Jack McPhee quotes from Dawson's Creek

Jack

[to Joey] You don't blame me for kissing you, you blame yourself for kissing me back. ...

Jack

[His Poem] Today. Today was a day. The world got smaller, darker. I grew more afraid. Not of what I am but of what... I grew more afraid. Not of what I am but of what I could be. I loosen my collar to take a breath. My eyes fade. And I see... Him. The image of perfection. His frame strong. His lips smooth. And I keep thinking. What am I so scared of... I wish I could escape the pain, but these thoughts invade my head. Bound to my memory, they're like shackles of guilt. Oh God, please set me free...

Jack

[to Jen] Look, I often wonder how my mom would act if she was aware of what was happening to me, if she was capable of comprehending it. I don't think she'd have a problem with it because my mom loves me for the best reason possible... no reason at all. Because that's the way our parents should love us Jen. Unconditionally. Sadly, most parents don't. But as much as it hurts... it's worse for them. It is worse to be incapable of loving than to not be loved.

Jack

Has it ever occurred to you, Dawson, that maybe they're not mistakes at all? Maybe this is exactly where you're supposed to be at this moment in time. With a girl that you wanted way before Joey Potter.

Jack

[To Pacey] That's kind of the essence of Audrey, isn't it? I mean, she just zeros in on the one thing that you're slightly afraid of, and then she just does not take no for an answer. That's a good quality to have in a person.

Jack

I said I was going out for the necessary provisions; that means beer and jello.

Pacey

Is Andie on any kind of special medication? Because she just went psycho on me.

Jack

Why, what'd you do?

Pacey

Oh, nothing. I just called her a spoiled princess.

Jack

Andie, a spoiled princess? I don't think anything could be further from the truth.

Pacey

Oh, come on. Are you telling me your family's not totally loaded?

Jack

You think I work here for kicks?

Joey

Jack, ever since we hired you, its been nothing but a slapstick comedy. I mean you break dishes, you misplace orders, and you fall all over yourself.

Jack

Why don't you just terminate me, if I'm such an incompetent moron?

Joey

We don't want to terminate you Jack. Its just... [pauses] Alright, you can open. Bessie will be relieved and it will be like a test run. But [pauses] just don't set the kitchen on fire.

Jack

Well, thanks for that unqualified vote of confidence.

Jack

What other time in your life are we gonna be exposed to so many walks of life? People who randomly cross your path, telling you their stories, hopes, dreams.

Joey

Ways to blame us for their food being cold, not enough clams in their chowder.

Jack

Why are you so angry.

Joey

It's just the full moon, it's got me freaked.

Jack

Not just tonight. All the time.

You are not gay.

Jack

Yes, I am! You know it. I see how you look at me, and I know you know. Think about the way that you treated me and the way that you treated Tim. Because he was the real son, and I was different. And as hard as you've tried to stamp it out and to ignore it, I have tried harder. I've tried harder than you, to be quiet, and to forget it, and to not bother my family with my problem. But I can't try anymore, because it hurts. I'm sorry Dad. Andie, I'm sorry. I don't want to be going through this, but I am.

Oh my God! Jack...you look...amazing.

Abby

Wow. It's like a transformation from John-boy to John-John, all in a sharp, dippity-do.

Jack

It's no big deal. I put a little gel in my hair. That's pretty much the extent of it.

Abby

I guess when you get gay, you get style. I wish I would have nabbed you one sexual preference ago.

Jack

Hey guys, did uh, Joey talk to you yet?

Dawson

About what?

Jack

Well the Ice House is catering a wedding on Saturday and we need some extra hands, it's 60 bucks for the day.

Pacey

Sold! For 60 bucks I'd cater your ass.

Jack

[laughs] Well, that won't be necessary.

If I'd just been around more.

Jack

It wouldn't have made a difference. I'm gay for the same reasons that Tim wasn't. It just happened that way.

But there are people who change, they go back.

Jack

I'm hardly the encyclopedia of the gay experience but, I'd wager to say that their change is skeptical.

How do you know? Unless you try.

Jack

I don't want to try. Why do you want me to try?

Because I can not understand why anyone would choose that kind of life.

Jack

I didn't choose it. The only thing I chose was to be happy. Look, I can't go back for you because slowly but surely I'd be going to sacrifice my happiness for yours because I want you to be proud of me. But not under your terms. It just, it won't work.

Jen

Worse. They're even starting to dress like me. It's like they're genetically predisposed to having absolutely no identity.

Jack

Yeah, that's the blonde gene.

Jen

Not funny.

Jack

You can't tell me there's someone else you'd rather be star gazing with?

Jen

OK, you got me. Matt Damon.

Jack

Yeah right.

Jen

What, you don't approve? OK, I'll have to go with Ben Affleck then. Well, he has that scruffy, indie-cred appeal. Well?

Jack

No comment. Besides, I was talking more about the realm of say, possible… Henry, for instance?

Jen

The freshman?

Jack

Yeah, the guy who paid 500 bucks just to kiss you? You gotta admit, that's kind of sweet.

Jen

Jack, Jack, Jack, my naive little pet, it's the sweet ones that you have to watch out for. They'll run over you like a Mack truck.

Jack

Well Henry's harmless. Besides, he worships you.

Jen

He's a teenage boy. He'll worship anything in a Wonderbra.