"As my friend, I hurt him deeply. And living with that fact has caused me no small amount of guilt over the past three months. So yes, I have been preoccupied and it has made my mind wander."
-from Dawson's Creek (Episode 4.1)
"Take it from someone 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 it's basically just a distraction. My point is, if you do it right ... Loving somebody is gonna hurt and the sooner you let yourself feel that, the sooner you'll be able love again."
-from Dawson's Creek (Episode 4.2)
"Look, 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 with a conversation, 'cause that'st just not the way it works. But I've been wanting to tell you that I'm sorry ... I'm really sorry for teh way everything went down this spring. For my part in it, for the pain that it must have caused you. And I'm really sorry that I ruined our friendship, because 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 ..."
-from Dawson's Creek (Episode 4.3)
"[He] has this way of hanging on to things since he was like, twelve. You know, sure, he outgrows them in their proper perspective, but that doesn't always mean that they're gone. Sometimes, I think they're just waiting around for the right moment to come out again ... And maybe if he thinks there's the slightest chance ..."
-from Dawson's Creek (Episode 4.6)
"Wherever we go next, it's hard to imagine life without you."
-from Dawson's Creek (Episode 4.6)
"You don't face your issues ... You just take them outside. You keep doing that and you're going to do a hell of a lot more than just painting alone."
-from Dawson's Creek (Episode 4.7)
"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."
-from Dawson's Creek (Episode 4.7)
"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."
-from Dawson's Creek (Episode 4.7)
"Everything in the world is wonderful until proven crap."
-from Dawson's Creek (Episode 4.7)