Dawson's Creek

Dawson: Worthington is what you want, right? Joey: It doesn't matter what I want, Dawson. Dawson: Yes or no? Joey: Yes. Dawson: Then I want you to have Mr. Brooks' money. Joey: Dawson, are you insane? I can't.

Dawson: Joey, if our friendship can survive last summer, it can survive anything.

Dawson: Joey, I... I've watched you go through so much pain in your life. I mean, even before your mom got sick and your dad... Joey: Don't do this. Don't feel sorry for me, Dawson. Dawson: I don't. That's not what this is about. Jo, all the pain I've watched you go through, I've never been able to fix it before. And this I can fix. All I need you to do is let me.

Jen: After all my talking and sleuthing and crying, all that I remember is that the last time that I saw my father, we had a really big fight. Which, given our history, is about as obvious as it is predictable, and I still don't even know what we were fighting about.

Tom: You're here to stop hating yourself. See, when you act out at the age that you did, when you have sex in your parent's bed at 12 years old, when you abuse liquor and drugs before you're even old enough to drive, yes, you're doing it as a cry for love. Yes, you're doing it because something robbed you of your childhood in a way that you'll be angry about for a long time. But the reason you keep acting out, the reason you've stayed on a self-destructive path is not because you blame your father for what happened. It's because you blame yourself. That's why you don't want to remember.

Dawson: What you felt the other night at the movie theater, that something was finally right between us... I felt that, too. And nothing will ever change that... not going to school on different coasts. Not meeting people who we're meant to love forever... nothing. And I want you to have this (Hands her an envelope with a check in it). Joey: But, Dawson... Dawson: I don't know how I feel about you sleeping with Pacey. I don't know how I'll feel tomorrow or next week or next year for that matter, but I'm absolutely certain that giving you this is the right thing to do. Because I'm certain about us... and what we mean to each other. And I think you are, too.

Adviser: There are student loans. Nearly everyone these days borrows some money to pay for college. Joey: No, I don't want to graduate and be over $60,000 in debt. I can't start off my life that way. I won't. It doesn't make sense. There are plenty of other places I'm waiting to hear from. Bessie: But this is your dream, Joey. Joey: Bessie... sometimes dreams don't always come true.

(Talking about Joey having been admitted to Worthington) Gretchen: I know you're happy for her, but it makes you think about the future, right? Pacey: Well, no. It makes me think about her future. We don't even have to think about my future, because I don't really have one to think of. Gretchen: You're the only one that believes that, Pacey, and if you keep saying it, it'll happen.

Pacey: It's not that I don't want you to be able to go off and realize your dreams, Joey, because I do. But for the first time, I just... I felt like it wasn't me that was holding you back from it. Joey: Pacey, you've never held me back. You have to stop thinking like that. Pacey: You know what? I could stop thinking like that if you'd just promise me one thing, that if the day ever comes, and it may come much sooner than either one of us thinks, but if that day ever comes where you did feel like I was holding you back... promise me that you'd cut me loose, yeah? Joey: Pacey... Pacey: Promise me that. Joey: I won't promise you that. You're asking me to promise to let you go. I can't do that.

Joey: Worthington is happy to have me so long as my parents kick in $15,000. Bessie: $15,000?! That can't be right. We don't have that kind of money. Joey: I know that. I knew this was too good to be true. It's the universe's way of saying, "Joey Potter, not so fast. You're not going anywhere."

Joey: I'm still trying to process this whole college thing. You know, it's... kinda weird to get your dream. Pacey: I know it. I say that every time I look at you. Joey: You always do that. You change the subject. Pacey: Joey, we're not talking about this today, because we're not talking about anything negative today, because today is your day to celebrate this most amazing accomplishment that you have worked so hard for.

Jack: Jen, I don't even know why we're wasting our time with this. We both know there is only one choice, right? The University of New York. What? It's a great school, and you're the one that's always saying that New York is the only city worth living in. So, please can we just do this? Jen: Well, what would you say if I said that I... that I wasn't so sure anymore?