terms this week.

Dawson: You know, times like this I really wish I was more of a drug person but I don't know, starting up just seems like such a hassle.
Jen: Yeah, plus you can't really score any good dope in Capeside.

Dawson: Remember the time he caught us smoking out here?
Pacey: Yeah. I, uh, of course I remember. Sixth grade, right? I don't think I've ever seen your father so mad. Being Mitch, he had to tell us that he was just concerned for us, which was a bit of a surprise to me because if it was my father, it'd be kind of a different story. In fact, I guarantee I'd still be smoking to this day just to piss him off.

Grams: You know, every night for 46 years, I prayed the good Lord would take me first. I never wanted to go on without him. I didn't think I was capable of it. But somehow, I was. It wasn't easy but inevitably there comes a day that isn't as bad as the one before it.
Mrs. Leery: And until then?
Grams: Well, that's what prescription medication is for... Oh, it's a strange thing we do.
Mrs. Leery: What's that?
Grams: Falling in love. You share your life with another person. You... you give them your heart to the extent that losing them could... potentially destroy you. Crazy thing to do.
Mrs. Leery: You're right. It's insane.
Grams: Then why on earth do we do it?
Mrs. Leery: What else is there?

When I go, I wanna go in a way in which it makes everybody laugh. You know, like, no matter how sudden or tragic the circumstances, you just can't help but laugh. Like gettin' run over by a car full of clowns, that's kinda funny, right? - Pacey

It's not you, Dawson. Do not blame yourself for this. You wanna grieve? You go right ahead. Be my guest. But do not for one single second think that this is your fault. Because it is not your fault. You got your father for 18 years and that is a hell of a lot more than some people get. And your father did one hell of a job, Dawson. He made you into a man. And he made you into a man that people care about, and admire and respect, and most importantly, love. So, why am I doing this? I'm doing this because, once upon a time, you and I were best friends. And that means that whenever you need me, I'm here, any time, anywhere, any place. Forever. You understand that? - Pacey

Episode 5 Four Scary Stories

Grams: Now then, a truly scary story should hit you where you live, find you in a safe place, and turn it into a den of nightmares.
Pacey: Okay. Mission accomplished, Mrs. Ryan, 'cause I'm starting to feel a little freaked out.

Jack: So, I guess this is, uh, typically the time of night that we... go to sleep.
Pacey: Well, hey, don't let us stop you. Unless, of course, you're too afraid to go upstairs by yourself.
Jack: Yeah. Unless of course, you're... you're too scared to go to that creepy little floating house of yours.

Joey: Can we just go before it strikes midnight and Grams emerges looking for her lost head?
Jack: See, I knew the Grams thing runs deep. I knew it.

Episode 6 Use Your Disillusion

Audrey: So, every morning, when you go out for a jog, you’re actually...
Joey: Jogging, yes.
Audrey: You’re not just ditching me to go have some iced cap frappy thing by yourself? Because you realize, I never would have signed on for this little bonding session if I thought that real exercise was involved.

What are you so nervous about? It’s just Dawson. You guys have like known each other since you were... placenta. - Audrey

Wow! Congratulations! That's... I've no idea what that means. - Joey

You think it’s too late to transfer into his class? - Audrey

Save it, because I can smell the male bonding from behind the door. And the odor is pungent. - Karen

Pacey: I'm tellin' you, Karen, she is smart, she is feisty... I can definitely feel the love connection.
Jen: Oh, yeah? Is she flirting with you?
Pacey: Well, if we were to go back to the third grade definition of flirting.
Jen: Hair-pulling, name calling, general nastiness?
Pacey: Yes. If that's the definition, then we definitely got it goin' on.

Jen: What’s he like?
Pacey: Oh, he’s just like me, only older.
Jen: Wait, your mentor, the guy who can supposedly guide you through your life is, is just an older version of you?
Pacey: Yup.
Jen: So what you’re saying is that when you grow up, you basically wanna be yourself?
Pacey: Yeah. I’m very well-adjusted.

Jack: Don’t do that, alright? Don’t... don't... get all girlfriend-y on me.
Tobey: You know, I’m gonna pretend I didn’t hear that last comment.

When I first moved to Capeside, okay, everyone got to know me as... as Andie’s brother. And then it was Joey's artist boyfriend. And then I told everyone I was gay and suddenly, for the rest of high school, that's all I was--Jack, the gay guy. - Jack

Jack: I did it. I'm officially a brother. Whoo!
Jen: Congratulations. You officially sucks.

Episode 7 High Anxiety

Dawson: Am I going crazy?
Dr. Reiss: You're not crazy, Dawson. Stress manifests itself in all kinds of ways and anything as significant as the loss of a parent could easily trigger what you're experiencing.

Joey: Do you need me to take you to the health center?
Audrey: What? No, why?
Joey: You're cleaning.
Audrey: Oh, right, right, I get it. That's a joke, right? Wow, Joey Potter made a joke. Maybe I should take you to the health center.
Joey: Seriously, what is with this Martha Stewart routine?
Audrey: My mother.
Joey: What about her?
Audrey: She's in town for a day and she's coming to visit.
Joey: You mean I get to meet the woman responsible for bringing you into this world? This should be fun.

We're talking about a woman here, so self-involved and insecure that she used to borrow my clothes and hit on my boyfriends. She's like a menace to society, an enemy of daughters everywhere. Brace yourself, Jo, something wicked this way comes. - Audrey

Audrey: I can't believe you told her she looks like my sister.
Joey: What was I supposed to say? And I have to admit she does look young.
Audrey: Yeah, thanks to her two best friends, collagen and botox.

Dawson: Alright, where are you going?
Jen: Um, nowhere.
Dawson: You look pretty smokin' for a girl who's going nowhere.

Jen: Who are you?
Nora: I'm Charlie’s girlfriend. Who are you?
Jen: I'm Charlie’s girlfriend.

Joey: You know what, Mrs. Liddell?
Mrs. Liddell: Uh, Kay, please.
Joey: You know what, Kay, um, I've sat here this entire meal and listened to you do nothing but cut down on your daughter. And I don't know if you're just upset with her because she's not what you want her to be or because she's 18 and you're not. Audrey may be dramatic but at least she's never boring. And she may be interested in a lot of different things but that just makes her well-rounded. And as far as discipline goes, she obviously has a great deal because no matter what you seem to say to her, she somehow manages to grin and bear it. As you can see, I don't really have that kind of discipline. Audrey, let's go, there's a party.

Can you believe that he thought that he could actually talk us into a threesome? I mean, no offense, you're really beautiful. It's just not my scene. - Jen

Joey: Hey, what are you guys doing?
Pacey: Oh, your roommate's hittin' on me.
Audrey: Am not!
Pacey: You are, too.
Audrey: You wish.
Pacey: Hey, I just call 'em like I see 'em, lady.
Audrey: You better watch it 'cause I might just... have to... put a hole on your boat later or something.

Pacey: You got him drunk?
Jack: Yeah, he had a few beers at the house. Why?
Pacey: Well, I kinda thought that the objective was to make him feel better, sober.
Jack: I kinda thought the object here was to make him feel better, period.

Mrs. Liddell:: You don't want me to visit anymore?
Audrey: Okay, well, that would be awesome but that's not gonna happen. So... I don't know... let's just... let's try to be good to each other, okay? 'Cause I know I might be a spoiled brat but quite frankly, I'm the only one you've got. And you may be a raging psychotic but you're my raging psychotic. Do you know what I mean?

You defendeded my honor, Joey. That and you took me to a party. For once, I didn't have to invite myself along. - Audrey

Karen: What's wrong?
Pacey: Um, nothing, I was just noticing that necklace. It's nice.
Karen: Oh, thanks.
Pacey: Is it new?
Karen: No, my grandmother’s. You know, passed down through generations. Thought I lost it the other night, my mother would not have been pleased.
Pacey: Yeah, I can imagine.

Episode 8 Text, Lies And Videotape

Dawson: You never felt ridiculous…blathering on about your problems to a total stranger?
Jen: No more ridiculous than I feel about blathering on to no one on the radio.
Dawson: Hey, it’s not true. I listen.
Jen: You and Grams.

Audrey: Okay, I'm having problems with the tone of the tape though. Do I go for vamp, vixen or all-out slut?
Joey: Well, just as long as you're planning on representing all the colors of the rainbow.

Pacey: You see, now here, it's been months, and I've never actually seen the guy. How is that possible?
Karen: Well, it's like I said, he's got a really crazy schedule.
Pacey: Hmm. And when he's not standing you up, does he ever take you any place special? I don't know, maybe Boston Harbor, gigantic sailboat?
Karen: So, what? He told you?
Pacey: No, he didn't tell me. It's my boat. All this time you've been complaining to me about your boyfriend and here I've been stupid enough to actually have sympathy for you.
Karen: Who asked you to have sympathy for me?
Pacey: You didn't ask me to have sympathy and believe me I've been trying not to.
Karen: So, what, you're just gonna lay your little guilt trip on me now? You don't know anything about my life, Pacey.
Pacey: What I know is that this relationship is gonna bring you nothing but grief. And I also know that I had to look his wife in the eyes and lie, for you. Believe me, that was not too enjoyable.
Karen: Yeah. Well, you know, in the real world, sometimes people actually have to do things that are not so enjoyable, and accept things that are a little less than perfect, and compromise for reasons that sometimes people are too immature to comprehend. In which case, they should just stay the hell out of it.

Joey: I mean, people can be friends, right? Best friends. But the second sexual attraction comes into it, it's like, all bets are off as far as honesty is concerned.
Professor Wilder: So you don't think people can be both friends and lovers?
Joey: I do. I hope I do but... not at 18.

Dawson: She asked me to come three times a week.
Jen: Good.
Dawson: Good? My lack of mental health is good?

Danny: You know, I'm so sorry you're gonna be stuck back here all night. I mean, I feel like the wicked stepmother that's keeping you from the ball.
Pacey: I think my inner princess will get over it.

If he were here and we could ask him, we'd probably find out that all those reasons were more about him. His hopes, his expectations. And just because he died, doesn't mean that he gets to win the argument. - Dr. Weir

See, if you can feel comfortable... not knowing, you can learn anything, anything. And if not, well, then you've stopped before you've begun. - Professor Wilder

Karen: He just... he kissed her... right there in front of me, like I wasn't even there.
Pacey: Well, public kissing is one of the traditional benefits of marriage.

Episode 9 Hotel New Hampshire

You're talking to the king of directionless himself. What do you think I was doing with all those years of high school folly? I was perfecting the life without purpose. - Pacey

Dawson: Well... for what it's worth, the Pacey I know would... figure out a way to help the girl, no matter what the drama.
Pacey: Is that so?
Dawson: Without a doubt.

Joey: So, where's Jack?
Jen: Deep in the land of frat.

Jack: Alright, alright, alright! I may know a girl that meets the specified requirements.
Eric: Hey! I got dibs on whatever this guy's got. Okay, I've seen these quality chicks Mcphee hangs with.

Oh, and don't worry, the duplicitous sleazebag formerly known as our boyfriend Charlie is not here today. - Jen

Jen: I want corny love letters. I just don't understand why he chose her, not me. Is there something wrong with me?
Dawson: Jen, there's nothing wrong with you.
Jen: It's just, all this time, I thought he was cheating on us on equal ground, you know, but... no, she got to be the girlfriend and I was just the... floozie.
Dawson: Floozie?
Jen: Yeah.
Dawson: Jen, floozie?
Jen: It's what I am. A floozie.

Granted, the people of this town are a little... off, but who can deny that we could both use the love? And what better way to spend an evening than as girlfriend to the biggest celebrity in town? - Jen

Jen: Okay, this has gotta stop.
Dawson: What's gotta stop?
Jen: This. The people of this town are perfectly nice. And you blaming them for bad taste is obviously just a way to undermine your own artistic abilities. And you have a tremendous talent, so would you please stop putting yourself down? Or I'll have to break up with you.
Dawson: You can't break up with me. You'll never break up with me. The physical attraction is far too strong.
Jen: You got me there, tiger.

Oliver: Hi. You're really pretty.
Jen: Who's gonna argue?

Pacey: Did you sleep with me to get back at Brecher? You did, didn't you?
Karen: It's not that simple.
Pacey: No, it is that simple.

Oliver: You know, you really piss me off, Leery. I mean, I... I used to take pride in thinking that I was the only geek in America that knew who A.I. Brooks was. Seriously, though, man, your flick is fantastic. I'm blown away.
Dawson: Thank you.
Oliver: You know... you're not half the goon I thought you were.
Dawson: I'm not a, uh, Hollywood slickster?
Oliver: Okay, I... I can get a little carried away sometimes.

Dawson: Jen, this is Oliver.
Jen: Oh, yeah. Your movie was fantastic.
Oliver: Thanks. Um, and you're still really pretty.
Jen: Thank you.
Oliver: You know, I was just about to tell Dawson how lucky he is. Yeah, you guys make a great couple.
Dawson: Well, thank you.
Jen: Very much.

Jen: Did you hear that, baby? You're lucky to have me.
Dawson: That's an understatement if I ever heard one.

Joey: How do you get off talking about Audrey like that?
Jack: You yourself used to talk about her like that.
Joey: Yeah, but that's before I knew her. I wasn't going around selling her to the highest bidder.

Joey: Because it feels to me like you're hiding, Jack. Like you're pushing us and yourself away because maybe it's just easier to be another one of the meatheads.
Jack: Meathead?
Joey: Yeah!
Jack: You don't even know any of these people.
Joey: Well, I really don't want to run off and meet them all now that I know they're all wannabe pimps.
Jack: Okay, see, now, you're exaggerating, Joey. You know what? Every time something doesn't meet your standard of righteousness, you write it off like it's the worst thing on earth.
Joey: Standard of righteousness?
Jack: Yeah!
Joey: Jack, try common decency and respect.
Jack: Jo, Joey, look around. Everybody here is having a good time. Nobody's forcing anyone to be here.
Joey: That's true. No one's forcing me to be here.

Dawson: Why didn't it work out between us?
Jen: You were in love with Joey.
Dawson: No. That's too easy. I seem to recall you having broken up with me.
Jen: Yeah, but, I, oh, God. I quickly saw the errors of my ways and proceeded to, um, hurl myself at you in a very embarrassing fashion.
Dawson: That's right, you did. And I'm ashamed to admit, I really enjoyed that. I did. I loved it. Especially you being the first girl that torn my heart out and all.
Jen: I did?
Dawson: God, yeah. Temple of doom style.

Dawson: So that's what everyone's talking about.
Jen: That's it.
Dawson: Hmm... it wasn’t... what I imagined.
Jen: It's not?
Dawson: No. Everyone always told me your first time is never as good as you'd imagine it to be. That was... every bit the fantasy. And you were...
Jen: We. We were.
Dawson: You're right. We. Great.

Karen: Take care, Witter.
Pacey: Yeah, you, too, Torres.

Jen: Wish we didn't have to leave here.
Dawson: So we stay.
Jen: Stay?
Dawson: Yeah. We stay. At least a couple days. After all, this is the honeymoon suite, right?
Jen: And I am your girlfriend.

Episode 10 Appetite For Destruction

Joey: Ooh, the rice is looking kinda gummy, Pace.
Pacey: Uh, no, it's risotto, Jo. And it's not gummy, it's just absorbing the stuff.
Jack: Joey, please don't hinder the man's process, alright? I'm starving.
Audrey: Yeah, me, too. What gives with the fancy rice?
Pacey: It's risotto. And it can't just be cooked, it has to be built.
Audrey: Well, that's awesome and everything, but if the plan is for us to bond, let's just order a pizza and give each other manicures.
Joey: Audrey, aside from the fact that we said that we would have these weekly dinners and have obviously failed to do so, Pacey's cooking, on his night off, no less. I mean, we should at least welcome the break from dining hall fare.
Audrey: Yeah, well, you promised me a Grams, and I see no Grams, so the evening is clearly ruined. I'm liking the decor, however. Hey, you guys ever go crazy and eat off the plates on the wall?
Pacey: Hey, Audrey, you know that onion I asked you to chop?
Audrey: Yes. Yes, I do.
Pacey: Fork it over.
Audrey: Oh, no. I'm sorry, I thought you're just trying to make me feel included by giving me a little task to do. I didn't...

Dawson: You don't have to say anything.
Jen: Are you proposing that we sneak around, Dawson Leery? Because, you know, I am that kind of girl.

Pacey: Look, it's not supposed to be this gummy. I mean, you're supposed to serve it right away before anything has a chance to coagulate.
Jen: I'm sorry. That's probably our... ehem... my fault for the coagulation. I just didn't know that everybody was gonna be here and...
Dawson: Or that Pacey was cooking.
Jen: Right. Who could have guessed?
Jack: Already finishing each other's sentences.

Joey: Look, so they had a fun weekend together. They were kissing. And believe me, it's literally nothing I haven't seen before.
Audrey: Oh, yes, right! Joey, come on. This isn't like first week Audrey that you're talking to here. This is December Audrey. I'm wise. I've been studying your people for a great many months and I know how it works, and... and also, I know a thing or two about the casual kiss and I'm... I'm sorry but that kiss looked decidedly un-casual. I... I know that you're just this... nice country girl who grew up on a stream or whatever but, don't you know what I'm talking about?
Joey: I'm sorry. Uh, what's the topic at hand?
Audrey: Well, that clearly relations were had. You know, scantily clad and possibly fully naked relations?
Joey: Oh, thank you for that image.
Audrey: I'm sorry. It just seems like you need a little slap in the face. Come on, woman, a reaction, please.
Joey: I'm sorry to disappoint you but I don't have a reaction.

Pacey: Well, first off, why aren't you eating your risotto? But second and far more importantly, why, oh, why, did you choose to take the lovely and talented Jen Lindley away for the weekend?
Jack: A woman even my tribe can't resist.
Pacey: A woman who has tugged at the heartstrings of rehabilitated rebels and frat boys alike, and here you are not sharing the details?
Dawson: I got nothin' to share.

Jack: You can call me crazy but I don't think Joey's gonna mind a little kissing, unless of course, something more happened.
Pacey: Now, there's an interesting idea, but what more could have happened?
Dawson: Guys, I'm not gonna go over the bases with you.
Pacey: I didn't say bases. Did you say bases?
Jack: Guys, we don't need details.
Dawson: Alright, I'll be right back.
(Dawson leaves)
Pacey: Bases is plural.
Jack: He did.
Pacey: You think?
Jack: Definitely did. You feel different?
Pacey: I do. I do. I feel different. I mean, here we have Dawson Leery walking amongst us and I gotta tell ya, I'm a little worried that maybe he wasn't prepared. We didn't even get a chance to have the talk. How do you know?
Jack: It's not so much him as it is her. I mean, sick as it sounds, I know the look.
Pacey: Oh, man! You know, we almost did, too.
Jack: I know. I know. Come to think of it, we almost did once, too.
Pacey: What do you think it takes?
Jack: A virgin and a straight guy.
Pacey: Damn!

Man, last week, she told me that um... she couldn't think of anybody better to take care of you than me. I don't think this is what she had in mind. - Jen

Okay, okay. But seriously, where's the Grams? You guys have been evading the question all night. What do you, like, keep her upstairs in the attic or something? - Audrey

Joey: Oh, I'm sorry. What can I do to make you feel more comfortable? Audrey, everyone's treating me like a delicate little flower in there. No thanks to these emergency rushes to the kitchen on the half hour.
Audrey: Well, what is wrong with you? Why aren't you a delicate little flower? Have you no soul? Just a black, black void?

Audrey: Um, Pacey, don't the salads usually come first?
Pacey: Well, Audrey, those with sophisticated tastes usually save the salad for the third course because it cleanses the palette before dessert.
Joey: Don't listen to her, Pace. She can't even work the dorm microwave.
Audrey: Well, I didn't have one growing up, okay? My mother was afraid of radiation poisoning. Little did she know there were more dangerous things in the house like her.

Pacey: Dawson, I'm sure she'll be right in.
Dawson: Trust me, I'm in no mood to cause a scene. I'm just gonna see if she's okay.
Pacey: Like I'm all for scene causing. I wanna serve the guy up as garnish for the third course but, don't be that guy. And I know you, man, you're ten times better than that guy.
Dawson: Charlie? I should hope.
Pacey: Not just Charlie. The guy who needs to check in long before the check in is due. If you start your relationship with Jen off like this, panicking every time she leaves the room, rushing out to size up the competition, which is, really, let's be honest, what you're doing here, then the whole thing is gonna have this needy overtone that believe me, is a rocky road best left untraveled.
Dawson: That guy doesn't sound a heck of a lot like me. Why do I get a feeling you're this guy?
Pacey: 'Cause generally you're a very wise man.

Then what happened? Dawson, how did I go from being on the corner of possibility to being nothing at all. - Joey

Joey: And you feel like you can't be yourself around me.
Dawson: No, Joey, you're just hearing what you wanna hear.
Joey: No, I think I'm hearing what you're afraid to tell me.
Dawson: Joey, it hurts to be around you. When I see you even from across the room, it brings up a thousand memories, not just of us, but of my entire life before. It's like I'm frozen in this place that I can't bear to be. I care about you so much. As long as I can remember, everything's always come back to you and you, no matter what was happening between us, even the thought of you is at least a constant comfort but... I can't go back. It just... it hurts.

Pacey: Good to know that I salvaged something though I promise that next time we do this, it will be much, much easier.
Joey: Next time?
Pacey: Oh, yeah. We can't quit now. You don't stop riding a bike just 'cause you smash into a tree.

Dawson: It's only natural, guys, that we drift apart a little bit. I mean, trite as it sounds, we're not in high school anymore.
Audrey: Do you guys know how lucky you are? I mean, I can't even name two people that I still talk to that I knew when I was 15. Maybe you shouldn't be taking it for granted. And plus, you know, none of them can cook and they're all hepped up on goofballs.
Jen: It's actually kind of amazing that we all still know each other.
Joey: And I guess we can't really expect each other to... be exactly as we were when we first met.
Dawson: That's a lot to expect.
Joey: A lot to live up to.
Jack: Well, we're all still sittin' here. Must be something worth sticking around for, right?
Audrey: Well, sure, I mean, the dessert... oh, and the lifelong friendships.
Dawson: I'll toast to that.

Audrey: Whoo! Is this the Grams? Oh, no offense, but you're kinda a lot cooler than I thought you'd be.
Grams: Oh, yes, I do seem to get that quite a bit. And you would be?
Audrey: Oh.
Joey: Oh, I'm sorry, Mrs. Ryan, this is my roommate Audrey.
Grams: Oh, so this is the Audrey. Your reputation preceeds you.
Audrey: Oh, well, it usually does.

Audrey: Yeah, I'm with, um, Pacey, always a pleasure. You can make me a tart anytime.
Pacey: Be careful what you wish for.
Audrey: Okay. You got that one for free.

Jen: So I figure that I've heard a piece of everybody's mind today except yours. Hit me with your best shot.
Pacey: Well, I'm sorry, Jen, but I can't help you there. You'll get no judgments out of me.
Jen: But that's awfully disappointing because Pacey's judgments are the best kind.
Pacey: Well, how about this? I would be satisfied if everybody would just do what makes them happy and left it at that.
Jen: But the planets would collide and the sea would boil over with blood.
Pacey: And don't I know it? But, you did seem happy. At least for the first five minutes. Maybe not so much after that.
Jen: Thank you.

You know what, though? No offense, but being cooped up with Professor Potter all night is quickly losing its allure. Would you mind if I tagged along, Jack? - Audrey

Okay, we are so going to a gay bar. Your efforts to set me up definitely call for revenge. - Audrey

The things we really want always seem like a good idea at the time. - Pacey

And I am a firm believer that things happen for a reason. And things have a wonderful habit of working themselves out regardless of how you may plan them to the contrary. - Pacey

Episode 11 Something Wild

Pacey: How's vacation going?
Bessie: Behold the human vegetable.

Dawson: I just want to savor the significance of this moment. This is the first time I’ve actually brought a girl home.
Jen: Well, I'd hate to ruin the moment for you but I think that I’m actually going through a rite of passage here, too. This is the first time that I’ve been brought home.
Dawson: Really?
Jen: Yeah, usually I get brought to a motel.
Dawson: We've already done that.

Joey: You know, there's a fundamental difference between having a thought and actually acting upon it.
Pacey: That's true, and there's also a fundamental difference between saying that you're gonna change and actually doing it.

Audrey: But we had this big fight about money and they even suggested I get rental boots. Can you believe that?
Pacey: Well, what's wrong with rental boots?
Joey: Hard to coordinate with a hot pink bunny suit.

Don't worry, I already told Audrey not to show up looking like a showgirl tomorrow to work. - Pacey

Pacey: So then you're not chewing me out?
Danny: No, I'm promoting you. Which means I'm giving you a 20 percent increase in your salary.
Pacey: Okay, you have to forgive the look of shock on my face but I'm... shocked.

Okay, seriously, is there a note in here that says "I’m screwin' with you, Witter?" - Pacey

Audrey: Ooh. Speaking of which, now there is a highly kissable boy.
Joey: Cute.
Audrey: Cute? Come on, Joey. That guy is gorgeous.
Joey: Okay, he's gorgeous and... familiar.
Audrey: You, we have to plot some smart, subtle way for you to meet him.
Joey: How about I go up to him and say, "Aren't you Charlie, the guy who dicked over Jen?"
Audrey: That's Charlie? Charlie the jerk?
Joey: In the flesh.
Audrey: Ooh! Such beautiful flesh for a jerk. Jen has good taste in men. I mean... musicians, you know? These guys rock.

Pacey: Hey... I know that voice.
Joey: Audrey’s excited about her new job. And when Audrey’s excited about something...
Pacey: How did we ever get through high school without that girl?

Charlie: I've never done this before.
Joey: Really?
Charlie: Yeah.
Joey: So, you must have used a different tact with Jen Lindley, huh?
Charlie: Um... Joey, the smart girl from Worthington.
Joey: Charlie, womanizer from Boston Bay.
Charlie: Yeah, this is deeply humiliating. But hey, you can't blame a guy for trying.
Joey: No, but you don't have to have a drink with him.

Joey: You again?
Charlie: Hey, what can I say? I don't give up easily.
Joey: You know, helping a girl get a drink doesn't absolve you from cheating on her friend.
Charlie: I'm not looking for absolution. I'm looking for a second chance.
Joey: Well, Jen is not currently swimming in the available pool right now. Maybe you haven't heard.
Charlie: I'm talkin' about you.
Joey: A second chance with me? I didn't realized you ever had a first.

Pacey: Do you think it's possible she went home?
Audrey: I don't know. Maybe she met somebody. We sort of made this pact we were gonna kiss some boys tonight.
Pacey: Doesn't sound like a pact that Joey would make.
Audrey: Okay, well, I made it without her, but she was there.

Audrey: Oh, my God! That can't be the same girl that sleeps in my room! Who is that girl?!
Pacey: That is 'other Joey.'

Don't ever call me uptight! - Joey

Dawson: You are so beautiful.
Jen: Okay, apology accepted.
Dawson: Just like that? I had, like, a very impassioned... speech.
Jen: Yeah, I don't really need it.
Dawson: I'm prepared to grovel.

Sometimes there are things that you don't even want the people who are close to you to know about. - Audrey

And he actually told me that he was proud of me. It's the first time in my entire life I have ever heard him say those words--he's proud of me. - Pacey

Pacey: Parents are strange creatures.
Audrey: I know. From another planet, right?
Pacey: Lord.

Episode 12 Sleeping Arrangements

Dawson: You know, I never really thought you were that into makeup.
Jen: You have no idea how much makeup it takes to look like you're really not that into makeup.

Audrey: (to Pacey) Hey, gorgeous!
Danny: You never call me gorgeous.
Audrey: That's because you're old enough to be my father, Danny.
Danny: Ouch.

Jack left this (Gameboy Advance) behind. It must be the work of the devil. It's had me under it's spell for two hours now. - Grams

Grams: You're right, it has been a bit strange. But I'd like to think I've come a long way over the past few years with Jennifer’s help. Once upon a time, I couldn't even say the word penis.
Dawson: You know, it would... it would be fine by me if you never said it again.
Grams: Can do.

Audrey: So, are you gonna tell me what's wrong or am I gonna have to punch you in the face?
Pacey: How are you so sure there's something wrong with me?
Audrey: Well, because usually you're so high energy which can be kind of annoying but I have to say something, high-energy Pacey is way cooler than sullen Pacey.

Audrey: So what's the problem? That's like your whole thing, right? The young man and the sea routine.
Pacey: Well, thank you for making it sound so stupid but yes, it is my thing and I would be lying if I didn't tell you that I was ecstatic at the prospect of getting back out there.

Audrey: So, how did he take it?
Pacey: He was really great about it, actually.
Audrey: I don't know why you're so surprised.
Pacey: What do you mean?
Audrey: I don't know why you're surprised he was great about it. I mean, the people that care about you, they just want you to be happy, right?

Audrey: And then, of course, I mean... there is that other reason, too.
Pacey: Oh, yeah? What's that?
Audrey: Duh. You totally want me.
Pacey: Audrey, if you're attracted to me, you can just say so. We don't have to play all these childish games.
Audrey: Um, Pacey, you're really nice and everything. It's just that... I don't know, you're kind of... boring.
Pacey: Boring? I'm boring? You think I'm boring?!
Audrey: Yeah, I don't know. It's hard to explain really. It's just the whole walking on water thing. It doesn't really do it for me.
Pacey: I'm not boring! I'm not boring. Did you ever stop to think that you might not actually be my type either?
Audrey: No!
Pacey: No?
Audrey: No! Guys don't have types.
Pacey: What do you mean guys? Of course, guys have types. Are we not human? Do we not have feelings?
Audrey: Pacey!
Pacey: Yes?
Audrey: I have boobs. You would sleep with me.
Pacey: Well... I don't think that I could, actually.
Audrey: Erectile dysfunction?
Pacey: No, not erectile dysfunction. You're just too bawdy for me.
Audrey: Ew! Bawdy?! You make it sound like I'm Bette Midler or something.

Audrey: Listen, be careful, use redundant forms of birth control, and don't push her head down. Girls don't like that.
Pacey: You think?
Audrey: Good night, Pacey.

Audrey: Waitressing is a bitch!
Joey: Nice entrance.
Audrey: Oh, my feet feel like one enormous blister.
Joey: I told you not to wear those shoes.
Audrey: Oh, okay. It's official. You do know everything.

Pacey: Thank you so much, Audrey.
Audrey: You never told me it was a secret.
Pacey: Well, I never told you that it wasn't, either.
Audrey: You know what, whatever. I don't have time for semantics, Pacey.

Pacey: This is a truly beautiful sextant, but... I can't accept it.
Dawson: Yes, you can.
Pacey: No, no. I actually can't because... I'm not going anywhere.
Dawson: You're not?
Pacey: No. I'm staying right here.
Joey: Why?
Jack: Not that we're complaining or anything.
Jen: Right, yeah, what he said. But why?
Pacey: Well, because... Boston ain't half bad. And for the first time in my life, I don't really feel like I have anything to run from. And because I don't think Civilization will survive without me.
Audrey: Let's not forget the fact that you want me.
Pacey: Well, that goes without saying.
Audrey: Oh.
Jen: This is good. This is good.
Pacey: Yeah, this is very good. I'm happy about it but unfortunately now I find myself without a place to live...
Jack: You know there's always room for one more at Grams' house.
Pacey: Thank you but no thank you.
Audrey: Well, face it, Pace, you're stuck with us.
Pacey: Ah, yes I am.

Episode 13 Something Wilder

Audrey: Whoa! Whoa! Am I interrupting? Are there naked people in here?
Joey: No!
Audrey: Oh. Bummer.

Audrey: Someone's got a boyfriend.
Joey: Audrey, your elementary school methods of taunting aren't gonna work this time.
Audrey: Who's got a boyfriend? Joey's got a boyfriend!
Joey: Okay, okay, tickle me one more time, I swear I will bite you.

Jen: Why do I feel like all the boys are looking at me?
Jack: Well, because all the boys are looking at you.

Jen: Oh, first of all, uh, I just wanna reiterate, Audrey, that you don't have to use your full name every time that you call in to the radio show because it's supposed to be confidential.
Audrey: Yeah, well, I have nothing to hide, sugar plum.

Jen: I don't wanna see you close the door on possibilities, Audrey. I wanna see you open up. Let the sunshine in.
Audrey: Okay, I'm sorry. I wanted to talk to Jennifer Lindley.

Jack: I said I'll make it up, alright? You don't have to worry about it.
Blossom: I hope not. Maybe you should be studying instead of playin' football. We got a quiz in Socio comin' up, don't we?
Jack: I don't see you studying.
Blossom: Well, that's because I'm not on academic probation.

Pacey: How very Marcia Brady of you, Jo. So, tell me, who are the lucky contestants?
Audrey: Well, behind door number one, we have nice guy.
Joey: His name is Elliot, for God's sake.
Audrey: A sweet young lad who's quite smitten with our Joey. Cute, funny, wears sweater vests, which is the only strike against him thus far.
Pacey: That's bad. So, who's behind door number two?
Joey: Can we not do this?
Audrey: Ah, yes, the professor. The forbidden fruit, if you will.
Joey: He's not fruit. He's my teacher. And it's not a date, it's an academic group activity with the entire...
Audrey: Well, which doesn't mean that it couldn't end up with date-like circumstances, the two of you wrapped around each other like squid.
Joey: Oh, beautiful image, Audrey, but not one that I'm entertaining.

Audrey: Alright, listen, I'm all for you bedding down with the gorgeous professor.
Pacey: Oh, yeah. Been there, done that. It's good.

Audrey: Boyfriends are time-consuming things and... some people think that they're ready but they're not and... it's not just going to dinner a bunch of times and gettin' greasy afterwards.
Pacey: It's not?
Audrey: No! It's letting your guard down. You know, getting past the small talk and really allowing yourself to be intimate with somebody new.

I always prefer to get my advice from people who are far more dysfunctional than I am. That way I feel good about my life. - Pacey

Why don't you give him 20 dollars and tell him to get a lap dance? - Jen

Stop wasting your time wishing that you were somebody else and... grab hold of what you have coming to you. Because you never know when it's gonna come your way again. - Audrey

Pacey: So, do you wanna talk to me about it?
Jack: About what?
Pacey: About whatever it is that's making you do this to yourself, man.
Jack: What exactly am I doing to myself, Pacey?
Pacey: Well, for starters, you're flunking yourself out of school. And you can talk to me all you like about makeup exams 'cause believe me, I'm the king of makeup exams. And you can tell me that the whole thing's crap and you don't care about your grades but I'm not gonna buy that, Jack, especially not from you. 'Cause I know how hard you worked to get yourself into college. I know that it must terrify you, to be on academic probation. And it terrifies you because you just don't know how you got to this point, right? All you're doing was cuttin' loose, havin' a little bit of fun, I mean, believe me, man, I understand that. I've been there. I know what it's like.
Jack: What do you want from me, huh?
Pacey: Nothing. Uh... I'm just curious. I'm just curious 'cause from my perspective, you're flunking out of school and you're drinking like you got a death wish, all so you can hang out with a bunch of guys who pretty much attacked you last night.
Jack: They didn't attack me last night.
Pacey: They didn't attack you?
Jack: No.
Pacey: Jack, it was ten on one in there. And they left you here, bleeding, just in case you forgot. So I'm just curious. Is it worth it? Are they worth it?

Episode 14 Guerilla Filmmaking

Amateurs. I'm surrounded by amateurs. - Dawson

Pacey: Audrey, I would like to introduce you to my good friend Gina.
Rina: Excuse me?
Pacey: What?
Rina: What's my name?
Pacey: Ehem.
Rina: My name is Rina. R-I-N-A.
Pacey: Which is what I said, Rina. Didn't I say Rina, Audrey?
Audrey: You said Gina.
(Rina storms out)
Pacey: (to Audrey) Thank you.
Pacey: Oh, come on, sweetheart, don't leave angry. Or if you must, at least don't drive angry.
Rina: Have a nice life, Stacey!

The real problem is that Oliver is without a doubt, the most pathetic excuse for a thespian that's ever been. - Dawson

Jack and Grams have more sexual chemistry than these two. - Dawson

Charlie: I knew it. I knew you could never live without me.
Jen: Oh, on the contrary, I actually plan to spend the rest of my life living without you, Charlie, but... I need a favor.
Charlie: A favor? Now, why on earth would I do you a favor?
Jen: You get to make out with a really hot girl.
Charlie: Okay. Step into my office.

Yeah, procrastination. It's the only skill we ever learn in college. - Jack

Jen: A world of pain. Charlie, one step closer and you're entering a world of pain.
Charlie: You know, Dawson, buddy, it's difficult to really become the character here when she is not giving me anything to work with.
Jen: Acting tip: It's called using your imagination.

Eric: What was it like when you realized you were gay?
Jack: Well, it wasn't like that, you know? It wasn't like I woke up one morning from an especially nasty dream about Robert Downey, Jr. and I said to myself, "Hey, I must be gay."
Eric: Well, what was it like?
Jack: Well, you know... so many people just, they spend so much of their lives just locked up in this cage inside themselves. And they never even know they have the key all along. That's how it was for me. I, I can't tell you when I first realized it, you know. I don't know, at some level, I think I've always known it. Probably just like you've always known you're straight. It wasn't about realizing that I was gay, it was about realizing that it was alright.
Eric: You're an amazing guy, Jack. You know that? You really are. You're the kind of guy that I wanna be.

Audrey: Cut! Cut!
Dawson: Cut.
Audrey: I'm sorry, okay? It's just that my co-star Charlie Sheen over here, is ramming his tongue down my throat. Hey, I feel like he's looking for my diaphragm.
Charlie: Foiled again.

And, uh, Pace? I see the boom dip into my frame, I begin to forget our friendship. - Dawson

Audrey: I'm sorry. I can't work like this, okay? It's completely unprofessional. And it's just... it's too intense with you standing right there next to me.
Pacey: Huh?
Audrey: You're a terrible boom operator. - Audrey

Pacey: So, Dawson, let's say that, hypothetically speaking, I might have some insight into why your ingenue is so exasperated today, and let's also say that, hypothetically speaking, I might be mildly culpable for her exasperation. Which really isn't that important, okay? I'm sure it's nothing. Forget I mentioned it.
Dawson: Pacey, my patience is wearing just a little bit thin.
Pacey: Okay, well, uh, here's the thing. I kissed her.
Dawson: You idiot. Didn't anybody ever tell you the first rule of the universe?
Pacey: Uh, yeah. That energy is conserved.
Dawson: First rule of the universe is never get involved with an actress.

Joey: Pace, why did Dawson insist you come along on this mission? Did something happen between you and Audrey?
Pacey: No. No! Of course not. Because if there's something happening between me and Audrey, we'd be full of terrible, awful things, right?
Joey: Pacey, you're an idiot.
Pacey: Okay. If one more person calls me an idiot, I'm really gonna start feeling bad about myself.
Joey: Don't you think I'd prefer you hooking up with someone amazing like Audrey rather than some random ditz who's name you can't even remember in the morning?
Pacey: Hah! I can remember her name.
(Joey knocks)
Audrey: Go away. Severe flooding. Out of order.
Joey: Audrey, it's me. I'm with Pacey. We're coming in.
Pacey: What do you mean? I can't go in there. That's the ladies room.

Audrey: I don't deserve to talk to you. I don't even deserve to be in the same lavatory as you.
Joey: Why, because you kissed Pacey?
Audrey: What? You told her? How could you? Amateur.
Joey: Audrey, Pacey didn't tell me. I intuited.
Audrey: That's amazing, Joey. You're very intelligent.
Joey: Next stop, rocket science.

Audrey: That our friendship is like the special-est thing that I’ve found since I came here, what do I do? I stepped on it. I betray you. Why? Because I'm weak when it comes to men.
Joey: You're not. Okay, maybe you are weak. But kissing Pacey is not weak. In fact, it could be the smartest thing either one of you has done for a long time.
Pacey: Really?
Audrey: You think?

Audrey: You're like... giving us permission?
Joey: You don't need my permission. I'm giving you my blessing... for what it's worth.

I want you to listen to me closely because you're never gonna get anything like this again. You know the truth. You know what really happened in that room and what didn't, and you're gonna have to live with that. And believe me when I tell you, Eric, you've got some serious issues to deal with and you need some serious help. I really hope you find it. - Jack

Jack: You alone?
Jen: No, I got the Vienna Boys Choir with me.
Jack: Can we put the biting sarcasm to rest?
Jen: You waiting for a bus?
Jack: Nope. I'm just sitting here being cold.

Jen: What's happened to you?
Jack: Oh, it's hard to say. I seem to remember the... two of us hanging out in front of that coffee stand at the beginning of the year. Then dumb-guy-with-a-dream comes up and invites us to a fraternity party and... everything after that's kind of a blur. Jen, can I ask you a question?
Jen: You can ask me a question.
Jack: Did you like Notting Hill?
Jen: Are you kidding? I love that movie.

Pacey: You were amazing out there tonight.
Audrey: Was I?
Pacey: Yes, you were. And then of course, there's that... that thing that you do. How do you do that thing?
Audrey: What thing?
Pacey: You smile and the whole world lights up.
Audrey: Acting.
Pacey: Beats the hell out of work.

Episode 15 Downtown Crossing

Mugger: Well, the point is, I love my wife. I love my daughter. But... I am who I am. Nothing's gonna change that. I mean, you wanna know why people do the things that they do. There is no why, sweetheart. They just do.
Joey: That's crap. If you really loved your daughter, if you really loved her, you wouldn't do those things.
Mugger: No, you're wrong. I do love my daughter. I love her very much. I love her so much it's easier just being stoned. You know, it's not like I can overcome every tragic flaw I have. It's just not possible, you know?
Joey: Let me ask you a question, she comes to you in 15 years and asks you why you couldn't get over yourself for her, and what do you say?
Mugger: Grow up. Get on with your life. Don't blame me.
Joey: I really admire that tough-guy bravado. You know what, it just doesn't track. You obviously cared enough to wanna get that money back. And now it looks like you're gonna die alone. How does that feel?
Mugger: Big deal. Everybody dies alone.
Joey: Great. Good answer. Well, I'll let you get to it. Have a nice after-life.

Episode 16 In A Lonely Place

Pacey, clearly, when you and I had sex, we created some sort of... a cosmic imbalance, okay? Like a karmic disturbance, if you will, and what this means is that bad energy is seeking us out. Okay? It's here, and it's hovering. - Audrey

Pacey: Look, I know for a fact that's she's going to that concert thing with Jen tonight and I'm sure they're just in there pimping away right now.
Jack: Primping, not... not pimping.

Jack: I mean, Joey getting mugged has nothing to do with you and Audrey having sex.
Pacey: Finally, someone who agrees with me. So look, could you just go up there and send her down, please?
Jack: No. They're gone. They're gone. Uh, pimped out of here ages ago. Sorry.

Jen: Uh, just to set the record straight, you may be here on some misguided, hormonally charged attempt to get the Pacey out of your system?
Audrey: Which you promised not to comment on.

Dawson: You used to know this stuff.
Joey: Wrong. I only pretended to know stuff like this so that you would be impressed with me.
Dawson: You are way more of a girl than I ever imagined.

Jack: So, how long have you been talkin' to that guy?
Pacey: I don't know. Couple minutes. Who cares? What's important is that he is this far away from giving us a write-up.
Jack: What's he want in return?
Pacey: Uh-huh... You don't think that he thinks that I'm...
Jack: Yeah. Unless some time in the past few minutes you've just... happened to mention the fact that, uh, gee, I don't know, you're not gay.
Pacey: Jack, look at me, okay? Really look at me. I'm a schrub, okay? I'm not gay-friendly. I would be an insult to gay-dom.
Jack: Okay, you might have a point there but the guy was hangin' on your every word.
Pacey: Sure he was. So?
Jack: So, you're not that interesting.
Pacey: I'm not?
Jack: No! He... look, nobody listens that hard, okay? Unless, they're just tryin' to, you know...
Pacey: Oh. Interesting.
Jack: What?
Pacey: Well... I think for the first time in my life, I understand what it must be like to be a woman. A really hot woman.
Jack: Oh. Uh... not that hot.
Pacey: I'm not?
Jack: Not really.

Jack: But... what are you gonna do when he asks you for your number, huh?
Pacey: I will look him right in the eye and give him your phone number.

Audrey: So I... made this deal with God. I said, "God, please let Joey be okay. Like really and truly okay, and I will walk the path of moral righteousness. I will do everything right for a change."
Wynn: So no more trying to pick up guys in rock and roll bands?
Audrey: Well, God doesn't want me to be nun.

Jack: Now.
Pacey: Right. Um, Jeff, there's something I gotta tell you. I'm not, um, the thing is, I'm not totally... totally, uh...
Jeff: Available? You're not available. That's what you're trying to say.
Pacey: Yes. That's exactly what I'm trying to say.
Jeff: I sort of suspected. You seem very... together.
Pacey: And we are.
Jeff: Well, it was nice meeting you both. You know, I don't usually do this but what the hell. If you guys ever break up, give me a call sometime.
[Jeff leaves]
Pacey: What just happened right there? I think that I should be insulted on several different levels about that.
Jack: Pacey, you're not gay.
Pacey: Well, I know that and you know that but he doesn't know that. So far as he's concerned, you're my boyfriend!

You kissed your professor. You kissed the guy who gives you grades. - Dawson

You know, that’s... that's kind of the essence of Audrey, isn't it? I mean, she just zeroes in on the one thing that you're slightly afraid of, and then she just does not take no for an answer. That's a good quality to have in a person. - Jack

Pacey: She need a ride?
Audrey: She's, um, got a car.
Pacey: Do you need a ride?
Audrey: I need a life.
Pacey: Yeah, you do, don't you?

Episode 17 Highway To Hell

Yeah! You know, this is really hot and everything but the thrill of knowing that Joey could walk in the door at any minute is kinda wearing off. - Audrey

Well, these make-out sessions used to be very old-school charming but now it's quickly moving into the realm of slutdom. Your car, my dorm room, the coed bathroom... A lady must be courted, Pacey. - Audrey

Joey: I mean, if I do this, which apparently we've decided I am, eh, it's for the fun experience of it, not Charlie, just to clarify.
Audrey: Well, duly noted. Now, let's go pick out an outfit. And not from your closet, okay? From mine.

Dawson: Wow, I feel really old and boring all of a sudden.
Jen: Why? Just because Grams didn't catch us in a compromising position?
Dawson: Yes, exactly.
Jen: You know, not every morning has to begin with an embarrassing Grams encounter.

Pacey: And you'll let me pick the music?
Audrey: If you must. It'll be fun, Pacey, come on! There are worse ways to spend your Saturday then traveling the open road with a couple of hotties.
Pacey: True, that. But I still don't like the idea of catering to chip mark and his merry band.
Audrey: Charlie Todd.
Pacey: I don't want to know the guy's actual name.
Audrey: I just don't want you to feel out of the loop or anything.
Pacey: This guy is not even in our social circle. I mean, sure he circle around it like a vulture but he's not actually in the circle, you know what I mean?

Joey: I'm really sorry, Pace. Nobody planned on this.
Pacey: I beg to differ. I'm pretty sure laughing boy over there planned this. "I missed my ride." You know that this guy is just stalking Joey.
Audrey: Hello?! Present love interest standing right in front of you.
Pacey: It has nothing to do with that. I just saw what this guy did to Jen. I don't want him to do it to another one of my friends.

Charlie: Hey, Pace?
Pacey: Yeah, Chuck.
Charlie: Look, I don't mean to be a backseat driver or anything but we kind of need to put the pedal to the metal, if you know what I mean.
Pacey: Did he really just say that to me?
Audrey: Yeah.

Audrey: What are you doing?
Pacey: Anger management. This one's for me. Chuckles, get out of my car.
Charlie: What's the problem?
Pacey: There's no problem. We're leaving and you're hitchhiking.

Hey, guys, guess what? You're both very masculine and the girls are impressed. Can we just go now? - Audrey

Charlie: Ugh! What is his problem?
Joey: What is your problem? The guy is giving you a ride because he happens to be a decent person. Why did you find it necessary to speak?

It's nothing. I just... he's just that guy. When you and Dawson were making that movie together, I had to watch him shove his tongue down your throat like 40 times while you and I were still working out this whole thing, okay? So when I see him, yeah, I wanna punch him in the face and fine, if that makes me a bad guy, I guess I'm a bad guy. But when I see the two of you together, it drives me crazy, okay? And I wish that I could really impress you right now by saying something self-assured but I can't because I care and that's just the best I can do. - Pacey

Audrey: I can't believe you wanna... punch a guy in the face for me, Pacey. It's so... disturbingly cute.
Pacey: Really?
Audrey: Really.

Pacey: Well, you know, I understand it's no Potter B&B but wouldn't you just hate to miss out on any of the local charm?
(band's van leaves)
Charlie: Hey, sounds good to me, man. I'm... I'm wiped.
Audrey: Well, would you look at that? The gentlemen agree on something.
Joey: Shocking.

Charlie: Look, I'm just trying to cut to the chase here. I mean, why... why do we always have to banter? Why can't we just have a serious conversation?
Joey: Why do we need to have a serious conversation?
Charlie: We don't, I guess. Look, I just can't figure out why you wouldn't want to make a new friend. I mean, all the rest of your friends are sleepin' together.

Charlie: You know, those are two of the most high-maintenance women known to man and somehow, you managed to wrangle both of them.
Pacey: High-maintenance is really just another way of saying high-quality, huh.
Charlie: That's a nice way of looking at it. So then tell me something, why are we suddenly starting to have a normal conversation?
Pacey: I don't know, really. That was a nice thing that you did out there tonight. And maybe I just got tired of hating you so intensely but make no mistake, if you do anything to hurt Joey, I will make you regret it for the rest of your waking days.
Charlie: Yeah, I figured that. So you only kinda hate me now?
Pacey: If I were you, I wouldn't take that so personally. It's not a short list.

Pacey: If he tries anything unsavory, you know where to find me, right?
Joey: I think I can handle him.
Pacey: After watching you lull a biker bar into submission tonight, I'm pretty sure you could handle Charlie. In fact, I bet if you wanted to, you could break his heart into a million pieces.
Joey: If I wanted to do such a thing.
Pacey: Of course. Poor guy.

Episode 18 Cigarette Burns

Joey: And you know what's really surprising?
Dawson: What?
Joey: Charlie.
Dawson: What about?
Joey: He's... shockingly good.
Dawson: I know. It kills me. The guy's brilliant. In real life, the guy barely passes for human but on-screen he's got something. I don't know what it is but it works.

Pacey: Where... on earth... did you learn how to do that?
Audrey: National Geographic.
Audrey: But most guys lose consciousness somewhere in the middle.
Pacey: How many guys have you done that with?
Audrey: Enough to know you've got staying power.

Pacey: I'm as glad as you are. I am more glad. I am gladder. Gladdest. And I can't feel anything below my waist. Is that supposed to happen?
Audrey: Give me another hour, you'll be in a coma.

Grams: Get a hold of yourself, Jennifer.
Jen: I'm sorry. I'm sorry. What, what was that, that you were doing with the kissing? Why did you... did you... young lady, do you have a boyfriend?.. Cliff, are you my grams' boyfriend?
Grams: Jennifer, I don't think...
Mr. Smalls: Yes, I am. I think. Aren't I?
Grams: Yes. Yes, you are.
Jen: Oh, my goodness! Why... did this just slip your mind? Is this something that you just forgot to mention to me?
Jack: Should Clifton and I leave you two alone for a minute? 'Cause we, we can do that.
Jen: Cliff, what do you do?
Grams: Ah. You've got to be kidding.
Mr. Smalls: I teach Geometry at St. Jude's Episcopal on the east side.
Jen: Are you married?
Mr. Smalls: Not currently. I was. She passed away. I'm a widower.
Grams: Alright. Do you approve? May we leave now?

You know, contrary to popular opinion, I may not actually be the devil. - Charlie

Audrey: (to Joey) Okay. So, if you happen to be talking to Pacey and it happens to come up, I slept with 27 people.
Man: Rock and roll!
Audrey: Bite me, will you?

Joey: You can't do these kinds of things halfway. You have to tell him the whole truth and, nothing but the truth.
Audrey: So help me God?

Charlie: What's written all over my face right now?
Joey: Uh. You're thinking that I'm the most attractive and formidable woman you've ever been in the same room with. Though you're terrified of rejection, you like me and you wanna take me out on a proper date.
Charlie: Nope.
Joey: No?
Charlie: Uh-uh. Actually, I was thinking... that I wanna take you into the bathroom and do ungodly things to you.
Joey: What'd you say?
Charlie: Nothing. No. It was a joke. I was... I was joking.
Joey: I'm gonna go check on Dawson.
Charlie: I just blew it, didn't I? (Joey leaves) Oh! Urgh! I am the devil.

Jack: You're sleepy.
Pacey: Yeah. You see the size of the script of this monster? It's gonna take 12 of these things to keep me awake through the movie. Which means I'm probably gonna have to pee quite frequently, which is a great excuse to leave the theater when Charlie starts making out with Audrey.
Jack: Oh. You really have it bad for this girl, don't you?
Pacey: Yeah. Well, I don't know. Maybe. She's just not like any other girl I've ever met before. And she does not care what anybody thinks and I dig that, man, I really do. You know, she's smart, she's funny, she has no idea how beautiful she is, and she's always saying the thing you don't expect, you know? She's constantly surprising me, keep me on my toes... like, for instance, right now, I bet she's standing right behind me, isn't she?
Jack: Yeah.

Joey: Jen.
Jen: Joey.
Joey: Lindley.
Jen: Potter.
Joey: Would it be awkward if I were to ask you a question having to do with boys?
Jen: Probably but do you really care?
Joey: No, not really.
Jen: Okay, neither do I.
Joey: Okay. Um... have you ever had the experience of meeting a guy who was really good-looking and... I don't know, kind of...
Jen: Charming?
Joey: Yes, charming. Very, very charming. And you almost get hypnotized by how charming and good-looking he is but when you penetrate the surface even just a little bit, you find that he’s...
Jen: A moron?
Joey: I was gonna say loser.

Pacey: So I've been thinking...
Audrey: Pacey, before you say anything...
Pacey: Could you shut up for just a second, please? I'm tryin' to tell you what I'm thinkin' here and it's interesting this time.
Audrey: Okay. I'm sorry.
Pacey: Okay. So... I know that you've slept with other men. I knew that you had slept with other men before I started this whole pathetic inquiry. I knew that you had slept with other men before you and I started sleeping together. So, fine, you have slept with other men. I can accept that. Of course, I know deep down in my heart that you didn't enjoy it but that's beside the point. The point is...
Audrey: What's the point?
Pacey: The point is, that I have my fears and my insecurities, but they're mine, not yours. It doesn't matter. The only thing that matters is this. Just this.
Audrey: Just this.
Pacey: Yes. I have totally and completely fallen for you. You move me, Audrey. All over the place.

Oliver: Oh, my God, you did it. You got her back. How did you get her back?
Dawson: I made out with her.

Episode 19 100 Light Years From Home

I don't know, sometimes I think it's better... when we don't get to touch our dreams. - Joey

Pacey: Your parents are wonderful people.
Audrey: Well, I'll tell them you said so.
Pacey: You do that. Do your parents even know who I am?
Audrey: Do your parents know who I am?
Pacey: Nope.
Audrey: Well, neither do mine.
Pacey: I didn't think so.

Joey: What do you want exactly?
Charlie: Nothing really, just... your address.
Joey: No problem. I'm at 359 no-way-in-hell avenue on the corner of get-over-it and main.

Charlie: Just tell me where you are.
Joey: I'm in your dreams, Charlie Todd.
Charlie: See, now, wait a second, that sounded suspiciously like flirting to me.
Joey: Maybe. And this is what a dial tone sounds like.

Pacey: So this is spring break, huh? You know, it's funny, it doesn't really look like the brochures.
Audrey: Hey, I provided the house. You people were supposed to bring on the fun. We could order some pizzas.
Joey: We could rent some movies.
Pacey: Let's play strip poker.
Joey: No.
Jen: No.
Audrey: No.
Pacey: Oh, come on. It's not like I haven't seen you all naked before. Okay, okay, we'll rent movies.

Pacey: So...
Audrey: Don't even bother asking because the answer is no.
Pacey: Really? Didn't make the top five?
Audrey: We were friends. God. What do I look like, the whore of Babylon? Don't answer that question.

Audrey: That's Chris.
Joey: Chris as in...
Audrey: The one. The one who I think of every time In Your Eyes comes on the radio. My perfect high school boyfriend who every other boy gets compared to and who no one's lived up to yet. Yeah, that's him. He's here. Kill me now.

Joey: But lying to him will make it all better.
Audrey: Hey, Mother Theresa, why don't you go take a smoke break and bring back my good friend Joey.

Pacey: I appreciate your offer but I'm here with somebody.
Marion: Um, I don't see her next to you right now.
Pacey: Occasionally, I actually let her mingle with the people. I'm good that way.
(music starts)
Marion: Don't leave. I'll be right back. I have to do something.
(Marion walks away)
Pacey: (to the man standing next to him) Women, right? They just will not take no for an answer. I mean, who is this girl think she is?
Marion: (on stage now) Hello, Miami!
Pacey: Oh, that's who she is.

Pacey: There's more to this whole thing, isn't there?
Audrey: God! What more do you wanna know? Yes, Chris and I dated. Yes, I loved him. He was like... my Dawson, okay? Breaking up with him was like the hardest thing I've ever had to do and every once in a while, I wonder if I made the wrong decision. Is that what you wanted to hear?
Pacey: Yes, that's exactly what I wanted to hear.

Because she said, "He's my Dawson." Which is of course, my personal kryptonite. - Pacey

If there's anything that I've learned from history, it's that Dawson is not the past tense of a noun for you ladies. If anything, he is the past, present and future. So what I'm looking for, is a woman who has no soul mate to speak of. No soul mate and smallish feet, that's all I want. - Pacey

The point is... he came all the way here to see you. And he called me--a rather intimidating ex-boyfriend--to find out where you were. That takes guts. - Pacey

I did a terrible thing and... and I wish I've never done it but... it doesn't define me, Joey. It's not all that I am. - Charlie

How am I supposed to fix my life if I don't even know where I went wrong? I just wanna go back. I just want to start over. Why can't I start over? Why? I just want to start over. - Jack

Pacey: Audrey...
Audrey: No! I need to say this.
Pacey: No. Can I... I just...
Audrey: Will you give a girl a minute? I am not so good with this vulnerable thing, okay? Pacey, I want to be your girlfriend, okay? Officially. And exclusively and... un-casually and... I want you to want the same thing but if you don't...
Pacey: I do. I do. And I wanted to tell you that all day.
Audrey: Why didn't you?
Pacey: I guess I was just waiting for my moment.
Audrey: Well, how's right now for you?
Pacey: Right now's looking pretty good. Audrey... will you be my girlfriend?
Audrey: I would love to.

Pacey: Look, Dawson, if you're here because you think that you and Joey are... whatever you're thinkin'. This is a bad idea.
Dawson: You know, Pace, I'm... I'm... no sleep and about 26 hours worth of driving.
Pacey: I'm serious. You gotta give that thing up. That thing that you guys do to each other, the heroes of bad timing, you have got to give that up. It's over.
Dawson: No, it's not.
Pacey: Oh, come on, Dawson. How many times are you gonna do this yourself? How many times are you gonna keep on coming back?
Dawson: Until there's nothing to come back for, I guess.
Pacey: Suppose I was to tell you there's nothing right now.
Dawson: Believe me, Pace, sometimes I wish that was the case. But it's not. I can feel it. I know you don't believe in any of this and that's fine. You're the cynic, I'm the idealist. It's how we work, I guess. But, when I feel something this strong pulling me... I have to act on it. It’s... the only thing I know how to do. So you're just gonna tell me where she is?
Pacey: She's with Charlie, Dawson.

Episode 20 Separate Ways (Worlds Apart)

Joey: At this point, all I really know about you and your childhood is that... you used to play with Barbie dolls.
Charlie: Okay, it wasn't a doll. Alright, it was m... okay. So maybe it was. Barbie looks really hot naked.

Joey: Charlie, don't they have classes at Boston Bay?
Charlie: Well, yeah, sure, but no one goes to 'em.

Audrey: Oh! Charlie? Charlie Todd? The boy who break your heart and then start in on your sister?
Joey: Yes, the roguishly handsome bad boy we've grown to know and love. Gone. Vanished.
Audrey: Elvis has left the building.

So, chill out! I'm sure you're just overreacting a little. Besides, it sounds like the worst thing that could happen is that you hurt his feelings a little bit. Wow! Bonus! Who knew that Charlie Todd had any feelings? - Audrey

Alex: Now, as manager of this location, I'll be instituting a lot of changes. Not only in policy, but also in staff. Invariably, some of you will be let go.
Pacey: Some of us?
Alex: Yeah, I'm sorry, but have you been elected to speak for the entire staff?
Pacey: Oh, no. I apologize. I didn't realize that we had to be allowed to speak.

Joey: It's official. I'm a horrible person.
Audrey: You are so not a horrible person!
Joey: I am. I'm the worst kind of person because I suck these boys into my web and then I... make them give up their dreams until they're left... sad and dreamless and living in Boston.
Audrey: Yeah, well, what about you? What about your dreams?
Joey: I have my dream. This is it.
Audrey: Oh. You need to dream bigger.

Joey: Well, how do I go about breaking one's heart?
Audrey: Oh, puh-lease! Like you've never done it before.

Hey! Silence! Nobody cares what you have to say! This is between me and Bambi eyes over here! - Audrey

Charlie: Okay, I think that one right there needs medication.
Pacey: I think you'd find that they're both a little crazy.
Charlie: Okay, look, I have to say, I really don't get you guys. Moreover, is this some sort of elaborate private joke?
Pacey: Oh, yes. It's elaborate. And it's private. It's just the joke part that I'm not too sure about.

Okay, it is official. You are the queen of negativity. There'll be a crowning ceremony later in the day. - Audrey

Episode 21 After Hours

Jack: Thanks but I think it's okay to get back to Grams'. She and Mr. Smalls have to be done practicing choir by now.
Pacey: You don't really believe that they asked you to leave so that they could rehearse Jesus Loves Me in private, do you?
Jack: Please. Just don't try and take that... that myth away from me, alright? There are some things that, uh, we just don't need to know about.

Amy: What kind of a man sucks a Jordan Almond?
Dawson: You're telling me you walked out on a date because you didn't like the way the guy ate his candy?
Amy: You didn't hear the noise he was making. Oh and when we parked, car cover.

Audrey: Did she hit on you?
Pacey: No and now you're being kind of ridiculous.
Audrey: Your pulse jumped.
Pacey: Because you're making me nervous.
Audrey: Your pulse is racing. You are afraid of something.
Pacey: You have your fingers to my jugular! I'm afraid of dying!

Audrey: I think he could be cheating on me.
Joey: Who?
Audrey: Carlos, the dorm security guard. Who do you think? Pacey.
Joey: Pacey doesn't cheat.

She's the affair type. Those Donna Karan business suits don't fool me. She is a femme fatale with an MBA in how to take your man away. - Audrey

Audrey: Have you ever heard of the expression, "keep your enemies close?"
Joey: Have you ever heard the expression, "you need to be medicated?"

Grams: Oh, Jack. Where have you been?
Jack: Oh. The Worthington library. It turns out this stuff is even beyond the academic ability of Joey Potter. I'm telling you, if that isn't a sign to throw in the towel, I don't know what is.

Pacey: Nothing happened!
Audrey: You kissed her, Pacey!
Pacey: She kissed me!
Audrey: Oh, well, that makes me feel so much better!
Pacey: And it didn't mean anything!
Audrey: Which, the hug or the kiss?
Pacey: Neither.
Audrey: It meant your arms around her body. It meant her tongue in your throat.
Pacey: Well, for what it's worth, it was her tongue in my...
Audrey: Ah! I don't wanna hear about this!
Pacey: Okay! Sorry! Stop!

Episode 22 The Abby

I want you to listen and listen closely. If you're gonna behave like a toddler whenever you're around me and you're gonna insist on testing my limits, you'd better be prepared to reap the whirlwind. 'Cause we will tangle ass and you will lose. And in the process, I will make your life so extraordinarily unpleasant that you will rue the day that God created woman. - Alex

Jen: Have you ever actually been inside of a youth hostel?
Jack: No. You?
Jen: No, but I can imagine. Bathroom so disgusting you're afraid to venture into the stall, mattresses so lumpy it's like sleeping on a model of the Himalayas. There's nowhere to do laundry. There's no privacy. It's... it's hell.

Jen: (to Jack) Hey, don't kill my buzz.
Grams: I'm afraid your buzz may be doomed already.
Jen: Porque?
Grams: I just got off the phone with Helen and Theodore.
Jack: Hmm?
Jen: Parents. What? What did they say?
Grams: It... it seems they've purchased a house in East Hampton. It's on the beach where you spent summers when you were growing up.
Jen: And?
Grams: They would really like you to spend the summer... with them.
Jen: Well, I guess the sky is falling.

Pacey: Ooh! Sorry for the delay, folks. But we're all right.
Alex: You slimy little cockroach.
Pacey: Hard to believe she graduated first from her class in charm school, right?
Mr. Devaney: What is going on here?
Pacey: You, sir, are witnessing a coup d'etat.

Come on, Pacey! You know what, I'm a little disappointed in you. I mean, I really thought you were untouchable. I thought you were shock-proof. - Alex

If your parents have truly found a way to love you, this won't be their last opportunity to prove it. - Grams

Episode 23 Swan Song

Audrey: But know that when we meet again and we will, I hope you're not the same dull, bookish prude that I met at the beginning of the year. Because it took me months to crack you and I just don't know if I have the energy to do it again.
Joey: Well, I will try not to undo all of your hard work.
Audrey: Thank you.

Believe me, Jo, I have tried so many times, I am this close to breaking some sort of anti-stalking law. - Pacey

Jack: What is up, slut?
Jen: Hmm, not much, big homo!

Jack: Got this for you.
Jen: Moby Dick?
Jack: Yeah. Yeah, it's a long flight. I figured you'd need something to read.
Jen: But I like to chat.
Jack: I know. And I like to sleep. Hence the over-sized volume you now hold in your hands.

And besides, if I know you two, there are things to be said, bitter sweetness to be had, things requiring... alone time and nature and whatnot. - Audrey

Dawson: There was a moment. It's Lily's birthday party and I opened your gift, that book of sketches? And I just sat there looking at this incredible... reflection of who you are and... I just realized I hate it when you're not around.
Joey: Dawson, how do you know that I'm not just this security blanket for you? You know, something that you'll keep coming back to whenever the world gets scary?

Joey: You know what, Pace? And don't take this the wrong way but... well, despite your pension for sugar-coated cereals and Saturday morning cartoons, you may be the most adult person I know. You never look back, do you?
Pacey: Why would you look back? The future's out there. And whatever it is, it's gonna be great.

Audrey, it's me. Look, um, I... I don't know if you can hear me right now but if you can, please don't get on that plane. Please? Or you know what, if you do get on the plane, that's fine, because all you're gonna do is make me drive across country and hang out in front of your parents' Beverly Hills mansion until you'll talk to me. Because I have to tell you that I am really truly sorry for everything and I'm sorry that I wasn't completely truthful with you. And I'm sorry for my predilection for the company of older women. It's just that... this has been a really strange year for me, Audrey. 'Cause while the rest of you guys were off to and the whole college thing, I was just doin' my best to stay afloat. And believe me, nobody's handin' out road maps for the road less traveled. You just kinda gotta get on and start drivin'. But ultimately, the only thing that I wanna take away from this year and the only thing that I'm gonna remember is you. Because you are amazing, Audrey. And you came along at a time when I thought all the big loves of my life were behind me and you just rocked my world. And I know that you and I don't actually even know each other that well yet but... I'm sure that I could live without you, I'm just not sure that I want to, Audrey. So... that's it, uh, that's it. That's my pitch. So peace out, everybody. Free the West Memphis Three. - Pacey

Audrey: Hey, dickhead! So now what?
Pacey: Now we drive to California, stopping only for food and sex.
Audrey: What about the world's biggest ball of yarn? Can't we stop for that?
Pacey: Whatever you wanna do, baby.
Audrey: And... what if some sexy... old broad hits on you along the way?
Pacey: I kick her to the curb.

Dawson's Creek Season 4 Classics

To say that I love the show is an understatement. I love Pacey more than I loved any boyfriend who graced my boring existence. I guess that's why I'm still single. I haven't met my Pacey. Not that I'm complaining.

Here are some lines, mostly Pacey's, that made me smile, cry, laugh, swoon, giggle, and a host of other emotions. You gotta admit the hilarity of some lines make you feel all of those. Wait, it's a drama series? Hah! Sometimes the story sucks and the lines illogical but hey, I love the show, period.

Episode 1 Coming Home

Just what would we be missing from the land of poorly scripted melodramas, huh? Recycled plot lines, tiresome self-realizations, throw in the occasional downward spiral of a dear friend, maybe a baby here and death there, and all you really got is a recipe for some soul-sucking, mind-numbing ennui, and I for one could skip it. - Pacey

Andie: Come on, one of us is single.
Jen: In theory. But in practice, Andie, let's face it, your sex life this summer has been an episode of Abstinence and the City.

Joey: Well, this is it. The last of our summer. I go left, you go right, and we spend the next full 24 hours away from each other.
Pacey: If you're curious as to why I'm not currently awash in sadness, it's only because, to be perfectly honest, you were starting to get on my nerves, Jo.
Joey: Good, because you know, I'd hate to think after all of our intimate talks, you were actually covering up your aching heart with false bravado.
Pacey: Well, put your mind at ease. I guess I'll call you tomorrow, maybe.
Joey: Oh, if you think about it. Sure, okay. Good luck out there.

Dawson: Sorry, I don't work here.
Gretchen: Lucky for management.

Pacey: How's my favorite couch been? You been keeping it warm for me?
Doug: Oh, you know it's funny you should bring that up.
Pacey: Oh, come on now, Dougie, you're not going to cast me out to the wolves, are you?
Doug: Oh, seems I have to. Somebody's already moved in. Sorry.
Pacey: Uh, you and Rupert finally decide to tie the knot?
Doug: I see three months on the water has done absolutely nothing to improve your sense of humor.
Pacey: Don't tell me this is a girl or something.
Doug: Well, yes, as a matter of fact, it is.
Pacey: Well, that's just fantastic. Just as I need a place to sleep, you decide to get all hetero on me.
Doug: As much as I would love to put an end to your inaccurate comments regarding my sexuality, I assure you, this relationship is purely platonic.
Pacey: Good. Then I'm sure whoever this mystery guest is couldn't possibly be as important as your baby bro, bro.
Doug: That's where you're wrong, 'cause she's equally important... and equally related.
Gretchen: Sorry I'm late, Doug, I had to stop at the hardware store to get some light bulbs.
Pacey: Gretchen?
Gretchen: Hey! Nice hair, loser. Come give your big sister a hug!

Gretchen: Hey, there's always the zoo.
Pacey: Down, Gretzilla.

Gretchen: Is it possible that you've actually grown more obnoxious over time?
Pacey: Well, it is the Witter way.
Gretchen: And somehow, you still got the girl.
Pacey: Yes, I did. Who'd have think that me and Joey would end up together, huh?
Gretchen: Uh, me.
Pacey: You did not.
Gretchen: It didn't take Nostradamus to call it. I mean look at your similarities. You're both classic scrappy underdogs. She's sassy and you're a legendary annoyance. She's beautiful, and you're... lucky.
Pacey: There is a compliment in there somewhere, right?
Gretchen: You're both lucky.
Pacey: Thank you.

Joey: Just ask me a question.
Jack: Actually, I did have a question.
Joey: Not that question!
Jack: Come on!
Joey: Jack!
Jack: I won't tell anybody, I swear.

Joey: You better watch who you're ordering around, Pacey. We're not on the boat and we haven't been for a day.
Pacey: Who are you kidding, Jo? Come on. You got off that boat long before the two of us did.
Joey: What is that supposed to mean?
Pacey: You're a smart girl, Jo. You can figure it out.

You can't choose what you love. It chooses you. - Dawson

Episode 2 Failing Down

Ah, don't worry, sweetie. They probably just want to extend a hand and let you know that they are there to help you fulfill your destiny as the world's greatest gas station attendant. - Joey

Pacey: Good Lord, woman. You really are a fickle mistress, you know that? I mean, without kissing, what do we really have left?
Joey: Precious little. We should probably break up.
Pacey: Well, we had a good run, huh?

Scouting out some new digs. Until my brother Douglas finds a suitable, and I finger quote "partner," he's best off living by his lonesome. So, it looks like I'm gonna be shacking up with my equally irritating yet decidingly less anal brother. - Gretchen

Mrs. Valentine: Now, what exactly is an Ice House?
Joey: It's a restaurant. Well, it burned down last year.
Mrs. Valentine: Oh, how unfortunate. Sounds like a charming little... joint.
Joey: Well, Daddy, you know, he thought it was a good idea for me to get out there and mingle with the little people.
Mrs. Valentine: And what does Daddy do, dear?
Joey: Pharmaceuticals. Daddy made his fortune in the pharmaceutical world.

Gretchen: You haven't told her? Why?
Pacey: Because, Joey is smart and Pacey is an idiot. And I'm trying not to make her any more aware of that fact than she already is.
Gretchen: You are not an idiot, Pacey. And something tells me Joey's feelings are not contingent on your GPA.

Dawson: You ever just get the feeling that you and mom are maybe just a little cooler than I am?
Mitch: It's a burden, but we cope.
Dawson: Good to know.

So, you rang, I ran, what's up? - Jen

Joey: Dawson, you borrowed those like three years ago.
Dawson: Yeah, I know. I apologize for my appalling lack of etiquette.

Don't you get it, Jo? When you love someone, you want her to be proud of you. You want her to think that there's nothing in the world that you're incapable of. The thought of disappointing her, it's crippling. - Dawson

Gretchen: Pacey, this girl is a keeper and I can not in good conscious allow you to blow it because you're scared.
Pacey: What are you talking about? I'm not scared.
Gretchen: Like a little girl.
Pacey: What do you know?
Gretchen: And if you're not careful, you are going to sabotage this relationship before it has a chance to become something.
Pacey: I'm going to sabotage it, huh? I think you've been watching a little too much Oprah.

I'm not hurt, Dawson. It's just that the only real boyfriend that I've ever had enlisted the help of my best friend to dump me, and... you know, and I'm just angry. - Jen

Dawson: Take it from somebody who spent the better part of last spring angry at the world. It's not worth it. I mean, it might numb the pain a little bit, but basically it's just a distraction. I don't know. The point is, if you do it right, Jen, loving someone is gonna hurt. And the sooner you let yourself feel that, the sooner you'll be able to love again.
Jen: Dawson, I really don't need one of your sappy self-help seminars right now.

Jen: You're sorry, I'm sorry, somebody's always sorry. I mean, relationships are just one big sorry after another, culminating in a big final messy sorry.
Jack: Sounds like someone is drowning herself in an economy size vat of self pity.
Jen: Come on, Jack, aren't the recently dumped allowed to wallow just a bit?

Pacey: So, you know, I'm talking to my sister and she says to me that it's actually not such a bad idea to discuss your problems with your girlfriend.
Joey: It's nice to know that someone in the Witter family can boast of a brain cell or two.

Well, I should probably just start first, that you, Josephine Potter, have just wrecked me. In the best possible way, you have absolutely wrecked me. Because you see, I fell in love with you, knowing that there was never any possibility of being with you. Knowing full well that a sizable chunk of your heart would always be wrapped up in our friend, Dawson. And that much was actually okay with me. Right up to the point when you chose me. 'Cause then you just turned everything on it's head. And I got everything that I wanted, and from that day forward, I've just been a wreck. - Pacey

Do you know what else Dawson would never do? He would never inspire me to run away with him for the summer. It just wouldn't happen. And you know that. We had a magic summer, Pacey. I mean, we shared something that I'm going to remember for the rest of my life. I mean, don't you see? We're creating our own history here. A history that has nothing to do with Dawson. - Joey

Pacey, a relationship isn't about a romantic three month cruise. It's going to be the details that define us. You know, the moments. - Joey

Pacey: Potter?
Joey: Yes?
Pacey: How come you're so much smarter than I am?
Joey: I'm not that much smarter, Pace. You just happen to be a little emotionally retarded.

Pacey: You're far too cynical for my romantic overtures.
Joey: Doesn't mean you don't earn a point for trying.
Pacey: Oh, come on, you love me.

Episode 3 The Two Gentlemen Of Capeside

Grams: Much of what your next four years will be, is being decided now, Jennifer, and I will not let a momentary heartache squander any opportunities you may have. I'm hereby putting a 48-hour cap on your melancholy.
Jen: You can't cap my melancholy.
Grams: Watch me.

Pacey: Today, I'm celebrating.
Joey: Celebrating?
Jen: Pacey done good.
Pacey: Oh, Pacey done very good. Pacey, got his first A.

Um, two things. Um, first of all, I absolutely refuse to make out with you. And second of all, there's a distinct possibility that I'll puke. - Jen

Don't ask me hair questions. - Jack

I see you've joined Dad in the 'Great Pacey Watch 2000'. Sorry, I don't have any updates. Oh, except for the fact that he seems to hate me even more since I let Joey know about his grade situation. Thanks for the tip, Pop. - Dawson

Drue: Hello? Hey gorgeous.
Dawson: Unbelievable.
Joey: Unacceptable. (snatches Drue's cell phone) Hello, gorgeous, is it? Hi, this is Drue's doctor and he's going to have to get back to you when the syphilis clears up, okay? Ba-bye.

Drue: Must be the Star Wars thing.
Dawson: Star Wars thing?
Drue: It's classic. You're obviously Luke to this Pacey guy's Han Solo. See, you're the stuff of pre-teen daydreams. Cute, smart, non-threatening. Which is great and all, but not for Princess Joey here who's clearly smack dab in the middle of her bad boy stage.
Joey: So how do you fit into this whole scenario, Dru? Jabba the Hutt, I think.

Mr. Brooks: I want to get my boat home before the storm.
Joey: Storm?
Mr. Brooks: A weather phenomenon where the sky is darkened and rain falls.

Pacey: If it gets any worse, they'll send someone for us.
Jen: We have no radio and we're heading for a cove that you don't know the name of. Who the hell is gonna find us there?
Pacey: Dawson! Dawson will know!

Andie: Okay, and you! You know what? Why don't you find a broom or a mop or something and sweep up the glass.
Drue: What, you want me to sweep? What do I look like to you, huh?
Andie: You know what you look like? A boy with nothing productive to do. Now find a broom!

Jen: How do you know?
Pacey: Jen, I don't know. And I don't know, because I'm guessing, just like I've been guessing about everything else this afternoon. But sooner or later I gotta be right about something. I mean, that's the law of averages, right? I have to get one right.

Jen: Alright, so we step back a notch. No confessions. Just... regret.
Pacey: Well, unfortunately I can't help you there. I don't have any regrets. It's not the way that I operate.

There's nothing I want to change because it's life's little twists and turns and bumps and bruises that make you who you are. So why regret that? - Pacey

Pacey: I do have one regret.
Jen: What?
Pacey: I regret the way that things are between me and Dawson right now.

Dawson: Pacey, come on, let's go. Pacey, let's go!
Joey: Pacey, are you crazy?
Pacey: I'm not leaving my boat!
Dawson: You're not gonna make it!
Pacey: I'm not leaving my boat!
Dawson: I'm not leaving you!
Jen: Dawson!
Joey: Dawson!
Pacey: Dawson... Get off of my boat!
Dawson: I'm not letting you do this!
Pacey: Dawson, go!
Dawson: Pacey!
Pacey: Get off my boat! Go!
Dawson: People care more about you than you care about this damn boat!
Joey: Pacey!

Mr. Brooks: I know you'll forgive me for not expressing joy and relief at the sight of the gash in my boat's hull.
Dawson: I'm very sorry about that, sir.
Mr. Brooks: Sorry? You're sorry? Well, the gash is still there and sorry isn't going to fix it. What else did you have in mind besides reckless regrets?
Dawson: I have some money from the summer that I was saving for college.
Grams: Which is exactly what you'll keep on doing. That boat, is a thing, a replaceable thing. This young man risked his life to save my granddaughter. And the fact that you can't appreciate his courage explains to me while you've lived all alone all these years in that God-forsaken house. And if I find out that you let him dip into his college fund, I will personally... kicked your shriveled old butt!

Mrs. Valentine: You wouldn't dare.
Andie: No, you know what? I wouldn't. Because at the end of the day, Mrs. Valentine, I'm nothing like you. I don't derive any pleasure in wielding whatever little power I have over others. So, you know what, just give me whatever recommendation you see fit, because if anyone at that university knows you half as well as I've gotten to know you, it's not going to count for much, anyway.

Joey: I don't think I've ever been more scared for someone in my entire life.
Pacey: I'm sorry that I put you through that.
Joey: Just... can you do me a favor? In the future when you're dealing with life and death matters... remember that you're thinking for two.
Pacey: I can do that.

Grams: All night most of my thoughts were about what I was going to tell your mother.
Jen: Well, you've handled this much better than my mother ever would.
Grams: I have never lost myself like this before. All my talk of faith and when I need it most, I have none.
Jen: That's because you lent it to me. Listen, I was terrified out there tonight. But I still had hope, you know? So I figured I must have gotten it from somebody. I got it, I got it.
Grams: Does that mean I can count on you for church on Sunday?
Jen: Not unless you want that place to fall down.
Grams: Thought I'd give it a try.

Drue Valentine in Capeside. God help us all. - Jen

Dawson: Pacey, you don't owe me anything.
Pacey: Please, you and I both know that what you did yesterday...
Dawson: ... Is exactly what you would have done.
Pacey: Maybe, maybe not.
Dawson: Trust me. You would have done exactly the same thing.
Pacey: Well, I certainly hope so. I just wanted to come by and say thank you.
Dawson: You're welcome.
Pacey: Wait, hold on a second. That's not it. There's something else I wanted to say to you. I know that things between you and I are pretty much beyond repair right now. And I wouldn't presume to be able to solve everything in a conversation, 'cause, that's just not the way it works. But... I've been wanting to tell you... I'm sorry, Dawson. I'm really sorry for the way everything went down this spring. For my part in it. For the pain it must have caused you. And... I'm really sorry that I ruined our friendship, 'cause I miss it. Badly. And uh, however far off it may be, I do look forward to the day when you and I might be friends again. So, until then...
Dawson: Until then...

Episode 4 Future Tense

Pacey: I'm serious here, Jo. What's the point of reading a book about the future when the future in the book is already the past?
Joey: Everybody's future eventually becomes the past, Pacey.

I mean, you know maybe I'll just go to one of those fictional colleges. You know, like on those lame high school TV shows that go on for way too long, and then just in time to save the franchise, all of sudden it turns out that there's this amazing world class college just right around the corner where all the principal characters are accepted. Just to be safe, we should probably start the application process. - Joey

If the aptitude test says I'm well suited for a career in law enforcement, it's obviously in some serious need of re-tooling. You haven't been talking to my brother, have you? - Pacey

So, your dreams are your dreams, Joey. You can't apologize for them. - Bessie

I've spent the entire morning fielding birthday wishes from complete strangers. My French class sang to me, in French. - Jen

You know what, don't say it, Drue. I'd hate for endangered turtles to die while they're dredging the creek for your body. - Jen

Because maybe college isn't the be all and end all that parents make it out to be. You know, maybe once you get past all rhetoric of all these great books that nobody reads, college is basically just a holding pen for 18 to 22 year-olds. Like one of those airports that everybody has to stop at on their way to some place else. Kinda like prison with a better meal plan. - Dawson

Joey: Put your shoes on, let's go out.
Pacey: Out? We can't go out.
Joey: Yeah.
Pacey: You know, just when this conversation starts getting emotionally complex, you want to bail. Who's the guy in this relationship?
Joey: You are. And as the guy, you have a choice, you can either stay here prove how sensitive you aren't, or we can go to Jen's un-birthday party.
Pacey: Alright. I'll get my shoes.

Joey: Because I... would like to make a toast. All the love and happiness in the world to my friend, Jen Lindley, on her birthday.
Jen: Well, thank you very much, Joey. But you do know, it's really not my birthday.
Joey: That's all right, we're not really friends.

Yeah, well, it's all part of being on a team, I guess. Sitting on the sidelines, as it seems to be now. Yeah, it's funny. You think something is making your life a living hell, and when it's gone, you really miss it. - Jack

Drue: People don't change. Not that much.
Jen: Yes, they do. They grow up. They accept responsibility. They realize that dying young and leaving a good looking corpse is not all it's cracked up to be.

Pacey: Before I have to drag you kicking and screaming. But now, you want to be carried? No.
Joey: It's a woman's prerogative to change her mind.

Joey: I want to be with you, Pacey. I want to stay and be with you.
Pacey: Well, if you want to be with me, then staying here would be a really stupid idea, considering I don't plan to be here. I plan to be wherever you are.

Dawson: I've seen how much she loves him. I've seen it in her face. I've seen them hold hands, I've seen them kiss. And tonight, I saw them fight, which is something I've basically seen everyday of my life since the first grade.
Gretchen: But not like this?
Dawson: I think it was actually worse than the kissing.

Gretchen: But do you know what my teacher said was the most bogus line in Hollywood cinema?
Dawson: What?
Gretchen: 'There's no place like home.'

Episode 5 A Family Way

Joey: What's wrong? Why did you stop?
Pacey: Uh, well, 'cause every afternoon we sit out here and we make out, and inevitably at some point, you stop. Then we just go inside and watch TV for the rest of the afternoon. So today I'm issuing a preempted strike.
Joey: And I'm issuing a counter defense.
Pacey: Nope, nope. Stop right there. Haven't you ever heard the term no means no?

Pacey: You always get to stop it. And I never get to stop it. So today I'm stopping it.
Joey: Stop it, Pacey.
Pacey: I just did.

How did I get myself into this? I was a mediocre soccer play back in junior high. I know nothing about kids. I've never coached anything in my life. - Jack

Dawson: Could you leave my personal property alone, please?
Mr. Brooks: Surely the boy who stole and wrecked my boat is not giving me a lecture on the sanctity of personal property.

Jen: To responsible sexual gratification.
Joey: To womanhood.
Jen: Cheers.

Caroline: Coach Jack, am I making you uncomfortable?
Jack: No. Why would you say that?
Caroline: Oh, I just thought maybe you thought I was flirting or something.
Jack: Flirting? Why would I think you're flirting?
Caroline: Because I am flirting.

It's okay. You have to suck before you can stop sucking. Sheer genius begins with mediocrity. - Dawson

Jack: There is one problem. You know that girl Caroline? She comes to practice with Molly? I think she propositioned me yesterday.
Andie: What? No! Okay. Was she just flirting? I mean, maybe she was just flirting.
Jack: No, no, no. She was one step away from reaching her hand down my pants and checking out the merchandise.
Andie: Eww! Okay, I did not need to hear that!

Caroline: Look, I really appreciate this over-protective sibling thing, I do. But I think Jack here can make his own decision.
Andie: And he's decided. He's not interested.
Caroline: Or, maybe he's decided that it's none of your business. And you should butt out and let him speak for himself.
Andie: Okay, you know what? It's just not going to happen, okay?
Caroline: And why is that?
Andie: Because.
Caroline: That's why? Because?
Jack: Because I'm gay, all right?
Caroline: Wait a minute. Oh, no, you didn't think I meant... because I knew that. Of course I knew that.

So I made a decision. It was the hardest decision I ever made in my life. But if didn't matter because a week later I woke up and it was over. I had a miscarriage. You'd think that I'd be happy, you know? But I wasn't. I felt really guilty. For getting off easy. For feeling relieved. For putting myself in the position where I even had to make that kind of decision. - Gretchen

Don't worry, coach Jack. They're all just jerks. I know you're not dangerous. - Molly

You know, Jo... I can't tell you what to do. No one can. For now, all I can say is, if you're not ready to be prepared for sex... then you're probably not ready for sex. - Bodie

Episode 6 Great Xpectations

Andie: According to him it was a non-stop ball of fun.
Jen: Well, according to him would be the key phrase. He's the dark prince of the revisionist history.

Jack: Oh, nothing much, actually. It's just uh, well, there's just this one thing. There's was something waiting at the house for you all day. And, uh, actually no, it's not really that important. It's just this little letter from a no-nothing more eastern school. So you know, you might want to take a glace at it. It's from some place called... uh, Harvard.

Andie: Oh! Harvard! Oh! Oh my gosh. Okay! This is future in an envelope. Oh God! Or not. If it was a yes, it'd be bigger, right? I mean, this is a case where size really does matter, right?
Jen: Well, I think that size only matters when you have a full view of the entire package, really.
Andie: So, I have to open it in order to find out?
Jen: Uh-huh.

Pacey: When did they become going out together buddies?
Joey: I believe this is the inaugural event.
Pacey: So then, of all the guys in Capeside that want to befriend her, she picks Dawson. That doesn't bother you at all?
Joey: Pacey, he's the only person close to her age working at the restaurant. Makes perfect sense that they become friends.
Pacey: I asked if it bothered you.
Joey: No, it doesn't bother me.
Pacey: It bothers you.
Joey: No, it doesn't bother me. It bothers you. You just want it to bother me, too.

I mean, hey, as irritating as they are, younger siblings do have their pluses. You know, they're good for doing chores and there's always someone to blame if anything gets broken. - Gretchen

Drue: Hi there. We've never met.
Gretchen: I don't have a problem with that.

Gretchen: Who is that guy?
Dawson: Did you ever meet Abby Morgan? Nevermind.

Joey: Now I think you're suppose to tell me something deep and profound.
Pacey: You want to hear something deep and profound, huh? I miss 'True Love,' Jo. I mean, right now, sitting under the stars, arm around you... I tell ya. I miss 'True Love' something fierce.
Joey: I miss her too, Pacey.

Andie: Oh, my God! Hi! It's you, guys! I love you guys!
Drue: She's feeling the love.
Joey: Apparently. Yeah, Andie, I think you've done enough hugging tonight.
Andie: I just wanted to show you guys how much I love you both. You guys are so good together. And Joey, you're so nice. Well, except when the time you dumped Dawson for Pacey. That was pretty cold. But really, who can blame you? It was Pacey. I pretend not to care, but I have to admit, Pace, you are the love of my life, and I am so not over you. I hope it's okay that I said that. I mean we're all really good friends, so it shouldn't be that big of a secret.
Joey: This is news to me, Andie.
Andie: You totally don't have to worry. Pacey is so over me. And such the faithful type. If only I had been. Maybe we'd still be together.
Pacey: Andie, are you feeling okay?
Andie: Oh, yeah. I feel great! And I just got into Harvard.

Nothing propels you into adulthood faster than the next generation nipping at your heels. - Dawson

Episode 7 You Had Me At Goodbye

Andie, if our high school didn't have a history of forgiving stupidity, how do you think I'd be able to walk down the halls, huh? - Pacey

I mean, maybe not all friendships have to be saved. You know, maybe we're just meant to spend a certain part of our lives with certain people and then move on. Isn't that what this whole year is suppose to be about? Moving on? - Pacey

Jen: Drue, I thought that you and I came to some sort of understanding.
Drue: And what understanding might that be?
Jen: That the best thing that you could do for me and the rest of civilization would be curl up and die.

Gretchen: Don't mean to interrupt. But Pacey, what day is it?
Pacey: Thursday.
Gretchen: And Thursday is?
Pacey: The day after Wednesday.
Gretchen: How cute. I'd like to see how cute you are when you found out that there's nothing left to eat but Junior Mints and stale Cookie Crisps.
Pacey: Because Thursday is the day a certain sibling is suppose to remember he's on grocery duty. Got the keys. Bolting out the door.

You know you might be dating one, Joey. But you still can't out-Witter a Witter. Especially an older one. - Gretchen

Mr. McPhee: Look, I spoke to Principle Peskin this afternoon. You have more than enough credits to graduate. And now with your early acceptance to University, all that you really need to do is walk come June. So... what would you think about taking the rest of the school year off?
Andie: To do what? Get a job?

Jen: So do I start packing my bags immediately or should we wait till after dinner? Grams, will you listen to me, please? I am so so sorry.
Grams: No. I do not want to have this conversation, Jennifer. I thought we had a relationship based on honesty and truth. I will not yell. I will not punish. Scolding is for children. And Jennifer, you are no longer a child. I wish to God you were. Maybe then there still be time to right whatever it is that is wrong with you. I have never, in all my life, been so deeply disappointed in anything or anyone. I don't even... I don't even have the words.

Come on, Jack, what do you want? You want to just be angry, fine. But at some point you're going to have to tell me how to fix this. And you want me to say sorry, I have. I've apologized for making a mistake. For poor judgment. I've apologized for things that I don't even think were really my fault. I'm 17 and I just... I did something stupid. But when you're close to somebody and they do something unexplained or out of character, you don't just abandon them. You of all people should understand. It's killing me what you're doing. You may not ever do what I did, but what you're doing right now, I can tell you I would never do to anybody. Especially you. - Jen

As you take on years Mr. Leery, you'll come to realize that you don't always lose people from your life by choice. Sometimes it just happens when you make the wrong ones. - Mr. Brooks

Andie: Come on, Pacey. You've done it before. In fact you almost made a hobby out of saving this damsel in distress.
Pacey: I didn't save you, you saved yourself. You just took me along for the ride.

Andie: I mean, if you and Jack can work things out, then why can't Jen and Jack, right? Or Pacey and Dawson, or any of us, really.
Mr. McPhee: All it takes is realizing what you risk losing by letting someone go.

I'm not angry that you asked Dawson to do something for you. It's the question. The person who knows you best. When do I get to be that person? - Pacey

Jen: You know, it's obvious that I'm the one crashing the party, I'll go.
Jack: I just said I was going.
Andie: No, I am. I'm leaving Capeside. And that's why I asked you all to come here tonight. To say goodbye and also, there's something I need to say to you guys. All of you, before I go. So Jen, Jack, please stay. You know what, it shouldn't have taken a scheme to get you all here tonight. When my dad first made me the offer to take the rest of the year off, I sat down with my trustee number two and made my list of pros and cons. The pros were pretty obvious. Opportunity of a lifetime, right? Then came those nasty cons. You know what got top billing? You guys. The thought of leaving all my friends. I mean you guys are the one's who have supported and consoled and understood unconditionally. But look at us now. We are a mess. And let's talk about why, starting with last week's fiasco. Okay, enough with the 'blame Jen game.' If I don't, you shouldn't. Yes, she had them, but I took them. It was my fault. And Pacey, Joey, Dawson--you guys are so lucky. Do you have any idea how rare it is to have friends that you've known your entire life? So please don't underestimate that. Because in the end you always go back to the people that were there in the beginning, and in the beginning, there was the three of you. And you two (to Jack and Jen), you know what, this is just... it's really inexcusable. The biggest reason that was keeping me here was the thought that if I left, you wouldn't have a sister around. But then I realized you would. When I first met you, I didn't know much about love or friendship, and each of you taught me a lot about both. So maybe by my leaving, I can return the favor. Because the thought of it ending like this, the way things are right now... it's just... it's not how I want to remember us. Do you?

Joey: You know who that guy you reacted like is going to be in ten years, Pace? The person who knows me best. Dawson knows my past. My future lies with you. Think about it, you know you didn't even like me three years ago.
Pacey: Well, you always tease the ones you love.
Joey: And you do always have to deal with the ones you used to love.

Jack: Is that the girl who used to tell me everything?
Jen: Is that the boy who used to listen?
Jack: I never stopped listening, Jen. I just didn't particularly like what I was hearing. Look, what Andie said in there… You are such an important part of my life. And I thought maybe you were changing on me.
Jen: I haven't changed, Jack. Still me, Jen Lindley. Girl who screws up every now and again.
Jack: Sorry.
Jen: I don't need an apology. I just need somebody who will stand by me. Would you be willing to do that?
Jack: You willing to keep standing?

Pacey, you gave me my strength. The strength to do things that I always needed to do but was too afraid to do. - Andie

Pacey: No, I'm sorry that I don't think that you get to use the adjective 'afraid' anymore while being self-referential. You can now use 'brave' and perhaps occasionally 'stalwart.'
Andie: Stalwart? No, I hate stalwart!
Pacey: Well, that's too bad. You're stuck with stalwart. You know, I think what we're going to miss about you the most about you, McPhee, is your overwhelming optimism. Your ardent belief that everything in the world is wonderful until proven crap. You think maybe you can leave us a little bit of that when you go?
Andie: Ah, it's the least I can do.
Pacey: I'm going to miss you, McPhee.
Andie: Me too.

Episode 8 The Unusual Suspects

Yeah, the dog fingered me. - Jack

Joey: Take care of this punk for me, will ya? See if you can maybe straighten him out a little bit.
Pacey: Straight isn't really a big part of Doug's vocabulary.

When I was in ninth grade, the seniors pulled a particularly lame prank. I think they graffiti-ed the lockers and trashed the parking lot or something. It was embarrassing. And Pacey and I made a pact that when our time came, we would do it right. The prank to end all pranks. We talked about it for years. - Dawson

Jen: I like that kid. She's funny. You know, she reminds me of me at that age.
Jack: She knows if I put her in goal, the boys are going to torture her out of spite.
Jen: Well, that's because kids like Molly and myself tend towards the easier alternative. The one with the least opportunity for embarrassment, rather than glory. Unless of course...
Jack: Unless of course what?
Jen: You get us really pissed off.

Whenever I see that guy, I can't help but hearing the Darth Vader theme. - Gretchen

Pacey: Well, I was just thinking, honestly, I don't think Dawson did it either.
Mitch: Why is that?
Pacey: That guy is way too respectable to pull off that type of crime. At least not without my coaxing, you know? He's just not that type of guy.

Pacey might be cocky but he's not an idiot. I mean, there's no way he would jeopardize his academic foothold for what was hardly the prank to end all pranks. - Dawson

Drue: Hey, Harry Potter, come here.
Joey: What's going on?
Drue: Send a message to the boys for me. Tell them that I admire the brilliance of their design. No wait... just tell them I said touche.
Mrs. Valentine: That's enough.
Joey: Which boys, what happened?
Drue: Karma. Finally caught up with me.

Pacey: You don't think I'd make much of a cop?
Doug: No, not really, no. Pacey, I think that you're a daring original. I think you have a talent for flying in the face of conventionality. And I think that you were born to break the rules, not enforce them. And you know what? I actually admire that in you. I really do.
Pacey: What? Did my big brother Doug just admit that he admired me? For the first time ever?
Doug: No, no, it's more like I'm just terrified at the thought of having to sit in that squad car with you for another minute.

But we can't hate people because they're different. We just have to try and forget about them and just go on being the best person you can be. - Jack

Pacey: I'm thinking that something's been right tonight that hasn't been right for a long, long time. I just keep forgetting why we're not still friends.
Dawson: You know it's not that simple.
Pacey: Of course not. It's just...
Dawson: I know.
Pacey: I gotta tell you, Dawson. When you told me you'd never be able to trust me again, that was probably among the top five moments of my life.
Dawson: When I walked out on my back porch and saw you and Joey, that was my worst. Number one with a bullet.
Pacey: Do you think it's possible that someday I could convince you that maybe I'm the type of person you could trust again?
Dawson: I would like to believe that it is.
Pacey: I gotta try. I'm not ready to give up on you.
Dawson: If it doesn't work out?
Pacey: Oh, we can just kill each other.

Episode 9 Kiss Kiss Bang Bang

Jen: Will.
Jack: Grace.

Listen, I am old. And I reserve the right to eat my dinner in peace. So kindly remove yourself from my general vicinity. - Mr. Brooks

Dawson: Is there a point to what we're doing?
Gretchen: Who cares? It's tradition. And you don't monkey with tradition.

Mr. Brooks: If you came to ask me if I slept with Marilyn Monroe, you can crawl back from which you came.
Dawson: It's nothing like that... did you?

Gretchen: You know what you sound like, Dawson?
Dawson: What?
Gretchen: You sound like a guy who just broke up with this girl. And he's happy he broke up with her... at least he says he is. And he goes on and on about how much better off he is without her. But the thing is, he can't stop talking about her. Everything comes back to this girl. You love this girl, Dawson.
Dawson: And that, oddly enough, has not kept her from breaking my heart time and time again.
Gretchen: But that doesn't matter. I mean, you're trying so hard to answer this question. And you're thinking that there's some right answer and there's not.

Mr. Brooks: Why do you want to make pictures?
Dawson: How can you explain the things you love? You can't. You just do.

Jen: Did I not make myself perfectly clear to you?
Jack: What?
Jen: Did I, or did I not ask you to mind your own business?
Jack: Jen...
Jen: No, Jack... you didn't have any right to do what you did.
Grams: He had every right. As did I.
Jen: Look, I'm not looking to be saved here. I don't want to go to college. Could you please just leave me alone?
Grams: You do want to go to college, Jennifer. I know that for a fact and I know why you haven't applied.
Jen: No, you don't.
Grams: Yes, I do. You haven't applied because you refuse to ask your parents for help.
Jen: I can't keep putting myself out there over and over again. I won't ask them. I won't do it.
Grams: And I won't let you. Now, look, I... I'm sorry that you haven't felt like you can talk to me lately. But you must understand something, Jennifer. You must understand no matter how angry or upset or disappointed I may be in you, I will always be there for you. You are going to college, young lady. If I have to beg, borrow or steal, I will get you there. You are the most important thing in my life, Jennifer. And I love you.
Jack: I kinda love you, too.

Joey, you didn't blow it. Your academic record stands on it's own. You're a stunningly bright young lady and no one is grading you on your social skills. Be that as it may, you couldn't ask for a better character witness than that boyfriend of yours. Seriously. He just talked the dean's ear off all about you, how you changed him, how you helped him, how he couldn't imagine a better life than one with you by his side. It's a rare gift to have someone say such things about you. - Mr. Kubelik

Mr. Brooks: I did yell at the kid but that was before I got to know him. Then I realized he's not an idiot, just a nuisance.
Grams: Well, perhaps in the future you would take the time to get to know a person before you dismiss them.
Mr. Brooks: Perhaps you might do the same.

Mr. Brooks: What?
Dawson: You were flirting with Grams.
Mr. Brooks: Ha! Nonsense!
Dawson: Looks like flirting to me.

Listen, just because we shared a moment out there, doesn't mean we have to get all chummy. - Mr. Brooks

Pacey: Apology accepted.
Joey: I didn't apologize, Pace.
Pacey: Well, no, but you were going to.
Joey: I was?
Pacey: Yeah, you were going to apologize for bitching me out earlier.

Well, maybe I just wanted these people to see you through my eyes for one night. To see this girl. This woman, who has more class and intelligence and beauty and grace then anyone else who's walking the face of the planet. Maybe things like this just come tumbling out of my mouth because I happen to be head over heels in love with you. But the really scary thing is, I think that they're true. - Pacey

Joey: You know, your mom should get a medal.
Pacey: My mom? Really? Why's that?
Joey: Because she raised the perfect boy. And maybe things like that just tumble out of my mouth because I happen to be head over heels in love with you. The scary thing is, I think it's true.
Pacey: Okay. What do you say you and I take our little mutual admiration society on the road? Please? We can go someplace we both fit in.

Episode 10 Self-Reliance

Not every kiss has to be a life-altering event. - Dawson

You have a policy on kissing your younger brother's former best friend underneath the mistletoe at holiday parties? - Dawson

Jack: Just take a look around, please. I mean, this is totally not my scene.
Jen: How do you know?
Jack: For one thing... for one thing, I'm the only guy here with no piercings.
Jen: Jack, your scene, as you so quaintly refer to, it basically consists of me, Dawson, and it pains me to say, Grams. Look, I know this is hard for you, but you cannot spend your entire life surrounded by straight people.

Pacey: What the hell were you thinking kissing Dawson at Leery's holiday party the other night?
Gretchen: Oh, you saw that, huh?
Pacey: Oh yeah, I saw that! And so did somebody else I know. And as much as I would love to erase that image from my mind, I'm afraid it's pretty much burned in there irrevocably. So please, please, explain yourself to me. Tell me why you had to kiss Dawson and not somebody else your own advanced age.
Gretchen: Do you we have to talk about this before I have my coffee?
Pacey: Yes!
Gretchen: Okay, look, it was an accident. Pure mistletoe. Okay? It meant nothing. He knows that. I know that. It was just a kiss.
Pacey: There's no such thing as just a kiss. Especially not in Capeside.
Gretchen: Didn't you people ever play Spin the Bottle?

Pacey: So, now I really have two options. I can either take the high road and pretend like I believe what she's telling me. Or, I can take the low road, force the issue, and just come off looking like a world class jerk. What do I do, Gretch?
Gretchen: I think you should just be the best boyfriend you can be. I think you should be understanding and sweet, and kind.
Pacey: And if none of that works?
Gretchen: Force the issue. Be a world class jerk. You can do it, Pacey. I know you can. I have complete and total faith in you.

Just because a bunch of people share the same sexual orientation, doesn't mean that they have anything else in common. - Jack

You know why so many great movies are about love triangles? Simple. For every piece of happiness, there's also a piece of unhappiness. If you haven't told both sides, you haven't told the whole story. - Mr. Brooks

Dawson: Hold on, you can't just quit when you get to the good part.
Brooks: Oh, yes I can. I'm the star. No star, no picture.

Episode 11 The Tao Of Dawson

Pacey: Maybe we're too early. Or maybe the fish are still asleep.
Dawson: Fish don't sleep, Pacey.
Pacey: You know, I'm really glad we're hanging out, but did our first jaunt together in months really have to be at sunrise?

That's a helluva lot to digest before breakfast, Dawson. - Pacey

Pacey: Dawson, you and I are friends. Friends. But sisters... Sisters are...
Dawson: Off limits?
Pacey: Yes. Sisters are off limits. They're like mother's, only pretty.

Gretchen: You don't know him.
Pacey: Nick and me? Dos amigos!
Gretchen: You sat with him for a couple of hours when I brought him home for Christmas.
Pacey: Yeah, so I know he likes the Patriots, pretzels and a good party. I know he'd rather sleep and sail than study. Plus the man has excellent taste in music. His favorite song is Freebird!
Gretchen: You've just described yourself.
Pacey: Well, great men think alike.

Dawson: Did you think it was weird when Andie was dating Pacey?
Jack: Not really, why?
Dawson: Because Pacey really doesn't like the idea of Gretchen and me.
Jack: Well, sure, I mean... she's his sister and you're his close friend. I didn't even know Pacey when he hooked up with Andie. But then if I think about you and Andie... let's not go there.

Drue: How do you plan to observe your Sabbath?
Joey: Oh, relax in a little experience known as researching my English term paper.
Drue: Let me guess. 'How to keep a boyfriend and your virginity.' Or 'Many uses of the human hand.'
Joey: Finally! A subject you know all about.

Dawson: So, um, are you two... are you two dating?
Grams: Oh, Dawson, please! At my age one does not date.
Dawson: Well, it sounds like you're going to see him later on tonight.
Grams: We are simply having dinner at your parent's restaurant and then we are going to the Rialto 16 to see Almost Famous.
Dawson: Dinner and a movie on a Saturday night is pretty much a definition of a date.

18 years apart? I mean, that's wild. I mean, when this kid graduates high school, you're gonna be like... 36. Just when he or she is gonna be beginning their life, yours will be pretty much over. - Jack

Nick: I think I see someone who wants to move in your direction.
Pacey: I don't think that would be such a grand idea.
Nick: Her name is Tracy. She likes horses, water sports and back rubs from guys just like you, buddy. Can't go wrong.
Pacey: Oh, but I can go wrong. There's someone back at home who would think that was a very bad idea.
Nick: Is that someone here? I don't think so. And I'm not about to say anything.

A moment. A single moment of true joy is more powerful than a lifetime of sorrow. - Grams

Let me tell you, your ex, puts the A in hole. That man is just a world class jerk. - Pacey

Pacey: You told Dawson Leery before you told me?
Gretchen: He's my friend.
Pacey: I'm your brother.

One thing worse than the pain of loss is the aching void of inaction. - Mr. Brooks

Dawson: Jack, do you believe in inevitability?
Jack: You mean, do I think I busted my shoulder because of fate?

Episode 12 The Te Of Pacey

My wish would be for no further acknowledgment of today's hollow symbolic meaning as a milestone in the life of Pacey Witter. - Pacey

I understand your naive enthusiasm, okay? I know there's no harm in celebrating a birthday, right? Everybody does it. What you don't know is that every birthday I've had since I was ten years old has been a complete disaster. I'm talking gut-wrenching, soul-searching, question-the-universe agony. - Pacey

For example, my 12th birthday party. My first boy/girl party. I ate so much pizza and ice cream, I puked on Justine Sherman. A girl who I had a massive crush, do you remember this? She then proceeded to call me Pacey Pukey for the rest of the year. A quaint little nickname that my family picked up on, and now resurfaces itself every year around this time, to hearty laughs all the way around. Of course, it's probably not as bad as 16. The year that I threw myself a party and nobody decided to show up. This is good. Oh yeah, I also failed my driver's test the same day. But neither of those will ever, ever be 14. The day I was mauled by a dog. So if you don't mind, this year, I think I'll just skip it. - Pacey

Oh, Jo! Bad idea! My parents are insane and Pacey will kill you! - Gretchen

Joey: Pacey is gonna kill me, isn't he?
Gretchen: Oh yeah, you're dead.

Jen: You are very sneaky, you know that? You just turned around that entire conversation without ever having to admit that you were daydreaming about sex. I'm impressed.
Grams: I've learned from the best.
Jen: Well, that's true.

Jen, not all homosexuals have to be friends with each other. - Tobey

Pacey: Do I at least get to guess?
Joey: You can have once guess.
Pacey: Perhaps a remote dock. You brought some candles and some champagne, and birthday cake, that you are going to feed to me by hand, while serenading me, off-key of course, and woah, dressed only in Victoria's Secret lingerie after which, you will lay me down under the stars and ravish me.
Joey: Close, Pace. Very close.

Just kill me now. - Pacey

Pacey: Do you mind if I ask you just what the hell you were thinking?
Joey: What do you mean?
Pacey: You promised me. You and me, alone, tonight. You looked me in the eye and promised!

Gretchen: Okay, let's talk about it.
Pacey: No, let's not. Today's not the day, Gretchen. I mean, any other day that I was to find you making out on the basement floor with Dawson of all people, I would probably freak out, and then we would have words. But not today. Today I don't wanna talk about it. I don't wanna think about it. In fact, I like to pretend it never even happen, 'cause frankly I got bigger problems on my mind.
Gretchen: Which are?
Pacey: A conversation that I am supposed to have with Joey, that will impact the entire rest of our relationship. Not to mention explain why I've been in such a state of utter despair today.
Gretchen: Pacey, what are you talking about?
Pacey: You know what my advice to you would be? To just stick to your own dramas because they are much more entertaining.

Oh, enough! Enough! As much as I love being publicly eviscerated on my own birthday, I think we can all guess what the theme of this happy anecdote is gonna be. Pacey messes up, yet again, am I right? Pacey kills the dog or pees his pants or pukes or gets the pulp beaten out of him. But you know what else the theme might be? The theme of every birthday I've ever had? Or the theme of my entire life for that matter. No one gives Pacey a break. Everybody expects the absolute worse out of Pacey. Pacey gets the short end of the stick. Pacey gets fireworks and an ashtray and chip beef on toast for his birthday, and endlessly harassed because how dare he wanna go to college so he could possibly get out of this place. But you know what, dad, you and your wallet can breathe easy because I don't think I can go to college, even if I wanted to because I found out today that the only school I thought would take me, my fallback school, rejected me. So I'm not going to college. So, I guess at the end of the day, you guys are right. I'm gonna end up exactly where you thought I would. A complete and utter failure. - Pacey

Well, that's the Witters for you, Dawson. In relationships they tend to keep their emotions close and their weaknesses even closer. And it's not because they don't care, it's just... it's because they care so much. And... well, the good news is is that eventually they always tell the truth, whether it's often after you've... after you selfishly ignored all signs of pain and suffering. - Joey

Pacey: I know I'm not college-material, pop. But I just really, really want it.
Mr. Witter: Oh, look, son, I know I have been hard on you about school. It's not because I don't think you're good enough to go or get in. Pacey, I just don't know if it's the right thing for you. I don't know if it's ever been right for you. But ask me if I think that you're meant to do great things... And by the way, I never did get to tell my remembering Pacey story. It was about your tenth birthday. I got you fireworks. You said it was the best present you ever got. And we set them off outback, down by the water and you... you were really happy, Pacey. So I was, too.

When you dream, you dream big, huh. - Jen

Happy birthday, Pace. - Mr. Witter

Episode 13 Hopeless

Joey: She's rich and important so you're having Drue take her out.
Mrs. Valentine: Precisely. And I want you and that boyfriend of yours to go with them. You two are the perfect couple.

Pacey: Oh, no, no, no.
Gretchen: Are you offering a fashion opinion here, Pace? Cause you'll have to excuse me if I find your credibility in that department somewhat lacking.
Pacey: I'm offering a brother's opinion, okay? And as a brother I can tell you that that is not a going-out-of-the-house outfit. It's really the bottom layer of something that could become a going-out-of-the-house outfit, but not until you put on a sweater or something.
Gretchen: This is a sweater.
Pacey: No, it's not. A sweater is a big, baggy, shapeless thing that hides the human form. This is specifically designed for sisters about to go out on dates.

Pacey: I know that you work for Satan's handmaiden and all, but does that really have to involve double dating with her evil spawn?
Joey: You want me on our senior trip, don't you?
Pacey: Of course. You know me, I want you on a boat, ski resort, parking lot... I'm not choosy.

Mr. Brooks: Hey, when are you going to tell me more about your girl?
Dawson: Gretchen? The one you referred to as the local ditz?
Mr. Brooks: Ah, that was said with great affection.

Anna: You're such a jerk.
Drue: You're the one who ordered your daddy to arrange this whole night for you. Are you happy now? See, unlike your nose job, I can't be bought.

Pacey: I have been fine with waiting. I have been too scared to sleep with you too soon. I don't want to do anything that is going to jeopardize the most amazing relationship that I've ever had. Jo, I am happy that you and I took the time to really fall in love with each other. But we're here now, Jo. This is eights months and counting. So, I just... I want... I need for you to know that if our relationship is not going to be progressing on to that next level, it's not because of me.
Joey: Pacey... I want you. I really do.
Pacey: I need to know that.

Joey: I'm sorry, but I'm scared.
Pacey: Good! Do you think I'm not scared? I'm terrified, Jo!
Joey: You are?
Pacey: Yeah!
Joey: So then, can we just be scared together?

Episode 14 A Winter's Tale

Gretchen: Well, let's just say when I went, somebody got pregnant, somebody got arrested, and this one girl's hair caught on fire.
Pacey: Joey will probably keep me out of jail and laws, and I guess I'll watch out for your hair.

Jen: It just occurred to me, not only do I have no desire to ski, I also don't have the faintest clue how. A very dangerous weekend for me.
Jack: Well, then I can teach you a few things.
Jen: On that case, a very dangerous weekend for both of us.

Pacey: Okay, Missy Self-Reliance, please let me give you a hand.
Joey: I carried them to the bus, I can carry them from the bus.

Drue: Joey, Pacey... one for you. It's got a king. Comes with a roll-away in case things don't work out. Jack, Jen... obviously no sexual complications there. Any room should do. This one's mine. That's for you. Good luck.
Jack: Since when did obnoxiousness become an attitude substitute for wit?

Mrs. Leery: That piece of paper should not give a teenage boy the responsibility to decide when and how a man should die.
Dr. Bronin: It is state law.
Gail: It shouldn't be his choice.
Dr. Bronin: You're right, it shouldn't be, Mrs. Leery, but it is.

Joey: So we're in complete agreement here?
Pacey: I don't know what we're agreeing about but I'm sure we're in complete agreement about it.
Joey: We're agreeing that this weekend does not have to be about sex.
Pacey: This weekend doesn't have to be about sex.

Jen: Well, fun's gonna start with you taking off my pants. Ahh! I want to take a bath before dinner. Ow.
Jack: Actually, uh, can't do that.
Jen: Why?
Jack: 'Cause I mean you're... you're a girl and I'm a boy, and you know, there's... boundaries and rules.
Jen: Jack, I hardly think they're gonna kick you off the team for helping me into the tub. Please?
Jack: It's inappropriate.
Jen: You know, you're gonna have to stop clinging to these ridiculous macho conventions about what is and is not appropriate. Okay. Fine. Don't help. If I have to attach my wooden foot every morning for the rest of my life, I'm gonna remember this.
Jack: Yeah, well... [Jen begins to undress] Whoa! Yo! That's... that's enough, right there.
Jen: What?
Jack: Would you want me taking my clothes off in front of you? [Jen smiles] Okay, that's... that's withdrawn.

Joey: Sex. Sex is my problem. Sex is always my problem. I have so much conviction about waiting till the right moment. Not feeling guilty or obligated... and I don't.
Jack: Has it ever occurred to you that you might be so caught up in... trying to find the right choice that you never really stop to think about the possibility that there may not be a right choice? Or a wrong choice? Just a bunch of choices?

Faith is believing in something when common sense tells you not to. Miracle on 34th Street. Arthur always believed that the best answers to life's questions could be found in the movies. Crazy idea, huh? - Mr. Brook's friend

No matter what I say you're just gonna take it wrong. - Pacey

Pacey: I want you, Jo. There's no sense in me arguing the point if you're so eager to refute it.
Joey: I don't... I don't doubt that you want me, Pacey. I just... I don't know why or for what reason...
Pacey: Okay, please, just stop right there. You and I both know that if I was in this relationship for sex and sex alone, I would not have lasted for nine months.

Pacey: Look, Jo, I refuse to feel guilty about this because the fact of the matter is, it's not a bad thing when you wanna sleep with someone when you love them as much as I love you.
Joey: But there is something wrong with not wanting to.
Pacey: No. No. I just wish I knew what that something was.

I'll tell you what, do you wanna know what I'm scared of? 'Cause I'm not scared of whether or not we sleep together. If... if and when you and I decide to do that, it will be right. What I am scared of, is that little piece of your heart that will always belong to Dawson Leery. Okay? I'm scared of that piece of your heart that always envisioned your first time being with him. I'm scared of that part of you that just doesn't want it to be me. That's what I'm scared of. - Pacey

I'm scared that I'm gonna end up alone. I'm scared that I'm always going to be somebody's friend or brother or confidante but never quite somebody's everything. Mostly I'm... I'm... I'm scared that I'm never gonna find a guy that I love as much as I love you. - Jack

Anna: I don't understand, it's just sex. It's not that big of a deal. We're all adults.
Pacey: No, we're not adults. We're not even close to being adults and it is that big a deal. I have someone that I wanna be with for more than just one night. So the thought of... losing her or hurting her is not even a consideration. For me, it's not about wanting to have sex, it's about wanting to share the most intimate thing that you could possibly share with someone. No matter how long you have to wait.

Joey: Hey, Pace?
Pacey: Huh?
Joey: Do you... still have your wallet?
Pacey: I thought we were done talking about that?
Joey: We are.
Pacey: Okay. What do you wanna do, throw it away?
Joey: I wanna throw the wrapper away.

Episode 15 Four Stories

Now where are Joey Potter and Pacey Witter? Probably off somewhere sucking face. - Mr. Kasdan

About Last Night

Joey: And what exactly was I supposed to say, Pace? And if you say that I'm a woman now, I will projectile vomit on you.
Pacey: Okay, fine. What about Gretchen?
Joey: Yeah, uh, 'Hey Gretchen, sorry we missed the bus back. By the way, your brother deflowered me last night. Gotta go.' I mean, do I really strike you as the type of person who enjoys discussing my boyfriend's sexual prowess with a sibling?
Pacey: Okay, point taken.

Pacey: I know it's not the most equal of exchanges, you know, virginity for chocolate hearts, but I thought I should get you something. Just to commemorate the event.
Joey: Wow, if I would have known there were prizes involved, I would have asked for a car. Nothing too expensive, just, you know, something to tool around in.

Pacey: To tell you the truth, I don't think you've ever looked more beautiful.
Joey: You're easy because I didn't even get a chance to shower this morning.
Pacey: Ooh, apparently you didn't get a chance to brush your teeth either.
Joey: This from the morning breath monster himself?

Joey: Did you ever stop to think that maybe I might be wondering how I measured up? How I fit into the picture that includes not only one, but two prior sexual relationships, both of which meant a great deal to you.
Pacey: I didn't even know girls thought like that.

The Big Picture

Everyone deals with death in his own way. Some cry, some pray, some get angry at the world. There's no right or wrong. - Grams

Excess Baggage

Jen: Okay, what are you writing?
Dr. Frost: I'm just taking notes.
Jen: Oh. Do I get a copy?
Dr. Frost: No.

Yes, well, teenagers often confuse knowledge with wisdom. - Dr. Frost

Jen: Okay, I'm just gonna ask, am I totally screwed up?
Dr. Frost: It's probably too early for me to guess.
Jen: Okay.
Dr. Frost: But, were I to hazard one, I'd say that the smart, sarcastic exterior masks a scared, lonely young woman who's relationship with her parents have scarred her in ways she hasn't even begun to process. She has a hard time trusting people, men, especially. And who can blame her? When parental ties are severed early on like that, it can send a young person searching for love and acceptance in a variety of destructive ways. Which may explain your relationships with drugs, alcohol and a best friend who's sexuality prevents him from ever fully returning your affections. But all that is really just dime store psycho babble. Truth is, we don't really know why you're here yet. But I would love to help you find out.

Seems Like Old Times

Well, apparently I have to do something great with it. The proviso in his will reads, and I quote, 'Mr. Leery, this is the money with which one achieves greatness. So don't go blowing it on women and booze. But should that be your choice, make sure it's great women and great booze.' - Dawson

Joey: What are you asking me?
Dawson: I'm asking you if you slept with Pacey.
Joey: That's kinda personal.
Dawson: It's really personal.

Dawson: So what are you saying, Jo?
Joey: No. I did not sleep with Pacey.

Episode 16 Mind Games

Pacey: Well... what do you think about you and me, the broiler room right now.
Joey: No. Pacey...
Pacey: You considered that, didn't you? You did. I saw it in your eyes. You, Josephine Potter actually considered skipping AP Bio and engaging in sexual activities with your boyfriend. On school grounds no less. Naughty girl.

Drue: Okay! Now how's this as a fair fight? What do you want me to do? Hit her back? She's a girl.
Joey: Sucks, doesn't it? One of the few cultural advantages of being female.
Pacey: Well, you seem to have this situation firmly in hand. I think I'm going to saddle off to class, okay?

Drue: Oh, look, there's your friend, Dawson.
Dawson: Hey. Is this mugging by invitation only?

Gretchen: You know, I'm beginning to see where you're going with this.
Pacey: Going? I'm not going anywhere with this. It's just drinking and driving is a big no-no. And that couch is primo. It's goose-down. You'll sleep like a baby.
Gretchen: You did it, didn't you? You and Joey.
Pacey: Haha, no. I didn't see that.
Gretchen: You didn't have to. You did it and now you want to do it again which is why you're asking me to stay the night at Doug's and why you've been in such a good mood ever since you got back from the ski trip.
Pacey: Is there some law that says that Pacey can't be in a good mood? I just want you and Doug to really...
Gretchen: I can't believe I didn't notice this before. You know, there is only two things that make a man this happy and the other one is free beer.

Gretchen: But you owe me. Big time.
Pacey: I always do, Gretch! You're the best.
Gretchen: Freak.

Dr. Frost: Is that what happened to you? You wanted boys to like you?
Jen: Teenage sluts aren't born, they're made, that kind of thing.

Pacey: Good God, woman! It's not even night time yet.
Joey: Oh.
Pacey: There's not even a hello, how are you doing? How was your day after school today, Pacey?
Joey: Hi.
Pacey: Yeah, hi. You know, I don't think I like this turn that our relationship is taking here. You have no respect for my feelings, we never talk anymore.
Joey: Pace, we spent nine months talking. We've been doing this for two weeks.
Pacey: But this still doesn't mean you get to treat me like a sex object.

Jen: What's he looking at?
Jack: At the moment, it looks like Interview with the Vampire. So, he's obviously gay. Can we go now?
Jen: No. Wait a minute, what do you mean obviously gay? Straight people read Anne Rice.
Jack: Hello? You party all night with eternal youth and a great wardrobe. What other segment of the population does that appeal to?
Jen: How did you manage to surpass me in the knowledge of all things gay?
Jack: Sex in the City.

Joey: I'm sure it's nothing.
Pacey: Well, it has to be nothing because frankly the alternative is just too horrifying to contemplate.
Joey: She's your sister, he's our friend. Anyway you look at it, it's weird.

But it's just... a part of me was still clinging to the insane notion that Joey and I were destined to lose our virginity together. - Dawson

Pacey: Hey.
Dawson: Hey. Sorry to drop by so early. I'm just looking for Gretchen.
Pacey: She's not with you?
Dawson: She was last night. She never came home?
Pacey: No.

Joey: So what's the deal?
Gretchen: What do you mean?
Joey: I dunno, I kinda got the impression that everyone was worried about you.
Gretchen: And by everybody you mean Pacey and Dawson? That would pretty much be everybody, now wouldn't it? Sometimes I wish that I had been here last year. Because I would really like to know how you guys got into this mess to begin with. You're all so worried about hurting each other. Everybody's always trying to be so nice all the time.
Joey: Except you?
Gretchen: Yeah, except me. I'm really not feeling too nice at the moment.
Joey: Gretchen, I know that you and Dawson had a fight or something and I know that you didn't stay at his house last night...
Gretchen: Did you want me to? You know all these lies, these lies that you're all telling to protect each other? They're not going to solve anything.
Joey: What lies?
Gretchen: You lied to Dawson about you and Pacey having sex.
Joey: I made a decision, a very private decision about my life and I really don't want the whole world to know about that...
Gretchen: You really don't want Dawson to know about that.
Joey: It's the same thing.
Gretchen: No it's not, Joey. I don't want to be an ogre here, but lying to Dawson isn't going to solve anything. It's not fair to him and it's not fair to somebody who's trying to have a relationship with him.
Joey: Meaning you. You know Gretchen, you're right about something. You weren't here last year. And you don't know what it's like. So there's no way you can possibly understand.
Gretchen: But you have to tell Dawson the truth. There's no other choice here. And if you won't do it for him or for me, than just do it for Pacey.

Gretchen: Pacey, you don't want to hear about me and Dawson, so just stop, okay?
Pacey: Stop what?
Gretchen: Stop asking!
Pacey: So I really don't want to know, Gretchen?
Gretchen: No, you don't. Believe me, you don't.
Pacey: Yes, I do. Because I'm starting to have this horrifying feeling that it somehow involves me.

Joey lied to Dawson. I don't know why, I don't know what it meant. But he asked her flat out whether you guys were sleeping together and she lied. And that's the truth, Pacey. - Gretchen

That you'll always be as honest with me as you were last night. 'Cause that's the hardest part about having a relationship. It's so much harder than sex. And trusting someone is like this gigantic act of faith. You put it out there and you can never really be sure if you'll get it. Sex... sex is just mechanical. Like brushing your teeth. - Gretchen

Episode 17 Admissions

Bessie: $15,000?! That can't be right. We don't have that kind of money.
Joey: I know that. I knew this was too good to be true. It's the universe's way of saying, "Joey Potter, not so fast. You're not going anywhere."

Bessie: But this is your dream, Joey.
Joey: Bessie... sometimes dreams don't always come true.

Bessie didn't tell you the cruel irony? This place is making too much money, so I'm screwed. - Pacey

Jack: Hey! Guest of honor. Get a drink.
Jen: All right, I'd like to propose a toast. To Joey potter, may Worthington be worthy of her.
Dawson: Cheers.

Pacey: We don't even have to think about my future, because I don't really have one to think of.
Gretchen: You're the only one that believes that, Pacey, and if you keep saying it, it'll happen. Have you thought about what you're gonna do? I mean, what do you want for the future?
Pacey: What do you want for the future?
Gretchen: Sorry. As your sister, I reserve the right to play the I-asked-you-first card.

Pacey: Joey's not going to Worthington. They denied her financial aid package. She's just to proud to tell anybody about it.
Gretchen: That's awful.
Pacey: Yeah. And it gets worse, actually.
Gretchen: How can it?
Pacey: I think I'm happy about it.

Jen: You know how when you moved in with me and Grams, you said that you didn't want to go home because you didn't feel like there was anything there for you?
Jack: Yeah.
Jen: Well, that's how I feel about New York.

If you don't wanna go to New York, we don't have to go to New York. - Jack

Pacey: No, you're not staying another year.
Joey: It's just a year.
Pacey: No, it's not. It never is, especially not in a town like this. The weeks become months. The months become years. The years become decades. Pretty soon, you've lived a fraction of the life that you were meant to. That's not gonna happen to you, Joey. You don't want it to. I don't want it to. And Dawson doesn't want it to, either.

Jack: Exactly what is it we're doing, again?
Jen: I told you. A memory exercise.
Jack: And why are we doing this?
Jen: My shrink recommended it. It's kind of like self-hypnosis. Supposedly, if you stare at the fish for a half-hour or so, it will help you remember things. It's my hope that by staring at this fish, it'll help me recall why I'm so angry at my father, thus allowing me to forgive both he and myself and enabling us to go to school in New York City, if in fact that's where we desire to attend.
Jack: I see. Not for nothing, Jen, but, um... it's only since you started seeing this psychologist that I'm starting to think that you may in fact be crazy.
Jen: Jack, do you want to go to school in New York?
Jack: Yeah. Shut up. Watch the fish.

Episode 18 Eastern Standard Time

Drue: Ouch. Hate to be you. Does make you wonder, though.
Pacey: Wonder what?
Drue: What it is Joey's doing at this moment as you rot away in academic prison.

Joey: I mean, honestly, I can't believe there is even any debate about whether or not you wanna go back.
Jen: What about that thing that they always say, though, you know, that you can never really go home again?

Pacey: So what are you gonna do, Doug? Arrest me?
Doug: I should. More I'm just curious.
Pacey: About what?
Doug: You're not satisfied with being a moron and failure, you gotta add drunk to your list of credentials?
Pacey: What? This is it for me! This is my whole life right here! This is all I get.
Doug: Pacey... Pacey...
Pacey: Get off me!

Episode 19 Late

Mrs. Leery: It's not happening?
Doctor: They're called Braxton Hicks contractions. False labor.
Gale: Trust me. There is nothing false about these contractions.
Doctor: You're right, but they're not enough to bring on dilation. You're still at one centimeter, Gail.
Mrs. Leery: Are you sure you're using the right ruler?

Okay. It's official. You've become the neurotic girlfriend. - Bessie

Gretchen: He's in a lot of pain, so you have to promise me that you won't do anything to put any additional pressure on him right now, okay? I mean, can you do that?
Joey: Do you or do you not know how I can get in touch with him?
Gretchen: Did you just hear what I said?
Joey: No, I can't promise you that, Gretchen.
Gretchen: How could you possibly be that selfish?
Joey: I'm late.

Jen: Dawson, why isn't your mom, like, on the couch with her feet up?
Dawson: Oh, she's not interested. She's cooking, she's cleaning, she's relentless.
Grams: Nesting instinct.
Dawson: Do you want some laundry done? You could make her day.

Would you please tell my sister to get a life of her own? Your brother goes fishing, and, I swear, she doesn't know what to do with herself. - Bessie

Grams: Tradition is very clear on this matter. No men at showers.
Mrs. Leery: Well, in case you haven't noticed, we're kind of a non-traditional household.
Dawson: That's okay. Dad and I will leave and let you women do whatever it is you do at these things.
Mr. Leery: Come on, Dawson. Let's get out of here before the vagina monologues start.

Want to know the truth? Having a newborn in your life is pure, unadulterated hell. - Mr. Leery

Bessie: What is going on with you?
Joey: Is it suddenly inappropriate or immoral to get a little emotional at a baby shower?
Bessie: You're more than emotional. You're neurotic. You're obsessed with finding your boyfriend. You're creeped out being here. Every time Gail looks at you, you look the other way. If I didn't know you weren't having sex, I'd... Joey...
Joey: Can you just leave me alone?
Bessie: Are you pregnant?

Dawson: Well, I got to hand it to you, mom. That is the fastest way to end a party and clear out the house I've ever seen.
Gretchen: Going into labor. I'll have to remember that one.

Joey: Could you imagine Pacey with a baby?
Gretchen: You know, it's funny, 'cause I think Pacey would probably like the idea of a baby. I mean, he's great with kids, attentive to women. The problem with the scenario is that Pacey just can't deal with Pacey.

Tobey: You know, if you were really a Tobey activist, you would have carried me down the steps.
Jack: Yeah, don't push your luck, man.

Dawson: Have you and Pacey talked about him being near Worthington next year?
Joey: Uh, Pacey and I haven't really discussed the future too much lately.
Dawson: You should. It has a peculiar way of unexpectedly becoming the present.

Episode 20 Promicide

Joey: Pacey, the prom? What are we, like, in high school?
Pacey: Yeah. We are in high school last time I checked.

Bessie: Oh, God, I forgot to pick up Alexander.
Pacey: Oh, my god. She forgot to pick up Alexander.

It was unbelievable. So there I am, 15 years old. I'm at this girl's senior prom, and I've just confessed to her that I'm gay. And what does she do in response? She sticks her tongue all the way down my throat! It gets worse. She takes my hand, and she sticks it on her crotch, and she says, "you may think you're gay now, honey, but give me an hour, and I'll rock your world!" - Tobey

You know, I'm the only one here with a right to feel like a freak. My senior prom was last century. You know, when you think about it, it's actually kind of depressing. - Gretchen

Jack: Come on, don't make me say it. Are you or are you not gonna fulfill the long-standing teenage tradition of after-prom sex?
Dawson: I decline to respond to that line of questioning.

Joey: You know what, Jen, it just doesn't seem like he's too eager to... to touch me.
Jen: I'm sure he's just waiting for you to come to him.
Joey: You think? Yeah, it makes sense. I mean, he probably is just waiting.
Jen: Yeah.
Joey: Jen, what if he's not waiting for me?

Jen: Um, listen, you cannot be mad at me, because I want you to remember a little relationship called me and Henry which you completely orchestrated against my will, not to mention the whole college application thing.
Jack: I'm not mad, Jen.
Jen: You're not?
Jack: No. Now, I'll admit I was a little... surprised when I emphatically stated my strong desire not to go to the prom with Tobey, to have him then call me up and say, "Jen told me everything, and my answer's yes, Jack, I would love to go to the prom with you." Now, yes, I'll admit, I was slightly... peeved. But then I remembered what you said that you would go to the prom anyway, even if I brought Tobey.
Jen: Yeah, of course I'm still going to the prom.
Jack: So you promise and solemnly swear, no matter what.
Jen: Yes, I promise and solemnly swear.
Jack: No matter what?
Jen: Jack, what are you talking about?
Jack: Oh, nothing. It's just that, uh, well, I realized... why get mad when you can get even?
(doorbell rings)
Drue: Jack told me everything, and my answer is yes. Jen, I'd love to go to the prom with you.

Drue: Hey, everyone. Happy prom. You're all probably wondering what I'm doing here. Well, I'm here to meet my date, of course, the one and only Jen Lindley. Oh, cool, a baby. Can I hold it?
Mr. Leery: No!
Mrs. Leeery: No!
Dawson: No!
Gretchen: No!
Joey: No!

Jen: This has gone too far.
Jack: Oh, it must be stopped, then, before it destroys us all.
Jen: Ha ha ha.
Jack: Look, don't come crying to me just 'cause you chose not to think of the consequences of a certain action before you went and performed said action.
Jen: Well, excuse me, but I don't think that the punishment fit the crime.
Jack: Oh, I think it did.
Jen: Well, I think that my revenge on your revenge is imminent, so there.

Gretchen: How exactly do you plan on purchasing that?
Drue: Well, your advanced age is about to come in handy, dear.
Gretchen: Oh, sorry, but I don't plan on being responsible for unleashing a drunk Drue onto the prom. Better luck next time.

Jen: Okay, if you keep following me around, you're gonna lose a testicle.
Drue: Oh, come on, now, Jenny penny.
Jen: Drue, why are you doing this? You can't possibly be enjoying yourself.
Drue: No, but Jack offered me 50 bucks to follow you around all night, so I plan on getting paid in full.

Pacey: Well, then why don't you just tell me how you want me to act? 'Cause I can't win with you, Jo. If I act like I'm unhappy, you get angry with me. But if I act like I'm happy, you get angry with me.
Joey: Well, maybe you should stop acting and just talk to me.
Pacey: Maybe I just don't have anything left to say.

I'm at the prom, Pacey. I'm at the prom again. I mean, I graduated four years ago, and I'm still here. You know, tonight, for the first time... I didn't just feel older than Dawson, I felt old. I'm too old to be here. Too old to be doing what I'm doing. - Gretchen

Look, I don't know what you're afraid of, but it's not me. And I suggest you figure it out, or risk losing a chance at something really good someday. - Tobey

You know what I actually realized when I saw the two of you dancing there together? That is the happiest I have seen you all night. I mean, I think it's actually the happiest I've seen you in weeks. You want to know what's worse than that? I don't care. I saw the two of you dancing together, and I just don't care. I'm not angry. I'm not jealous. I'm not upset. I'm really not much of anything. - Pacey

Joey: You done?
Pacey: Done? Oh, no, I'm not done. I am just getting started.
Joey: Well, you can stop right now. You can go to hell.

Gretchen: Dawson, you don't need to explain. And it doesn't matter anyway because I know what I have to do. I've got to go on with my life. Go back to college, figure out who I am and what I want. This is not my place, not here, and not with you. You're still chasing after Joey, I mean literally and metaphorically.
Dawson: You told me to go to her. I thought you understood about our friendship.
Gretchen: I do. I do. And watching you chase her, it just made everything more clear. I mean, Dawson, there are so many loose ends, so much that the two of you haven't resolved, and as much as you think you're beyond the drama of high school and the prom, you're a part of it. You're smack in the middle of it and that's right where you should be. You're a senior in high school... and I'm not

Gretchen: What we have is an impossible situation.
Dawson: I'm good at impossible situations.
Gretchen: I'm not. I'm just not. I'm sorry.

Pacey: You know... our senior year is over now, and you and I are just two very different people on two very different paths, and for us this summer there is no boat, and there is no sunset. There is just Boston and Capeside.
Joey: But, Pacey, they're less than an hour apart.
Pacey: And are more than a world apart, and you know it. You've spent your entire life trying to get out of Capeside, Joey, because you felt like you deserved better. Well, I am Capeside. That's why I didn't get out and you did, and you do deserve better. You deserve better than this place, and you deserve better than me.
Joey: You break my heart into a thousand pieces and you say it's because I deserve better? Leave me alone.
Pacey: Okay.

Episode 21 Separation Anxiety

Jen: Okay, please, just give me something. Anything. A small juicy little morsel just to tide me over so I can keep on living vicariously through you.
Jack: First of all, when discussing my love life, try not to use the word juicy or morsel. Okay? It cheapens me.

Oh, I must be off my game, Drue. Normally I can smell you coming a mile away. - Jen

Who will live to suck face another day? Will it be Joey and Pacey? Gretchen and Dawson? Both... or neither? - Drue

I don't know if I'm avoiding him or he's avoiding me. - Gretchen

Pacey: Do you think it's possible that you and I might actually feel better if we were to deal with our significant exs instead of just holing up in this cozy little beach house?
Gretchen: Probably. But that doesn't mean I'm actually ready to go out there and cope.
Pacey: Me neither. Maybe it's genetic.

Forgive me, Jennifer, I didn't realize I needed your permission to sell my own house. - Grams

Joey: Okay, um... here's the thing. Um... I ran into Mr. Kubelik today. Remember him? He's the Worthington guy and he remembered you, and he asked me to bring you to this party that they're having tomorrow night for all the new freshmen. And he thought that we were still together, and I said that things were weird between us. But then he said he had this offer for you and he mentioned the Dean of Admissions, and I'm thinking what else could he be talking about other than Worthington and you. And, you know, maybe there's some loophole or he... there's some special program and I...
Pacey: I miss you, Jo.
Joey: I miss you, too.

Gretchen: Trust me. I know from whence I speak.
Pacey: Trust you? Miss pack-up-and-leave-town? Forgive me if you're not exactly my relationship role model right now.
Gretchen: I'm just trying to help, pace. I don't want to see you getting hurt.
Pacey: Well, it's too late for that. I'm already hurt.

Pacey: I'm really glad you came home this year, Gretchen.
Gretchen: Sure you are. You got a sweet beach house out of the deal.
Pacey: Yeah, I did. But it would not have been the same if it wasn't for you. So, I just want you to know that, you know, your little brother... well, you know.
Gretchen: I love you, too, Pace.
Pacey: Yeah.
Gretchen: And even better than that, I mean, all familial obligations aside, I actually like you.
Pacey: Well, you're not so bad yourself.
Gretchen: Yeah, I know.

Risk takers. Dreamers. People who understand that every once in a while, an opportunity presents itself. And whatever they decide to do in that moment will change the rest of their lives forever. - Mr. Leery

Jen: Jack, that's ridiculous, all right? Why on earth would I not want to go away to college?
Jack: Because you're scared. I mean, think about it. You're leaving the only town in which you ever felt safe. The only person who... who cared enough to devote her entire life to you.
Jen: Okay, I'm... I hear what you're saying, but, um, but it... it's not that easy. I mean, I can't just leave her alone.
Jack: I'm not saying you should. Look, I know Grams needs you, but you need her just as much, and there's nothing wrong with that. I'm not ashamed to admit that I'd be scared to go to school without you.
Jen: Okay, I admit it. I'm an 18 year-old woman who's afraid to be away from her grammy. What am I gonna do?
Jack: I think you know what to do.

Pacey: Jo, you can't leave. I mean, this is it now. This is... this is your life, and you should enjoy it.
Joey: How can I enjoy it without you? Let's go.

Gretchen: Okay, can I just say that you're the cutest thing in the world right now?
Dawson: Why?
Gretchen: Look at you, all papa Dawson.

Joey: Pace... do you think maybe I could come and stay with you tonight? We could just... sleep.
Pacey: Yeah.

Grams: Fine. You want to play games, that's just fine. I'm really not that interested, anyway.
Jen: How would you like to move to Boston?
Grams: Now what kind of nonsense are you talking?
Jen: Nothing nonsensical here at all. Dead serious.
Grams: I know what you're doing, Jennifer. It's one of the reasons I love you so much. You have a big, beautiful heart, but... I will not allow you to do this for me.
Jen: Well, maybe I'm doing it for me. Look, moving to Boston, going away to college, um... it scares me. And somehow, the idea of having you nearby, just to know that you're there, will... you know, it scares me less. So, before you start writing sonnets about my big, beautiful heart, you should know that I'm not doing this for you. I'm doing this 'cause my big, selfish heart wants you to be there. So will you please go with me?
Grams: Oh, I don't know. It's... such an overwhelming concept. I wouldn't know where to begin.
Jen: Well, you start by calling movers...
Grams: It's not that simple, Jennifer. First of all, I would have to find a place to live...
Jen: All right, I'll give you that. It would be difficult to find a place as nice as La Brea Park.
Grams: Well, even if I could find a suitable home, what would I do in Boston? How would I spend my time?
Jen: Any way you like. Maybe a change of scenery would serve to... inspire you to try new things. Meet new people.
Grams: No, I'm... I'm too old for such things.
Jen: Please! You, who have seen more action in the romance department than I have this year. You're the youngest grandma I know. So, will you please just quit it with these pitiful excuses and say yes?
Grams: You're sure I wouldn't cramp your style?
Jen: I'm sure you will.

Pacey: I know what I said. And I know how I said it, and it makes me sick to my stomach every time I think about it. Blaming you for my insecurities and... then making you feel guilty for all the things that you've accomplished, when you should feel nothing but proud. And I'm so proud of you.
Joey: I know you are.
Pacey: But I didn't show you that. Instead... instead, I decided to become a stereotypical guy who can't handle it when his girlfriend gets a better job than he does. I hate that guy.
Joey: Pacey, you're not that guy.
Pacey: I feel like that guy.

Episode 22 The Graduate

Pacey: Can I help you with something in particular, Dougie, or does this just fall under the category of general harassment?
Dougie: A minute ago, I drove right by you. Now, either you were purposely ignoring me, or you just didn't see me.
Pacey: No, I was just invoking the hard-earned lessons of my youth. 'Avoid eye contact with any and all authority figures at all costs.' Even the effeminate ones.

Doug: Listen, uh... I could help you study.
Pacey: Well, boy, I appreciate that, but I'd really rather you do something beneficial to all mankind with your time, like, I don't know, solve a murder.
Dougie: Wait a second, Pacey. I'm serious here.
Pacey: You're serious? I'm serious. Everybody is serious. But you know what I don't understand? Why they won't just let me graduate, because it seems to me, the sooner I get out of that place, the better off everyone involved will be.

Joey: Dawson, this speech is driving me nuts. I... I must have some sort of a block or something.
Dawson: I'll go you one better. I bet you that block has a name. Pacey.
Joey: Yeah, so, he has been known to occupy my thoughts on occasion.
Dawson: And seeing him forced to leave his own graduation rehearsal, that was painful.
Joey: I just wanted to go up to him and say something. What stopped me was knowing that he would resent me for it.
Dawson: Yeah, I went up to him the other day in study hall and asked if he needed some sort of help. He made it very clear he didn't want any.

Mr.Kasdan: All right, that's enough! Look, I have tolerated this outburst of yours because I know you need to pass this test, but you are this close to throwing away an opportunity, young man!
Pacey: You know, maybe you are right. I must be an idiot, because I cannot for the life of me figure out why I try so damn hard for you. I mean, I don't know why I bother at all.

I'm sorry, we? I didn't realize that we were involved in a team sport here, Joey. I don't think there is a we anymore. - Pacey

You want to know what the truth is, Jo? I still love you, and I probably will love you for a very long time. But I can't just be your buddy. 'Cause, as much as I enjoy the concept of being just friends, in reality, it's a bizarre form of torture, and I'm just not willing to participate in it. So, right now, what I want to do is just move on and get over you, and the only way for me to do that is to not be around you anymore. - Pacey

Tobey: Hey, what's with the 50 yard dash, man? We're right on time, early, even.
Jack: Yeah, but you don't understand. I know her. She probably booked this flight three months in advance, so she could get a seat by the exit and be the first one off the plane.
Tobey: And you would know this for sure because?
Jack: Because she's always the first one off the plane.

Andie: Oh, I'm sorry, I don't mean to be rude, but how do you know jack?
Jack: Uh, well, uh, Tobey's, um, Tobey's my boyfriend.
Andie: Oh, my god. This is great! Oh! I can't believe you didn't e-mail me, you big sneak.

Mr. Kasdan: I'll get right to the point. Did you study for that final you so dramatically walked out on?
Pacey: I can categorically say that I studied my ass off, sir.
Mr. Kasdan: Care to prove it?
Pacey: You did hear everything that I had to say in class today, didn't you?
Mr. Kasdan: Oh, I did. You're not an idiot or a punch line. You are why I teach. Those honor students that turn your stomach... they don't need me. They're gonna forget me as soon as they walk out the door. But you...
Pacey: I have a funny feeling I'm gonna be telling this story for years to come.
Mr. Kasdan: And if that should turn out to be the case, please describe me as a strapping, handsome man, possessed of an immense charity and a great, great goodwill.
Pacey: I can do that.
Mr. Kasdan: Mr. Witter, you have 45 minutes.

Drue: Alright, this it. That timer controls the sprinkler settings. All we have to do is re-set the timer so the sprinklers come on during graduation, soaking the crowd, and therefore transforming a rather ho-hum ceremony into a glorious liquid wonderland.
Jen: You aim high.
Drue: As do you, my accomplice in crime.

I wish I were a memory like that to someone, you know, to someone who thinks back on me with a smile, even though we've long since gone our separate ways. - Andie

Andie: Um, you know, Jack's been writing me and uh, he told me about you and Joey. And I just want to say I'm sorry. I know how much she means to you.
Pacey: You know what? I'm going to be all right.

Pacey: I am so glad you're here right now. Uh, okay... I did it. I did it. I passed my final exam. I'm a high school graduate.
Andie: Aah! Oh, my god! I knew it! I knew it. I knew you could!

Andie: Okay, so why haven't you told everybody else? I mean, they're dying to know.
Pacey: I don't need to tell them. I don't need to compare myself to them anymore. I did this thing for myself. I just want to feel good about it. All I want to do now is get up on that stage and feel the sun against my face and just... know for the first time in my life that I can overcome anything.
Andie: So, uh, why'd you tell me?
Pacey: You were the first person in my life who ever told me that I could be more than I was and believed it. So I guess that's thank you.
Andie: You're welcome.
Pacey: It's so good to see you again, Andie.
Andie: You, too!

Pacey: I think I... I should probably go off and live my own life for a little while. That certainly doesn't mean that this is how I want it to end between us. So hypothetically speaking... if I were lucky enough one day to find myself owning a sailboat again, and I were to ask the woman that I love to go sailing with me... would she?
Joey: You wouldn't have to ask, Pace.

Mr. Leery: You like it?
Dawson: Are you kidding? I love it.
Mrs. Leery: Well, there's an inscription on the back.
Dawson: (reading) "If you will it, it is no dream."

Pacey: Deputy Doug Witter. To what do I owe this unprompted intrusion?
Doug: Oh, I just thought I'd stop by and offer my congratulations and, uh...
Pacey: What, wish me good luck?
Doug: Or something like that, yeah. So, tell me, uh... you need some money? You know, not that I'd give you any, but, um...
Pacey: No. I'll actually be fine, just so long as I can store all of my stuff at your place this summer, I'll be a happy camper.
Doug: So another exciting summer ahead for my little brother. I'm glad. You really deserve it.
Pacey: Well, Dougie, you came halfway close to sounding like you actually meant that.
Doug: Because I did.
Pacey: You know, I got to tell you, it would be an absolute shame for me to let another day like today pass without ever telling you how much I've always looked up to you as my big brother. Or mentioned the fact that I do actually think that one day you will... make a girl very happy.
Doug: Mean to tell me that you've, uh, actually accepted my heterosexuality?
Pacey: No, no, I said happy, Doug, not sexually happy.

Andie: You don't care? You're not upset? You're not going to try to convince me to stay and you don't think I'm being idiotic?
Jack: Well, idiotic, yes, but it's the smartest idiotic thing you've ever done. Just promise me I can visit.
Andie: Only if you bring that man of yours.
Jack: Love you to death, little sis.
Andie: Love you more, little brother.

The truth is, in time, that's all that we're going to be to each other anyway, this population of memories, some wonderful and endearing, some less so. But taken together, those memories help make us who we are and who we will be. So whether you're here with each other now or you're merely in each other's thoughts, remember each other on that road ahead. And I hope that no matter where your travels lead you in this life... you'll always take Capeside with you. Congratulations. - Joey

Amanda Walters. Cassandra Whitman. Pacey Witter. - Principal Peskin

Episode 23 Coda

Dawson: Have you heard from him?
Joey: No. The sea creature from the deep remains incommunicado.

Mrs. Leery: I just think that certain people, when they're feeling insecure about the future, would rather pick a fight and stomp around in the front yard than face the fact that they are feeling insecure about the future. Oh, did I happen to mention that those people are usually men? - Mrs. Leery
Mr. Leery: Why would I be feeling insecure about the future? I'm not the one whose life is about to change.
Mrs. Leery: I think we may have just discovered where our son gets his talent for denial.

Joey and Pacey and I grew up in mortal terror of this house, especially around Halloween. Every time Grams came out to sweep her porch, I think we half-expected her to hop on her broomstick and fly away. - Dawson

Doomed to be friends forever. - Dawson

Some people spend their entire lives chasing the happiness they had in high school--their teenage years. - Grams

Pacey: So how is she?
Dawson: She's, um... you know, she's doing the same thing you are, Pace. She's keepin' busy. She doesn't say much, but, um, you know, I get the feeling that she thinks about you every ten seconds or so. I know she'd appreciate a call.
Pacey: Uh, you know, I just don't think that's a place I'm ready to go quite yet, Dawson.
Dawson: Yeah, I totally understand. I could say something to her if you want.
Pacey: No. No, you know what? I think I'd prefer if you didn't, and that's... that's not why I called, actually. Uh... I just... I realized that you're the only person in Capeside that I actually regret not saying goodbye to, because, you know, for a long time there, Dawson, being your best friend was all I really cared about in my life. I just wanted you to hear from me that despite everything that's happened between us and the miles that may be between us right now, you know, I still think about the way things were.

Dawson: Yeah, Pace, I'm... I'm really glad you called, because the worst thing about not saying goodbye was I didn't get a chance to tell you something I wanted so badly to tell you.
Pacey: What's that?
Dawson: I'm proud of you, Pacey.
Pacey: Thanks, Dawson.
Dawson: Good luck out there.
Pacey: Yeah. You, too.

It's a pretty powerful thing when you get your biggest wish in one moment. - Joey

Jo, if I thought for one second it was the right thing to do, I would stay, but it's time to go. It's time for me to get out of this room, and it's time for you to discover who you are without us. This chapter's over, Jo. I can feel it. - Dawson