Dawson's Creek Quotes
Dawson: I thought I heard something out here.
Joey: Dawson, uh...we were just-
Dawson: Having an argument, obviously...what about? [Long pause]
Pacey: Us, Dawson. [They look at each other then back at Dawson] We were arguing about us. Me and Joey, there's an us here now. I'm sorry man, we didn't want to tell you this way.
Dawson: You didn't tell me.
Joey: You know, don't you?
Dawson: Yeah, I know...[Pause] So were you planing on telling me or was this just going to be a secret fling?
Joey: Look, it's not like that.
Dawson: Then how was it, Joey? 'Cause Jen was a little short on details.
Joey: She told you?
Dawson: Well, she thought I knew. I mean, I had to be pretty freaking stupid not to know, that the two people I trusted most in the world were lying to me. [Pause] So are you...are you bored, or are you confused, or just malicious?
Pacey: Hey, look, I started this thing, okay? If you're going to get angry at someone, get angry at me, It's my-
Dawson: I don't think you're in any position to talk about what's fair. You were my best friend.
Pacey: I still am.
Dawson: I'm finding that a little hard to process right now.
Pacey: It's the truth, Dawson.
Dawson: So I guess it's safe to assume that friendship doesn't come above sex on your list of personal priorities.
Pacey: This has nothing to do with sex.
Dawson: Oh, what are you, in love? Is that what this is? [Pacey pauses and looks at Joey] Oh god, don't look-don't look at her, alright? Don't-I...you know what, Pacey, I feel sorry for you, because when all of this is over, you're really going to need your friends and you're not going to have any, not a single one.
Joey: Dawson, uh...we were just-
Dawson: Having an argument, obviously...what about? [Long pause]
Pacey: Us, Dawson. [They look at each other then back at Dawson] We were arguing about us. Me and Joey, there's an us here now. I'm sorry man, we didn't want to tell you this way.
Dawson: You didn't tell me.
Joey: You know, don't you?
Dawson: Yeah, I know...[Pause] So were you planing on telling me or was this just going to be a secret fling?
Joey: Look, it's not like that.
Dawson: Then how was it, Joey? 'Cause Jen was a little short on details.
Joey: She told you?
Dawson: Well, she thought I knew. I mean, I had to be pretty freaking stupid not to know, that the two people I trusted most in the world were lying to me. [Pause] So are you...are you bored, or are you confused, or just malicious?
Pacey: Hey, look, I started this thing, okay? If you're going to get angry at someone, get angry at me, It's my-
Dawson: I don't think you're in any position to talk about what's fair. You were my best friend.
Pacey: I still am.
Dawson: I'm finding that a little hard to process right now.
Pacey: It's the truth, Dawson.
Dawson: So I guess it's safe to assume that friendship doesn't come above sex on your list of personal priorities.
Pacey: This has nothing to do with sex.
Dawson: Oh, what are you, in love? Is that what this is? [Pacey pauses and looks at Joey] Oh god, don't look-don't look at her, alright? Don't-I...you know what, Pacey, I feel sorry for you, because when all of this is over, you're really going to need your friends and you're not going to have any, not a single one.
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Joey: Look, I didn't intend for this to happen, Dawson-
Dawson: Joey, what you intended does not provide me any solace. What? Do-do you love him? Are you-are you-do you just want to sleep with him?
Joey: No, how could you say that! I-
Dawson: Because it's what he's going to expect.
Joey: We're not together, Dawson. And we haven't been for a long time, almost a whole year has gone-
Dawson: Is-is this punishment?
Joey: No, I'm not punishing you!
Dawson: Because I didn't want to get back together with you?
Joey: No, why would you think I would do that-
Dawson: Then Joey, why? Why? Joey, because I-you keep on saying that you need to go find yourself. Is-is this what you've been looking for the whole time? Is Pacey what you've been looking for?
Joey: No!
Dawson: Then explain it to me, explain to me how two people who can barely stand to be in the same room with each other end up outside my window arguing about the future of their relationship.
Joey: I can't, okay. I can't explain it, it happened. [Pause] Everything between you and me is so complicated.
Dawson: Jo...God...if things between us are complicated it's because you made them that way, okay? And you think that whatever was wrong when you with me is magically going to get better when you're with him?
Joey: I don't know, Dawson. I don't know, okay. I just know that I...I need him.
Dawson: Do you need him like you need me? [Pause] Joey, it's a simple question, do you need him like you need me?
Joey: Look, you can't do that Dawson. You can't. Those two things have nothing to do with each other and you know that the way I feel about him is completely separate from the way I feel about you and our friendship.
Dawson: Friendship? Joey, right now we
Dawson: Joey, what you intended does not provide me any solace. What? Do-do you love him? Are you-are you-do you just want to sleep with him?
Joey: No, how could you say that! I-
Dawson: Because it's what he's going to expect.
Joey: We're not together, Dawson. And we haven't been for a long time, almost a whole year has gone-
Dawson: Is-is this punishment?
Joey: No, I'm not punishing you!
Dawson: Because I didn't want to get back together with you?
Joey: No, why would you think I would do that-
Dawson: Then Joey, why? Why? Joey, because I-you keep on saying that you need to go find yourself. Is-is this what you've been looking for the whole time? Is Pacey what you've been looking for?
Joey: No!
Dawson: Then explain it to me, explain to me how two people who can barely stand to be in the same room with each other end up outside my window arguing about the future of their relationship.
Joey: I can't, okay. I can't explain it, it happened. [Pause] Everything between you and me is so complicated.
Dawson: Jo...God...if things between us are complicated it's because you made them that way, okay? And you think that whatever was wrong when you with me is magically going to get better when you're with him?
Joey: I don't know, Dawson. I don't know, okay. I just know that I...I need him.
Dawson: Do you need him like you need me? [Pause] Joey, it's a simple question, do you need him like you need me?
Joey: Look, you can't do that Dawson. You can't. Those two things have nothing to do with each other and you know that the way I feel about him is completely separate from the way I feel about you and our friendship.
Dawson: Friendship? Joey, right now we
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Pacey: I don't know. I think I see some stormy weather ahead.
Joey: Pacey...
Pacey: It's over, isn't it?
Joey: It has to be.
Pacey: Maybe you should be the first one to go this time.
Joey: Pacey...
Pacey: It's over, isn't it?
Joey: It has to be.
Pacey: Maybe you should be the first one to go this time.
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Pacey: What are you trying to prove?
Dawson: Just trying to help Joey.
Pacey: [Under his breath in a disbelieving tone] Just trying to help Joey. Look, man, why don't you just take a swing at me? I mean, honestly, just take a poke, get it over with, save us both a lot of time and trouble. Wouldn't involve our friends.
Dawson: [Scoffs] Or family.
Pacey: Do you think that by indulging yourself in this James Dean meets Grease Lightning fantasy that you're actually going to prove that you're a better man that I am?
Dawson: I don't have to prove that. You made that clear when you moved in on Joey.
Pacey: For the very last time, Dawson. I made a mistake. [Pause] I thought you of all people would understand falling for Joey Potter.
Dawson: [Laughs rudely] Are you delusional enough to believe that you actually have something real with Joey?
Pacey: Well if I do, it's because of our own free will.
Dawson: Do you really think that a couple confused weeks means anything compared to the lifetime that we've had?
Pacey: And do you actually think that you could possibly hold onto that beautiful woman with some sort of selfish ultimatum?
Dawson: Answer my question Pacey, do you really think that you can compete with history?
Pacey: Some history. 15 years of watching PG movies in your bedroom followed by another year and a half of pretending to be grown up only to drop each other at the first sign of crisis. That's your history? Come on, man...and you call this woman your soul mate?
Dawson: Yes, I do and you knew that and you went after her anyway.
Pacey: Right after you rejected her.
Dawson: Oh, so she was vulnerable. Perfect for you, 'cause you're only interested in girls you can save or screw, right Pace? [Pacey just star
Dawson: Just trying to help Joey.
Pacey: [Under his breath in a disbelieving tone] Just trying to help Joey. Look, man, why don't you just take a swing at me? I mean, honestly, just take a poke, get it over with, save us both a lot of time and trouble. Wouldn't involve our friends.
Dawson: [Scoffs] Or family.
Pacey: Do you think that by indulging yourself in this James Dean meets Grease Lightning fantasy that you're actually going to prove that you're a better man that I am?
Dawson: I don't have to prove that. You made that clear when you moved in on Joey.
Pacey: For the very last time, Dawson. I made a mistake. [Pause] I thought you of all people would understand falling for Joey Potter.
Dawson: [Laughs rudely] Are you delusional enough to believe that you actually have something real with Joey?
Pacey: Well if I do, it's because of our own free will.
Dawson: Do you really think that a couple confused weeks means anything compared to the lifetime that we've had?
Pacey: And do you actually think that you could possibly hold onto that beautiful woman with some sort of selfish ultimatum?
Dawson: Answer my question Pacey, do you really think that you can compete with history?
Pacey: Some history. 15 years of watching PG movies in your bedroom followed by another year and a half of pretending to be grown up only to drop each other at the first sign of crisis. That's your history? Come on, man...and you call this woman your soul mate?
Dawson: Yes, I do and you knew that and you went after her anyway.
Pacey: Right after you rejected her.
Dawson: Oh, so she was vulnerable. Perfect for you, 'cause you're only interested in girls you can save or screw, right Pace? [Pacey just star
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Dawson: We won!
Joey: No you didn't, Dawson, you lost.
Dawson: What?
Joey: If you knew a little more about sailing, you would know that you got disqualified for- [Pacey walks up]
Pacey: For nearly killing me!
Dawson: What, I got disqualified?
Joey: Yes!
Pacey; Oh, I've got a couple more words for what you are!
Dawson: Okay, let's not forget who started this, Pacey! You're the one who said you want to-
Joey: Okay, stop! The both of you, stop this. I'm not some damn trophy.
Pacey: No, Jo...[Turns to Dawson] Let's not forget who started this, okay. Let's not forget who pushed me towards Joey Potter in the first place, it was you!
Dawson: Pushed you?
Pacey: Yes, it was you! Because you couldn't be bothered-
Dawson: Because I didn't want to get hurt again, Pacey, I still had feelings for her, I still loved her! I-i still love her [He looks at Joey. Pause as Pacey scoffs and shakes his head]
Joey: I-I hate this. I hate all of this! God, I hate you for kissing me and forcing me to figure out what it all means, Pacey! And I hate you, Dawson, for forcing me to make a choice between our friendship and what I might have had with him. And I hate myself, I mean, I wish we could go back to the way it was, I wish I could take it all back, but I can't. Nothing is worth going through all of this. No one person is worth this. Neither one of you and especially not me.
Joey: No you didn't, Dawson, you lost.
Dawson: What?
Joey: If you knew a little more about sailing, you would know that you got disqualified for- [Pacey walks up]
Pacey: For nearly killing me!
Dawson: What, I got disqualified?
Joey: Yes!
Pacey; Oh, I've got a couple more words for what you are!
Dawson: Okay, let's not forget who started this, Pacey! You're the one who said you want to-
Joey: Okay, stop! The both of you, stop this. I'm not some damn trophy.
Pacey: No, Jo...[Turns to Dawson] Let's not forget who started this, okay. Let's not forget who pushed me towards Joey Potter in the first place, it was you!
Dawson: Pushed you?
Pacey: Yes, it was you! Because you couldn't be bothered-
Dawson: Because I didn't want to get hurt again, Pacey, I still had feelings for her, I still loved her! I-i still love her [He looks at Joey. Pause as Pacey scoffs and shakes his head]
Joey: I-I hate this. I hate all of this! God, I hate you for kissing me and forcing me to figure out what it all means, Pacey! And I hate you, Dawson, for forcing me to make a choice between our friendship and what I might have had with him. And I hate myself, I mean, I wish we could go back to the way it was, I wish I could take it all back, but I can't. Nothing is worth going through all of this. No one person is worth this. Neither one of you and especially not me.
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Dawson: I’m well aware of the Potter neuroses.
Joey: I prefer to think of them as quirks.
Joey: I prefer to think of them as quirks.
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Joey: I just want everything back to the way it was, you know? All of us friends again and... and me not caught in the middle.
Jack: Well if you want things to get back to the way they were, you have to set the example. Dawson and Pacey, those two just aren't gonna to do it themselves right now.
Jack: Well if you want things to get back to the way they were, you have to set the example. Dawson and Pacey, those two just aren't gonna to do it themselves right now.
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Andie: Have you told her how you feel?
Pacey: Andie, she already knows how I feel.
Andie: I mean, have you really told her, Pacey? You can't just leave without letting her know. I mean, that's not like you. You--you don't just stand and let things happen, and you don't run away, either. You have to tell her that you love her, and you have to try to get her back, because if you don't, I promise you, you will regret it.
Pacey: Andie, she already knows how I feel.
Andie: I mean, have you really told her, Pacey? You can't just leave without letting her know. I mean, that's not like you. You--you don't just stand and let things happen, and you don't run away, either. You have to tell her that you love her, and you have to try to get her back, because if you don't, I promise you, you will regret it.
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[Joey walks over to Pacey sitting at a table]
Joey: I've been meaning to ask you something all night, Pacey. [He turns around to look at her. She takes his hand] Would you like to dance with me?
Pacey: [pause] Yes. [They stand up and go to the dance floor and start dancing] How come this feels so right?
Joey: Maybe it was those dance lessons. [They smile at each other and Andie finds them dancing, her features becoming sad]
Pacey: [talking about her diamond earrings] Where'd you get those. They're not you.
Joey: Why because I'm some poor tomboy or because Dawson gave them to me?
Pacey: Neither. See this? [He holds up her wrist with a bracelet on it] This is you. It's not showy or gaudy. It's just simple, elegant, beautiful.
Joey: It's my mom's bracelet.
Pacey: I know.
Joey: How do you know?
Pacey: Well, because you told me, six months ago. You were wearing that blue sweater with the snowflakes, that you have. We were walking down the hallways at school, I was annoying you as per usual and you said "Look Pacey I just found my mother's bracelet this morning, so why don't you cut me some slack."
Joey: You remember that?
Pacey: I remember everything. [They begin to dance cheek to cheek]
Joey: I've been meaning to ask you something all night, Pacey. [He turns around to look at her. She takes his hand] Would you like to dance with me?
Pacey: [pause] Yes. [They stand up and go to the dance floor and start dancing] How come this feels so right?
Joey: Maybe it was those dance lessons. [They smile at each other and Andie finds them dancing, her features becoming sad]
Pacey: [talking about her diamond earrings] Where'd you get those. They're not you.
Joey: Why because I'm some poor tomboy or because Dawson gave them to me?
Pacey: Neither. See this? [He holds up her wrist with a bracelet on it] This is you. It's not showy or gaudy. It's just simple, elegant, beautiful.
Joey: It's my mom's bracelet.
Pacey: I know.
Joey: How do you know?
Pacey: Well, because you told me, six months ago. You were wearing that blue sweater with the snowflakes, that you have. We were walking down the hallways at school, I was annoying you as per usual and you said "Look Pacey I just found my mother's bracelet this morning, so why don't you cut me some slack."
Joey: You remember that?
Pacey: I remember everything. [They begin to dance cheek to cheek]
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Jen: This is some alternate reality where our intellects are sharper, our quips are wittier and our hearts, are repeatedly broken while faintly in the background some soon to be out of date contempo pop music plays.
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Joey: But Dawson, I want us to still be friends and I want to know that you don't hate me and...
Dawson: They're only words, Joey, they're just words. 'Cause after you're done dispensing your pleasantries you're gonna turn around and you're gonna walk away from me, aren't you?
Dawson: They're only words, Joey, they're just words. 'Cause after you're done dispensing your pleasantries you're gonna turn around and you're gonna walk away from me, aren't you?
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Joey: You're so much of my life, Dawson. I mean, your house is my house and your family is my family and there's not a single significant event I've experienced that you haven't experienced with me and I was so afraid of losing that, but, that wasn't the choice, and if I thought that there was a chance that you would forgive me, I may have chosen differently... and you deserve to know that.
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Dawson: [to Joey, about Pacey] You want him. You want him like I want you. You love him, like I love you. The only difference is he loves you back, the same way... and you deserve that, OK? And I'm not gonna be the one who stands in the way of you getting that... You're free, you can do whatever you want.
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Joey: I think I'm in love with you.
Pacey: You think, or you know?
Joey: I know. I've known it since the moment you kissed me and maybe even before that. And... [exhales] ... scary as it is, I don't want to deny it any more, Pacey. I don't want to run from it, and I don't want to let it run from me.
Pacey: You think, or you know?
Joey: I know. I've known it since the moment you kissed me and maybe even before that. And... [exhales] ... scary as it is, I don't want to deny it any more, Pacey. I don't want to run from it, and I don't want to let it run from me.
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Pacey: Just what would we be missing from the land of poorly scripted melodramas, huh? Recycled plot lines, tiresome self-realizations. You throw in the occasional downward spiral of a dear friend, and maybe a baby here and a death there and all you've really got is a recipe for some soul sucking, mind numbing ennui, and I for one could skip it.
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Joey: I would like to offer it to you as a...
Dawson: Please don't say symbol.
Joey: As an emblematic artifact representing the foundation of... of a new friendship.
Dawson: Please don't say symbol.
Joey: As an emblematic artifact representing the foundation of... of a new friendship.
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Gretchen: Doug wakes me up every morning at 7 dust-bustering the kitchen. It's like living with Felix Unger on crack.
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Joey: Pacey... I wanted to see Dawson tonight, not because for four months of my life he was my boyfriend, but because for the better part of my life he was my friend. And as my friend, I hurt him deeply, and living with that fact has caused me no small amount of guilt over the past three months. So, yes, I have been preoccupied, and it has made my mind wander, but... my heart? That's a fixed point. Three months riding the open waters couldn't shake it; I'll be damned if I let your insecurities shake it. My heart never left this boat. It's never left you. As far as I can see it's not going to anytime soon.
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Pacey: [to Gretchen] I'm gonna sabatoge it, huh? Hmm, me-thinks you've been watching a little too much Oprah.
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Pacey: Good lord woman, you really are a fickle mistress, you know that? I mean without kissing, what do we really have left?
Joey: Precious little, we should probably break up.
Pacey: Yeah, well, we had a good run, huh?
Joey: Mm-hmm
[They kiss]
Joey: Precious little, we should probably break up.
Pacey: Yeah, well, we had a good run, huh?
Joey: Mm-hmm
[They kiss]
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Drue: My father, who is a world class cretin, says stuff like that to the help all the time and I always think what an idiot, you know? I mean they're just going to go back in the kitchen and spit in his food...or worse even.
Joey: Fancy that, will you excuse me while I go check on your order.
Joey: Fancy that, will you excuse me while I go check on your order.
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Dawson: [to Jen] Take it from someone who spent the better part of last spring angry at the world, it's not worth it. I mean, it might numb the pain a little bit, but it's basically just a distraction. My point is: if you do it right, Jen, loving somebody is gonna hurt and the sooner you let yourself feel that, the sooner you'll be able to love again.
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Drue: Must be the Star Wars thing.
Dawson: Star Wars thing?
Drue: It's classic, you are obviously Luke to this Pacey guy's Han Solo. So you're the stuff of pre-teen daydreams, cute, smart, non-threatening. Which is great and all, but not for princess Joey here who is clearly smack dab in the middle of her bad boy phase.
Joey: And where do you fit in to this whole scenario Drue? Jabba the Hut, I think.
Dawson: Star Wars thing?
Drue: It's classic, you are obviously Luke to this Pacey guy's Han Solo. So you're the stuff of pre-teen daydreams, cute, smart, non-threatening. Which is great and all, but not for princess Joey here who is clearly smack dab in the middle of her bad boy phase.
Joey: And where do you fit in to this whole scenario Drue? Jabba the Hut, I think.
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Grams: Jennifer, I'm not so old that I don't remember how important senior fall term is.
Dawson: Old enough to call it fall term.
Dawson: Old enough to call it fall term.
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Drue: [cell phone rings while they are working on a project] Hello, hey gorgeous.
Dawson: Unbelievable.
Joey: Unacceptable. [grabs cell phone] Hello, gorgeous is it? Hi, yes, this is Drue's doctor and he's gonna have to get back to you when the syphilis clears up, ok? Bye-bye.
Dawson: Unbelievable.
Joey: Unacceptable. [grabs cell phone] Hello, gorgeous is it? Hi, yes, this is Drue's doctor and he's gonna have to get back to you when the syphilis clears up, ok? Bye-bye.
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Mitch: [watching Joey and Pacey kiss] Just doesn't seem fair, does it?
Dawson: What's that?
Mitch: Well, you saved the day and you still don't get the girl. [pause] But maybe, just maybe, you got something more important.
Dawson: [sigh] How do you figure that?
Mitch: You have this moment. No matter where your life takes you, you can look back on this and know that you did a great thing. That's something that all the girls and all the things in the world can't replace.
Dawson: What's that?
Mitch: Well, you saved the day and you still don't get the girl. [pause] But maybe, just maybe, you got something more important.
Dawson: [sigh] How do you figure that?
Mitch: You have this moment. No matter where your life takes you, you can look back on this and know that you did a great thing. That's something that all the girls and all the things in the world can't replace.
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Pacey: Look, I know that things between you and I are pretty much beyond repair right now. And, I wouldn't presume to be able to solve everything with a conversation 'cause that's just not the way it works. But, I've been wanting to tell you that I'm sorry Dawson. I'm really sorry for the way everything went down this spring. For my part in it, for the pain that it must have caused you. And, [sigh] I'm really sorry that I ruined our friendship, because I miss it, badly. And, uh, however far off it may be, I do look forward to the day when you and I might be friends again...so until then.
Dawson: Until then.
Dawson: Until then.
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