That first kiss, it's the passionate one... the one filled by desire and attraction and all that but, the second kiss is rational- you got time to think about it, worry, and over analyze... most women pick the first kiss, but I'm partial to the 2nd one, cause it's about something more

Keep fighting for your lost causes, you never know when your luck will change

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

You make me so happy.. you know? but, I have to make myself happy first.. and that's probably the one thing in this whole world that you can't do for me

after everything we've been through you wanna go back to being friends? If you don't understand why that can't happen- if you don't get that, then you don't get me

It is worse to be incapable of loving then to not be loved.

I know how numbing the pain of hating yourself is. You know, it makes you just want to push everybody away especially the people who care about you the most. But you can't. Not if you plan on ever being happy.

Granted at first it was really hard for me to accept.. you had moved on and you let go. So, I, in turn... let go of you

As textbook healthy as the letting go theory sounds... It doesn't apply to me. This isn't a case of teen romance gone sour, I know what i want.. I want her. she's really hurting right now and whether she knows it or not, she needs me - so I have absolutely no intention of letting her go

What I have to say, you're not going to like, so I'll say it quickly. I hope one day that I'll be able to forgive my father for all of this, and I don't know if I'll ever be able to forgive myself, but I know that I will never forgive you. There are certain circumstances that love can not overcome and from now on...I don't want to know you.

I'm going to take the unplanned route for a little while in hopes that whatever we lost, we'll be able to stumble upon again.

its a powerful thing when you get your biggest wish in one moment

Well, in my experience, erratic behavior of the female orientation usually means the root of the problem is something unexpected.

in all other respects, we were on 2 different planets, and that's what I came to tell you the other day. I'm fine. I've grown up.

I care about you so much, but if I ever lost you, I would be standing here totally void of anything else in my life. I live in total fear of doing nothing, of going nowhere, and that is why I shut you out. Because if I can't have something to hold onto independently from you, then I don't have anything at all.

I like to think that I have the finger on a pulse of the common man and, believe me, that pulse quickens considerably when you walk by.

where everything is said in silence because the emotion behind what we really want to say is just too overwhelming.

Because I have to tell you that I am really truly sorry for everything, and I'm sorry that I wasn't completely truthful with you, and I'm sorry for my predilection for the company of older women. It's just that... [Sighs] This has been a really strange year for me, Audrey, 'cause while the rest of you guys were off doin' the whole college thing, I was just doin' my best to stay afloat, and, believe me, nobody's handin' out road maps for the road less traveled. You just kinda gotta get on and start drivin'. But, ultimately, the only thing that I want to take away from this year, and the only thing that I'm gonna remember is you because you are amazing, Audrey, and you came along at a time when I thought all the big loves of my life were behind me, and you just rocked my world. And I know that you and I don't actually even know each other that well yet, but...[Sighs] I'm sure that I could live without you, I'm just not sure that I want to,

Joey: I was scared.
Dawson: Of what?
Joey: Of going backwards, of never growing up.
Dawson: That's what I represent to you?
Joey: No, not you. Us. I started this year thinking that I had to say good-bye to you, but I was wrong. Dawson, you're a huge part of my life-- past, present, and future-- and I have to start getting used to that because... you make my life better, not worse

You know those moments when you totally don't wanna cry, but... you're not quite sure what else to do?

Joey: You never look back, do you?
Pacey: Why would you look back? The future's out there. And whatever it is, it's gonna be great.

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