i had to let go of the bumper because it hurts too much ...

"I can't take this anymore. Yes, I love Luke, and yes, I wanted to marry Luke. But I didn't want a life separate from Luke, and that's all he could give me. I don't want that. If I'm gonna be with Luke, I want to be with Luke, and he didn't get it and I waited. I mean, god, I waited! It's like Luke is driving a car, okay, and I just want to be in the passenger's seat. But he's locked the door, and -- and so I have to hold onto the bumper, you know? I'm not even asking him to open the door for me. Just leave it unlocked and say, "Come in." But no, he didn't do that, so I'm hanging onto the bumper, and life goes on, and the car goes on, and I get really badly bruised and hitting potholes. And it hurts. I mean, it hurts. So yesterday, I had to let go of the bumper because it hurts too much. It hurts too much!"
-from Gilmore Girls (Episode 7.1)

"You don't have to jump off the Empire State Building to know it's gonna hurt."
-from Gilmore Girls (Episode 7.3)

Lorelai: "I never saw myself getting married."
Carolyn: "Never?"
Lorelai: "Not until Max asked me, I think. I mean, I guess I thought about marrying Christopher when everyone was freaking out because I was pregnant, but I never thought about it in a longingly, good way."
Carolyn: "That could be why."
Lorelai: "Why?"
Carolyn: "Well, marriage was just a solution to a problem, not anything romantic or because you were in love ... What about Max? Did you love him?"
Lorelai: "No, I didn't. I wanted to. But I didn't. I don't think I ever really loved anyone, until Luke ... I saw this guy in front of me who was a real man. He was solid, and he was strong. He would protect me, but he -- he got me. I knew all that when we started dating. But that moment, when I realized how much he cared ... Suddenly, I knew I was ready."
-from Gilmore Girls (Episode 6.22)

"And the crazy thing is, I am ready to get married. I am ready to start the next phase of my life ... I don't want to wait anymore. I don't want to be patient. I've been patient long enough. I'm not happy, and I feel crappy all the time. And I just think I've had it."
-from Gilmore Girls (Episode 6.22)

"So, what are you going to do? Only you can make you wait. Nobody else can. You need to decide what you want and what you're willing to give up to get it, and then you've got to be okay with that, or you've got to be okay with waiting."
-from Gilmore Girls (Episode 6.22)

"You don't really seem to have him now, at least not the way you want to have him. You won't get anything unless you ask for it. And if you ask for it and you don't get it, maybe it wasn't worth having in the first place."
-from Gilmore Girls (Episode 6.22)

"We fixed up the house, right? We have a bigger closet and I didn't get the purple wallpaper because you didn't want the purple wall paper. And if it's between you and the purple wallpaper, I pick you! I pick you!"
-from Gilmore Girls (Episode 6.22)

Luke: "I don't like ultimatums!"
Lorelai: "I don't like Mondays, but unfortunately, they come around eventually."
Luke: "I can't just jump like this."
Lorelai: "Well, I'm sorry to hear that. And I have to go."
-from Gilmore Girls (Episode 6.22)

"I'm the perfect storm of caffeine and genetics."
-from Gilmore Girls (Episode 7.1)

"There's a giant hole where my wall used to be. It's gonna take a couple of weeks to fix. It's a disaster, but I don't care. I mean, I care, but -- you know what, no. I really -- I don't care. It's like it's not even real to me. it's like my life isn't even real to me unless you're there, and you're in it, and I'm sharing it with you. And, uh, I don't know what I was waiting for and I don't know what I was scared of, but I'm not. I'm not scared, and I'm not waiting. I'm here."
-from Gilmore Girls (Episode 7.1)

"Has it ever occured to you that you might be so caught up trying to find the 'right' choice that you've never really stopped to think about the possibility that there may not be a right choice or a wrong choice, just a bunch of choices?"
-from Dawson's Creek (Episode 4.14)

"Well, the only really exciting things in life require more courage thatn we currently have. A deep breath, and a leap. The kind of fear that you're talking about, sometimes, it's how you know that something's worthwhile."
-from Dawson's Creek (Episode 4.14)

"It was so right ... and you may not see that right now, but I do. And if I have to wait until we're both 80 years old for you to see it, then I'll wait. I'm not going anywhere. This is it for me. You're it for me, and I can't pretend to feel any less than I do. I'm sorry. I just can't."
-from Gilmore Girls (Episode 7.3)

"You're doing something that feels good temporarily, instead of 'healing the wounds.'"
-from Gossip Girl: Because I'm Worth It (Book 4)

"But it's the reluctant heroes of fairy tales that we fall in love with, over and over, despite their flaws."
-from Gossip Girl: Because I'm Worth It (Book 4)

"If anyone had passed by on the road, they'd have seen a mysterious girl ... looking defiantly sure of herself, even though the plot had changed and the script had to be entirely rewritten."
-from Gossip Girl: Because I'm Worth It (Book 4)