no surprise there, only lies there ...

"Someone got to him first. Actually, she's always been there and probably always will be."
-from Gossip Girl: You're the One That I Want (Book 6) by Cecily vonZiegesar

"The old familiar thrill passed through her. It was always like this when they got back together -- comfortable and thrilling at the same time."
-from Gossip Girl: You're the One That I Want (Book 6) by Cecily vonZiegesar

"Being the subject of such outrageous tales was nothing new ... [she was] a veteran of half-truths and petty gossip. She knew the best way to handle it, too: ignore it."
-from Gossip Girl: You're the One That I Want (Book 6) by Cecily vonZiegesar

"She was like Mr. Magoo, running blindly into the most awkward situations, and then walking out of them unscathed and blaming nobody. Hopefully this would be the same."
-from Gossip Girl: You're the One That I Want (Book 6) by Cecily vonZiegesar

"'I guess I really screwed up,' he admitted to the camera. 'I mean, my girlfriend's life is, like, a train wreck, and I can't even call her."
-from Gossip Girl: You're the One That I Want (Book 6) by Cecily vonZiegesar

"I know she was the one who said it, but i guess I believed it, too -- that we'd always wind up married."
-from Gossip Girl: You're the One That I Want (Book 6) by Cecily vonZiegesar

"'You know he loves you,' Serena said, even though she didn't need to. 'And we're all so much happier when we're not fighting.' 'Yeah," Blair admitted. But Nate was going to have to prove it to her on his own. Not that she'd be hard to win over."
-from Gossip Girl: You're the One That I Want (Book 6) by Cecily vonZiegesar

"Maybe that was the difference between fourteen and eighteen. When you were fourteen, something that seemed like the end of the world today could be completely forgotten tomorrow. When you were eighteen, your life was that much closer to being over."
-from Gossip Girl: You're the One That I Want (Book 6) by Cecily vonZiegesar

"She wanted to be that girl, she really did. The girl who drank coffee with her boyfriend. A couple. But she didn't want it badly enough to miss the party."
-from Gossip Girl: You're the One That I Want (Book 6) by Cecily vonZiegesar

"And now that she'd been through a scandal - or two or three - and come out ahead, she was more resilient. She had a past, a history. She was the girl no one would be able to stop talking about. Big bazongas and all, she ... was destined for success."
-from Gossip Girl: You're the One That I Want (Book 6) by Cecily vonZiegesar

"'We don't have to go to the same school or even live together. We can just be.' She wiped her nose with the back of her free hand .... 'No matter what we do, we'll always sort of be together, right?'"
-from Gossip Girl: You're the One That I Want (Book 6) by Cecily vonZiegesar

"Nate had forgotten what it was like being with Blair. How touching her wasn't a haunted-house experience, where he blindly had to guess where things were and what they were, and wound up bumping into walls. With Blair, he just knew. And everything seemed to fit just right.'"
-from Gossip Girl: You're the One That I Want (Book 6) by Cecily vonZiegesar

"The best stories begin with one boy and two girls."
-from Gossip Girl: It Had to Be You (Prequel) by Cecily vonZiegesar

"She was still a pain in his ass, but they'd been in and out of love pretty much since they were eleven years old."
-from Gossip Girl: Nobody Does it Better (Book 7) by Cecily vonZiegesar

"Here was the thing about Blair that he loved. She was spoiled, but she wasn't lazy. She knew what she wanted, and because she believed absolutely that she could have everything she wanted if she tried hard enough to get it, she never stopped trying."
-from Gossip Girl: Nobody Does it Better (Book 7) by Cecily vonZiegesar

"That's the problem with best friends. Sometimes, they know you better than you know yourself."
-from Gossip Girl: Nobody Does it Better (Book 7) by Cecily vonZiegesar

"But there was someone missing. Someone who'd always been a major piece of the puzzle in his own lovably f***ed-up, cheating way."
-from Gossip Girl: Nobody Does it Better (Book 7) by Cecily vonZiegesar

"When she really thought about it, this whole year had been a series of highs and lows, with more lows than highs. But so what if her life wasn't turning out the way she'd imagined it in the movie in her head, and her entire supporting cast had turned out to be assholes? She was about ot move the film to a completely new location and she could hire an entirely new cast. And nobody knew how to steal the shower better than Blair did."
-from Gossip Girl: Nobody Does it Better (Book 7) by Cecily vonZiegesar
"I must be cruel only to be kind."
-from Hamlet by William Shakespeare

When you're down and troubled
And you need a helping hand
And nothing, oh nothing is going right
Close your eyes and think of me
And soon I will be there
To brighten up even your darkest night
You just call out my name
And you know wherever I am
I'll come running to see you again
Winter, spring, summer or fall
All you have to do is call
And I'll be there, yeah, yeah, yeah
You've got a friend ...
Hey ain't it good to know you've got a friend?
People can be so cold
They'll hurt you and desert you
Well, they'll take your soul if you let them
Oh yeah, but don't you let them
-"You've Got a Friend" by James Taylor

Give me a kiss to build a dream on
And my imagination will thrive upon that kiss
Sweetheart, I ask no more than this
A kiss to build a dream on
Give me a kiss before you leave me
And my imagination will feed my hungry heart
Leave me one thing before we part
A kiss to build a dream on
When I'm alone with my fancies
I'll be with you
Making me believe they're true
Give me your lips for just a moment
And my imagination will make that moment live
Give me what you alone can give
A kiss to build a dream on
-"A Kiss to Build a Dream On" by Louis Armstrong

In a white room, in a white head
In a cobweb of enterprise
Where the dreams sleep and fears keep
That's where the colors don't go
That's where the colors don't show
In one take, no give
Half live, half ignore
An endless chase in small place
One world, one white flag
One shopping bag and restaurant
No surprise there, only lies there
I want your eyes to color my world
And see our endless longing
-"Where the Colors Don't Go" by Sam Phillips
 
Margaret: "Why didn't you tell me you were some kind of Alaskan Kennedy?"
Andrew: "How could I? We were in the middle of talking about you -- for the last three years."
-from the Proposal

Margaret: "What am I allergic to?"
Andrew: "Pine nuts. And the full spectrum of human emotion."
-from the Proposal

"You can do this, but that would require to you stop snacking on children while they dream."
-from the Proposal

Margaret: "I'm not getting in that boat."
Andrew: "Fine. See you in three days."
Margaret: "You know I can't swim."
Andrew: "Hence, the boat."
-from the Proposal

"Three days ago, I loathed you. I used to dream about you getting hit by a cab. Then we had our little adventure up in Alaska, and things started to change. Things changed when we kissed. And when you told me about your tattoo. Even when you checked me out when we were naked. But I didn't realize any of this until I was standing alone in a barn, wifeless. Now, you could imagine my disappointment when it suddenly dawned on me that the woman I love is about to be kicked out of the country. So Margaret, marry me - because I'd like to date you."
-from the Proposal

"People put you down enough, you start to believe it ... The bad stuff is easier to believe. You ever notice that?"
-from Pretty Woman

"My special gift is impossible relationships."
-from Pretty Woman

"You left, and suddenly I'm in the middle of 'West Side Story.'"
-from Pretty Woman

Edward: "So what happens when the prince comes to save the princess?"
Vivian: "She saves him right back."
-from Pretty Woman

The next several quotes are all from Gilmore Girls, Episode 1.3 (Kill Me Now) ...

Richard: "Oh, I like Sophia."
Emily: "You did not."
Richard: "I didn't?"
Emily: "She was the one who sang."
Richard: "That's right! Terrible woman."
Emily: "And after Sophia, we had Anton."
Richard: "That's right. Anton was the one I liked."
Lorelai: "I'm sorry, Dad, how do you mix up Anton and Sophia?"
Richard: "What do you mean?"
Lorelai: "Well, one is a man and one is a woman."
Richard: "And your point being?"
Lorelai: "That one is a man and one is a woman."
Richard: "I have a lot to do in a day, Lorelai. I do not have time to keep up with the multitude of people that your mother employs."
Lorelai: "... But one is a man, and one is a woman."

Rory: "Hey Grandma, these plates are really pretty."
Emily: "Thank you, Rory. They were your great-grandmother's."
Richard: "Lorelai the First."
Rory: "I thought Mom was the first."
Emily: "Not in the name."
Lorelai: "No, but in so many other things, I was a regular trail-blazer. Just finishing your thought Mom."

Lorelai: "I told her she should go out for the debating team."
Rory: "It's not a sport."
Lorelai: "It is the way the Gilmores play."

Emily: "Why should she pick something else? She needs to learn a sport and Richard can teach her a sport. You can use your mother's old golf clubs. They're upstairs, gathering dust along with the rest of her potential."

Rory: "Maybe it won't be that bad."
Lorelai: "Maybe it won't."
Rory: "Maybe I'll like it."
Lorelai: "Maybe you will."
Rory: "Maybe ... you could come with me?"
Lorelai: "Oh, is there a you're crazy team? 'Cause I think they'd make you captain."
Rory: "Please?"
Lorelai: "Rory. I love you. I would take a bullet for you. But I would rather stick something sharp in my ear than go to the club with you."
Rory: "Fine."
Lorelai: "I'd rather slide down a razor blades into a pool of alcohol."
Rory: "I got it."
Lorelai: "Don't stop me, I'm on a roll. Ooh, I'd rather eat my own hand than go to the club with you. I'd rather have my face surgically altered to look like that lunatic rich lady with the lion head, than go to the club with you."
Rory: "Would you like me to drive so you can continue your diatribe?"
Lorelai: "Wouldja? Thanks. Oh, I'd rather cut off my own head and use it as a punch bowl than go to the club with you."

"To me, you are the teacher in the Charlie Brown cartoon."

Kirk: "Where do you want the swans?"
Lorelai: "Well, do you know where the pond is?"
Kirk: "Nope."
Lorelai: "You know the little road you came up?"
Kirk: "Nope."
Lorelai: "Okay. Do you know how to say 'big help,' in Chinese?"
Kirk: "Nope."
Lorelai (calling): "Michel! (Back to Kirk.) This is twenty swans?" (There are two in the cages.)
Kirk: "Sure. Why not?"
Michel: "You screeched?"
Lorelai: "Yeah, I need you to show this guy where to put the swans."
Michel: "Absolutely not."
Lorelai: "Well, I can't leave, okay? I've got a major tulle festival going on out here."
Michel: "I will never go near those filthy birds."
Lorelai: "Why?"
Michel: "I hate the swans."
Lorelai: "These particular swans?"
Michel: "No. All swans. I was attacked by a band of swans in the Luxembourg Gardens when I was a boy. No one forgets that."
Lorelai: "Oh no. Not being attacked by a band of swans. Was it an all boy-band? Kind of a scary, feathery, 'N Sync kind of fiasco?"
Michel: "This is not funny."
Lorelai: "No, I'm sorry, it's not. It's not funny at all. (One squawks and Michel jumps.) Oh my god. C'mon, you have to admit that's a little funny."
Drella (with her harp): "Hey, Pepe le Pew. You wanna give me a hand with this?"
Michel: "No."
Lorelai: "Listen -- it's Drella or the swans."
Michel: "So, it's one beast of terror or another?"
Drella: "What the hell is he babbling about?"
Lorelai: "He's scared of the swans."
Michel: "Thank you."
Drella: "Of course he is. He's French."
Michel (to Kirk): "Okay, I will take you to the pond."
Lorelai: "Thank you."
Michel: "But stay far away from me."
Drella (as he walks away): "Can't stand the talk, love to watch the walk."

"The battle of soup versus salad is waging in the other room. Come quick and settle it please, as I am running out of French curses that they won't understand."

Rory: "Mr. Neville likes all things frilly."
Richard: "Oh my god. He's my broker."
Rory: "Well, I don't think one will affect the other."

Emily: "You brought us used dessert?"
Lorelai: "It's not used. It's left over."
Emily: "How nice. I'll just put it in the kitchen next to my half-empty box of Cheer."

Emily: "So, Lorelai, did Rory tell you all about the wonderful time she had at the club?"
Lorelai: "She sure did."
Emily: "Your father was simply flying all week. She really charmed him."
Lorelai: "Well if anyone could, it would be her."
Emily: "I mean, in this day and age of MTV and one hundred televisino channels, who would've imagined that a young girl could still get a thrill spending a simple afternoon with her grandfather."
Lorelai: "That wine would be really good right now, Mom."
Emily: "I think we should consider getting her a membership at the club, don't you?"
Lorelai: "If she wants, sure."
Emily: "I mean, to have a place where she can go to socialize. That's very important to a young girl."
Lorelai: "Well, now especially that the crack-den is closed on the corner, all her really good friends are gone. What do you think Mom? Should I pursue the career in comedy?"

perhaps you should start figuring out right now, because the guy that comes along is not going to be your best friend and he's not going to ask for your permission. the guy that comes along is going to take one look at that woman and just cut right in on ya ...

Why do I do just as you say?
Why must I just give you your way?
Why do I sigh?
Why don't I try to forget?
It must have been that something lovers call fate
Kept me saying: "I have to wait"
I saw them all, just couldn't fall 'til we met.
It had to be you, it had to be you
I wandered around and finally found
The somebody who could make me be true
And could make me be blue
And even be glad, just to be sad
Thinking of you.
Some others I've seen might never be mean
Might never be cross, or try to be boss
But they wouldn't do
For nobody else gave me a thrill
With all your faults, I love you still
It had to be you, wonderful you
It had to be you
-"It Had to be You" by Frank Sinatra

"The blues are because you're getting fat and maybe it's been raining too long -- you're just sad, that's all. The mean reds are horrible. Suddenly you're afraid, and you don't know what you're afraid of."
-Audrey Hepburn as Holly Golightly in Breakfast at Tiffany's

"Anything that's worth anything is scary."
-Dawson's Creek (Episode 3.1)


"How could I possibly know what it's like to let somebody go, right? How hard it is to let someone go? The pain of knowing that even though the two of you are right for each other, that doesn't necessarily mean you're right for each other right now. What would I know about that, right? How could I possibly know that sometimes, it just makes you want to scream, hit somebody, or sit out at the end of a dock and cry."
-Dawson's Creek (Episode 3.1)


"We talk like we know what's going on, but we don't. We don't have any idea. Look, we're really young and we're going to screw up a lot! You know, we're going to keep changing our minds and ... and sometimes even our hearts. And through all of that, the only real thing we can offer each other is forgiveness. And I couldn't do that. Or at least, I did it too late. Don't let yourself get so angry that you stop loving, because one day, you wake up from that anger and the person you love will be gone."
-Dawson's Creek (Episode 3.2)

"It's just your friends who have to sit here and suffer through the ... morality play. ... Ho-bags willing to put out need not audition."
-Dawson's Creek (Episode 3.3)

"There are certain things in life you're just better off not knowing. And things that you wish you never knew, never asked and never saw."
-Dawson's Creek (Episode 3.3)


"Did you ever stop to think about how much hormonally charged energy you waste on these quick quips and the biting banter? Your life would be considerably more productive if you would just take some more, ah ... oh what is that? More, ah ... action! If you took more action!"
-Dawson's Creek (Episode 3.4)

"It's the sweet ones that you have to watch out for -- they'll run you over like a Mack truck."
-Dawson's Creek (Episode 3.5)

"You have to have faith that sometimes, things happen when they're least expected."
-Dawson's Creek (Episode 3.5)


"See the hostility? The way they're weary with each other, not to mention the constant bickering and name calling. Now these two are clearly in the early stages of some screwball mating ritual."
-Dawson's Creek (Episode 3.9)

Pacey: "How long did you think it was going to be before some guy comes along and is interested in her? I mean really, dude. And when that happens, what are you going to do?"
Dawson: "I ... I'm just going to take it all as it comes."
Pacey: "You're going to take all as it comes, hombre? Well, perhaps you should start figuring out right now, because the guy that comes along is not going to be your best friend and he's not going to ask for your permission. The guy that comes along is going to take one look at that woman and just cut right in on ya."
-Dawson's Creek (Episode 3.9)

"She's obviously got something that makes boys in emotional turmoil just flock to her."
-Dawson's Creek (Episode 3.9)


"The way something looks from afar might be quite different from the way it appears to your near-sighted eye."
-Dawson's Creek (Episode 3.10)

"I also wanted to remind you that, even though sometimes my emotions - particularly jealous - uh, sometimes get the best of me, I still hear you. No matter how much we yell, or no matter how quiet you are. I hear you."
-Dawson's Creek (Episode 3.11)

"There is no time constraint on how long you can care about someone, no limit on how much -- especially if they've been so much a part of your life already."
-Dawson's Creek (Episode 3.12)

Dawson: "What I don't understand is that you and Dad seem to really like each other, still care about each other."
Gale: "Well we do, honey. Which is what makes the knowledge that we're better off apart even more difficult to bear. I mean, think about your own life."
Dawson: "What about it?"
Gale: "You and Joey. The decision to break up isn't made in one sitting. It's cumulative. You have to re-decide over and over each day."
-Dawson's Creek (Episode 3.12)

"You know you love someone when you can spend the entire night just sitting by the fire, watching him sleep."
-Dawson's Creek (Episode 3.12)

"She ain't easy, alright? She's physically incapable of keeping her mouth shut for more than two seconds at a time. She's got an opinion about everything. I mean, it's uncanny."
-Dawson's Creek (Episode 3.12)

"Why do I feel like I fell asleep on a train and woke up the protagonist in a Kafka story?"
-Dawson's Creek (Episode 3.17)

"The only reason that you don't have any answers is because you've been too scared to ask yourself the right questions."
-Dawson's Creek (3.19)

"But the stubborn falcon wasn't ready to give him up. All she could do was tuck her head under her wing and wait."
-from It Had to be You (Gossip Girl prequel) by Cecily vonZiegesar

"She was perplexingly unpredictable. She'd laugh for hours if she spotted a cloud shaped like a toilet seat, or something equally as ridiculous, and the next moment she'd be wistful and sad. It was impossible to tell what she was thinking most of the time."
-from It Had to be You (Gossip Girl prequel) by Cecily vonZiegesar