growing up sucks. not all kisses are magic, and most boys do not live up to your expectations ...

"You've been everything to me. And I have been your sidekick, your confidant, your other half for so long and that's how our relationship works. And it's a nice place for you, but for me, it's scary. 'Cause I realized that aside from you, I don't have anything. My entire life is attached to you."
-Dawson's Creek (Episode 2.4)

"The two times I fell in love Dawson, they were both with you. The first time I fell was for my friend, the boy down the creek, the one I grew up with. And the second was after you kissed me. I fell in love all over again. Just because we aren't together doesn't change my feelings for you."
-Dawson's Creek (Episode 2.7)

"Growing up sucks. Not all kisses are magic, and most boys do not live up to your expectations. But there are those times when everything -- I mean love, romance, relationships -- it all falls together perfectly and it's incredible. It's those moments, no matter how depressingly few and far between, that make growing up worth it."
-Dawson's Creek (Episode 2.7)

Dawson: "I see you've graduated from fruit bowls."
Joey: "We're doing life-sketching. Nude models -- so we're supposed to see the human form; a mass of lines and shadows."
Dawson: "Really?"
Joey: "I'm working on it."
Dawson: "And he does poses for you?"
Joey: "Yeah ..."
Dawson: "Don't you find that uncomfortable? Just sitting in a room with some guy completely in the buff right in front of you?"
Joey: "No."
Dawson: "Does he like ... talk or anything?"
Joey: "Oh yeah. He sings, tells jokes, does a little soft-shoe. No, he doesn't talk, Dawson. He's a model. He sits there."
-Dawson's Creek (Episode 2.10)

Dawson: "Here I am, single, sandwiched in between two women who both dumped me. I am pathetic."
Jen: "Hey, look at me -- I'm dating a Bible-thumping hypocrite, okay?"
Joey: "Hey, my boyfriend may be gay."
-Dawson's Creek (Episode 2.15)

"Look, it was never about looking for something better, Dawson. It was about looking for someone who wasn't so close to me. Where I could tell where I ended and he began. I mean, our lives have always been so intertwined that in many ways, I feel like you partially invented me ... And that scares me so much. I need to find out if I can be a whole person without you. I need to find out if I can be a whole person -- alone."
-Dawson's Creek (Episode 2.16)