i'm not that girl anymore. i never really was ...

"I'm just saying that every guy that grows up to be one of the good ones ... He was probably a dweeb with girls when he was fifteen, too."
-Dawson's Creek (Episode 1.4)

Jen: "So what would you do?"
Joey: "Same as you - I'd get hurt, mad, confused; ask people for advice, maybe the wrong people. And then I'd wait."
Jen: "For what."
Joey: "For him to grow up, come around. Everything."
Jen: "And how long does that take?"
Joey: "Don't go by me. I'd probably be stupid enough to wait forever."
-Dawson's Creek (Episode 1.4)

Grams: "I used to be a big fan of motion pictures. Frank Capra -- It's a Wonderful Life, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, Pocketful of Miracles. Simple desires fulfilled, aspirations realized."
Dawson: "Fears of abandonment turned into fantasy spectacles of security and joy. Frank Capra and Steven Spielberg were often compared for their thematic content."
Grams: "What I like most about those movies is the fact that no matter how far off the pedestal the character fell, they always got a second chance. Forgiveness is one of the greatest gifts the Lord has given us. With it, comes understanding."
-Dawson's Creek (Episode 1.4)

"I'm not that girl anymore. I never really was. And I'm not that white-as-snow image you've got, either. I'm somewhere in between and I'm just ... I'm just trying to figure it out."
-Dawson's Creek (Episode 1.4)

"I can't apologize for my past. I mean, I've learned from it. I'm a better person. It's gotten me here. And this is my chance to start over. It's my chance, and I would really be nice if you'd be a part of that."
-Dawson's Creek (Episode 1.4)

Joey: "You of all people should know that a cliffhanger is merely a manipulative TV standard designed to improve ratings."
Dawson: "No, a cliffhanger's purpose is to keep people interested. Keep them guessing what's going to happen in future episodes."
Joey: "But just like in our own lives, they are so predictable. I mean, the producers put the characters in some contrived situation hoping the audience will think something is going to change. But you know what?  It never does -- back to the same way it was before your so-called cliffhanger. It's boring, Dawson."
Dawson: "Well, what if this time it's different. What if this time in the cliffhanger, something changes? You wouldn't want to miss that, would you?"
-Dawson's Creek (Episode 1.13)

"She's great. I mean, she's smart, she's beautiful, she's funny. She's a big ol' scaredy cat. If you creep up from behind her, she'll jump out of her skin. It's pretty amusing. She's honest. She always calls them just like she sees them. You can always count on getting the truth from Joey, even if the truth hurts. She's stubborn. We fight a lot. She can be so frustrating sometimes. But she's a really, really good friend. I know her to a fault. She believes in me -- and I'm a dreamer, so it's good to have somebody like that in my life. If she goes away, I don't know what I'm going to do. I mean, she's my best friend, you know? She's more than that. She's everything."
-Dawson's Creek (Episode 1.13)

"If you want the rainbow, you've got to put up with a lot of rain."
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"It is not always by thinking of yourself, if you can manage it, that you might somehow be happy. Until you make room in your life for someone as important to you as yourself, you will always be searching and lost."--Richard Bach