Dawson Leery quotes from Dawson's Creek

Dawson

I'm really glad we've already bypassed the end of the evening "Will she kiss me?" drama. So, um, it should pretty much me smooth sailing from here on out.

Joey

Yeah, but now you have to endure the agony of "Well, I've already kissed her so should we just check into a motel and go at it like porn stars?" anxiety.

Dawson

I, um, I think I can handle that.

Joey

Good because I know a good motel.

Joey

Do you want to know why I didn't go to France? 'Cause I wanted to so badly. I mean, in France I could have started over, you know. I wouldn't be Joey the waitress, or Joey the daughter of a convict, or Joey half of the "will they/won't they" couple of the century. I didn't go to France because it just seemed like the easy way out, you know? The easiest escape from my life, which in spite of a few highlights is pretty pathetic. But I didn't want to take that easy way out, Dawson. It just seemed like sticking around here would only make me stronger. Then there was you too. Dawson Leery, who finally got a clue. But I have to tell you Dawson, as complicated our friendship was, it doesn't even compare to how complicated whatever you and I have here is bound to be.

Dawson

Really? What you and I have may never be simple...but that doesn't mean that we're not going to be scorching. Besides, who's to say that you can't have some of France right here in Capeside, hum? Here we are along the river Seine, a tour of the il de la city, the favorite spot of lovers and friends. And from here we also have a view of the magnificent structure that we simplists here in Capeside like to call....ze swingset. Granted, It's no Eiffel Tower, but it's all we got. But don't forget about the other francophile opportunities in town. French fries.

Joey

French toast.

Dawson

French doors.

Joey

French kiss. The second kiss, the rational one. The one that requires thought.

Dawson

I forgot Pacey's birthday. I'm his best friend, and I forgot his sixteenth birthday.

Joey

Is he alright?

Dawson

No. He's really hurt, angry, not speaking to me. And I'm all to blame.

Joey

Sorry Dawson.

Dawson

Yeah, I pretty much suck.

Pacey

So what? I mean at least she didn't tell you that the sight of you gives her dry heaves or that you're a self-centered, self-absorbed, selfish...

Dawson

Yeah, but she obviously has opinions about me that she hasn't been honest about. She said I was a..a talentless dreamer with no cinematic future.

Pacey

Okay, no offense, Dawson, but I don't think anybody cares.

Dawson

I care. And Pacey I could honestly use some advice here.

Pacey

Oh, you want some advice? How about this? Your life is not that interesting.

Dawson

What?

Pacey

You know I am so sick and tired of hearing about you and Joey's boring little mini dramas I'm going to start tearing out my fingernails for relief. Get over yourself, Dawson! Deal.

Andie

You guys are a bunch of cynics, you know that? I mean, what kind of high school memories will you have if all you did in high school was bitch and moan about everything?

Joey

Bitching memories.

Dawson

Moaning memories.

Joey

For so long, all I've thought about was you, all I dreamed about was you...

Dawson

What happened?

Joey

I got my dream, and now I don't have anything else.

Dawson

Alright, I'm sorry if my confidence and convictions discombobulate you.

Pacey

Discombobulate, how many syllables is that?

Dawson

[notices her drawing of a naked man] 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 softshoe. No, he doesn't talk, Dawson. He's a model. He sits there. He just takes breaks every now and then.

Dawson

And Little Joey Potter doesn't blush?

Joey

No.

Dawson

Not even a little?

Joey

Maybe a little...

Dawson

[raises eyebrows] Just a little?

Joey

[Smiles, embarrassed] Okay, I've broken 12 pencils.

Joey

But it's getting better. You'd be surprised, I'm changing. I'm not Little Joey Potter anymore.

Dawson

No, you're certainly not.

Dawson

You are definitely a mystery.

Joey

I like the way you see me.

Dawson

Pacey how could you forget to tell me that Jack was coming with us? Come on, I need some preparation time before facing my adversary who stole Joey away from...

Pacey

[Interrupting] You know what? Screw you, Dawson! This world does not always revolve around you. We can't all be the fair-haired embodiment of perfection. Not all of us have wunderkind and genius attached to their names. Some of us, like my father and myself, are just simple-minded folk trying to make it through the day without breaking something.

John Witter

Well, be proud of yourself. Enjoy this moment. A loser like you probably won't have many more like it.

Pacey

Do you have any idea how many times I set myself for that line, over and over and over again? I just can't stop myself from just trying to get one qualified, "good job, son", out of that bastard. He must be right. I really must be a simpleton.

Dawson

I know it's not the same, but there are other people in your life who recognize and respect your talent and intelligence. One of them is standing right in front of you. The other one is probably sitting in her bedroom having a perky coronary in anticipation from your return from sea.

Dawson

You recognize Devon from art class?

Joey

Oh, yeah. The clothes threw me at first but you know...

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

[Singing the Blues] My name is Dawson Leery.

Andie

[singing] My name is Andie.

Dawson

[singing] Oh, I've been restless, hopeless and confused.

Andie

No, brother man, we got the blues!

We got the blues!

Dawson

God, I am so lonely. I'm 16 years old and I'm so hopelessly lonely.

Joey

Is that why you got drunk?

Dawson

Yeah...Jo, why did you break up with me and run straight to Jack?

Joey

Because he wasn't you. 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, Dawson. 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

Well, do it quickly, okay? Because....God, I love you.