It's not about the kiss, it's about the journey, it's about creating and sustaining magic. ~ Dawson’s Creek

Jen: That, no matter what, I would really do things differently this year, like try to make new friends and stuff, and I can't do that by pretending to be somebody that I'm not, because then those friends that I make would think that I'm something that I'm not. ~ Dawson’s Creek

Dawson: Who dumped who 4 years ago? Joey, I know what I want. I've always known what I want. Before we destroy whatever chance we might actually have at having a relationship, I'm asking you, please, stop and think about this. Is this really what you want? Is this really the way that you want things to end between us? ~ Dawson’s Creek

Joey: I want the fantasy. I want more than anything for us to be together. But not like this. Not screaming at the top of our lungs about things that happened 4 years ago.
Dawson: But if we can't argue like this and get past it, then ...
Joey: Maybe there's nothing here worth saving. Maybe last night was just ...
Dawson: Just what?
Joey: Just two old friends making a huge mistake.
~ Dawson’s Creek

Audrey: Okay, if you must do this, then I say that you go for it. You know, be gooey and be embarrassing, but most of all, just be real, Joey. Say all of the things that you can't say to his face, the whole nine yards.
~ Dawson’s Creek

Pacey: I know you respect me, and I love you for it, but that's not what I'm talkin' about. I need respect out there. And maybe I gotta take a different path than I thought I was going to, but c'est la vie. The only thing I know for sure right now... is I need sleep!
~ Dawson’s Creek

Joey: Oh, right. Because that's what it always is, isn't it? I don't like you, therefore, it must be because some guy broke my heart. It just can't be because you're objectionable in any way. ~ Dawson’s Creek

Natasha: Because... I saw you out there talking to her. I saw your face when you were watching her leave, and I realized that... she hurt you way more than you ever hurt me. But you still hurt me. A lot. ~ Dawson’s Creek

Joey: Dawson, I'm sorry I don't have the same dreams I had when I was 15 years old, and I'm sorry that I moved on faster than you did, but you know what? Maybe not everything that happens to you is my fault! And maybe just because I want more from my life than--
Dawson: more than what? More than us? You don't know, do you? You've never known. The entire time I've known you, all you've wanted to do is escape. From me, from Capeside. I mean, you say that I'm the dreamer. I'm the one who doesn't wanna live in the real world. Well, I'm doing it, Joey. Right now. I'm living in the real world. It's you who wants the fantasy. ~ Dawson’s Creek

Dawson: You know what you were saying before, about how living my dream agrees with me? I've been thinking about that and I want you to know that I probably would not be living any dream at all if it weren't for you. I mean, more and more I keep on finding myself in these incredibly surreal situations and every time ... I always kind of, in the back of my head just think, "What would Joey think if she could see me right now?" You know, I guess everyone has someone who challenges them and makes them shoot for something just beyond their reach. You're that person for me. So, yeah, maybe we didn't talk this summer, and who knows, maybe we'll find ourselves talking less and less as time goes on and life gets more and more in the way, but ... I gotta say, Jo, I don't feel it. 'Cause you're with me everywhere I go. ~ Dawson’s Creek

The dark nights will pass. You will find peace eventually. ~ Dawson’s Creek

In my personal experience, I have found that there are few people capable of giving you those butterflies. If you don’t tell this girl how you feel, it’s like living in your own personal prison. ~ Dawson’s Creek

I’ve stumbled and picked myself up, and stumbled and picked myself up … over and over again with no safety net. ~ Dawson’s Creek

When two people are on a crash course for each other and you put yourself in the middle … it’s only bringing them closer. ~ Dawson’s Creek

Dawson: If you and I aren’t meant to be together, then I don’t know anything. ~ Dawson’s Creek

Anybody who can make me feel like this doesn’t deserve a maybe. ~ Dawson’s Creek

Joey: If I’m thanking you for anything … it’s for being yourself. It’s for not caring what anybody else thinks. It’s for knowing in your own heart what’s wrong and what’s right. And it’s for being there this year when I needed you the most. ~ Dawson’s Creek

I don’t know. It’s like, there’s this person that you want to be for other people. To make them proud of you. And then there’s you. And sometimes it’s hard to tell where one ends and the other begins. Does that make any sense? ~ Dawson’s Creek

Jen: Look, I came here to apologize.
Henry: For what?
Jen: For being careless with your heart. For thinking I knew better just because I’m older. I spent all night think about what you said. You’re right. I don’t know what’s it’s like to be in love that way. I don’t know what it’s like to lose yourself in someone else. But I want to. If one of us is younger than the other, I don’t think it’s you Henry. I think it’s me.
~ Dawson’s Creek

Joey: Dawson, who cares whether or not you come back to Capeside with some prize? Everything in life isn’t about winning. You have to find joy in the process. You have to love what you do. ~ Dawson’s Creek

One single moment of joy is more powerful then a lifetime of sorrow. ~ Dawson’s Creek

Joey: We talk like we know what’s going on, but we don’t. We don’t know anything. We’re really young and we’re gonna screw up a lot. We’re gonna keep changing our minds and even sometimes our hearts. And through all that, the only real thing we can offer each other is forgiveness. I couldn’t do that. Or at least, I did it too late. Don’t make my mistake. Don’t let yourself be so angry you stop loving. Because one day you’ll wake up from that anger and the person you love will be gone. ~ Dawson’s Creek