Dawson's Creek quotes

Did my daddy do something bad to you?

Joey

[pause] No. He did something really nice for me.

He did?

Joey

Yeah. I was crossing the street, and I wasn't paying any attention, and there was this car coming, and it was gonna hit me, but then your daddy came out and pushed me out of the way. He saved my life tonight.

[Turns to her crying mother] Did you hear that, mama? Daddy's a hero.

[Mouths silently to Joey] Thank you.

Jen

Do you think that when, uh, when two people are in a relationship, that they should be passionate about the same things in order for it to work?

Dawson

No. Not as long as they're passionate about each other.

Jen

And we are. Right? We're passionate about each other.

Dawson

You're not having doubts about us, are you?

Audrey

[To Pacey] Happiness, it freaks me out.

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.

Joey

So what is the best ending in all of literature? Don't say Ulysses. Everyone says Ulysses.

That's easy. Sentimental Education by Flaubert.

Joey

And what happens?

Nothing, really. Just two old friends sitting around remembering the best thing that never happened to them.

Joey

How do you remember something that never happened?

Fondly. You see, Flaubert believed that anticipation was the purest form of pleasure... and the most reliable. And that while the things that actually happen to you would invariable disappoint, the things that never happened to you would never dim. Never fade. They would always be engraved in your heart with a sort of sweet sadness.

Dawson

Would you believe she almost had an affair with her English professor?

Jen

Joey?

Dawson

Mm-hmm.

Jen

Joey Potter?

Dawson

Yeah.

Jen

Wow.

Pacey

So what is the name of this place we're going to, anyway?

Charlie

Uh, the 'Drunk and the Dead.'

Pacey

Oh, that sounds like a nice family joint.

Charlie

I think I dreamt this once.

Joey

What are you talking about?

Charlie

You, me, a big backseat.

Joey

This backseat has no implications.

Charlie

Hey, I didn't say that it did.

Joey

This is strictly business.

Charlie

All my backseat transactions are.

Audrey

Let's just enjoy this for what it is, a wacky road trip high jinx with a motley crew and their collective sexual tension.

Pacey

Throw in a bag of pork rinds, you got yourself a deal.

Pacey

[To Charlie] And I just got tired of hating you so intensely, but make no mistake if you do anything to hurt Joey, I will make you regret it for the rest of your waking days.

Dawson

Is it completely stupid for me to get clothes for my little sister for her birthday?

Jen

No, I think that it's great, you know. She's finally developing her own sense of style as opposed to that typical blatant nudity.

Charlie

I was hoping that maybe you might let me sit next to you, and then, possibly, if I just sat there, then, maybe... whatever happened to make you like me, well, maybe it could happen again.

Joey

Don't get your hopes up.

Charlie

[chuckles] Too late.

Joey

You're thinking that I'm the most attractive and formidable woman you've ever been in the same room with. Though you're terrified of rejection, you like me and you want to take me out on a proper date.

Charlie

I do wanna ask you out. Very much. Very, very much. And, you know, you... [chuckles] ...you... you make me nervous.

Joey

I know I do.

Dawson

I've had this truly bizarre, life-altering year. I... I dropped out of USC to be with this girl who I've loved in one way or another for pretty much my whole life, and then my father died, which completely rocked my universe, and then I jumped headfirst into this really intense relationship with this other girl, and we just broke up, and--and the movie has nothing to do with any of these things, but in a way, it has to do with all of them.

Pacey

[after having sex] I am more glad. I am gladder. Gladdest. And I can't feel anything below my waist. Is that supposed to happen?

Audrey

Give me another hour, you'll be in a coma.

Pacey

[panting] Where... on Earth... did you learn how to do that?

Audrey

National Geographic.