“Luke: Very romantic. Lorelai: Says the man who yelled "Finally." at the end of Love Story.”— Luke & Lorelai, amazon.com
“There are many paths in life. There's the "Hey, you're cute, sure, I'll marry you after graduation and med school" and the "Can you drive Susie to soccer today, 'cause I've got a pediure?" path. And then there's my path, where I found myself 16 and pregnant and I realized "I have to get a job, I hav…”— Lorelai, amazon.com
“Rory: You’re not worried, are you? Because I’m just going for the sun and to read, nothing more. Lorelai: I know, I know. It’s just, it’s always the good kids who’ve never had a drink that take one sip of Kahlua and fall out of a window. Rory: So you’re sad you never taught me how to drink? Lorelai:…”— Rory & Lorelai, amazon.com
“Lorelai: I’m lying in bed and I’m sleeping and I’m wearing this fabulous nightgown, and like thirty alarm clocks go off, and so I get out of bed and I walk downstairs, and there, standing in the kitchen, is Luke! Rory: Was he naked? Lorelai: No! He was making breakfast. Rory: Naked? Lorelai: Okay, y…”— Rory & Lorelai, amazon.com
“Rory: One sec. You know Mom, I hate to bring this up, but I think there’s a really obvious solution to our problem. Lorelai: I know, hon. Rory: You do? Lorelai: Yes. And frankly, I think if I sold you into white slavery, I would miss you.”— Rory & Lorelai, amazon.com
“Rory: Mother-daughter window washing. We should try that. Lorelai: Yeah, right after mother-daughter shock treatments.”— Rory & Lorelai, amazon.com
“Rory: The house is burning and you can save the cake or me. Which do you save? Lorelai: That’s not fair. The cake doesn’t have legs.”— Rory & Lorelai, amazon.com
“Hey, guys, go on over to the diner and have breakfast with your families, and then ask the nice man in the baseball hat and the flannel shirt to do sock puppets for you. And if he says no, just ask him louder. It’s part of the game!”— Lorelai, amazon.com
“Well, we like our Internet slow, okay? We can turn it on, walk around, dance, make a sandwich. With DSL, there’s no dancing, no walking, and we’d starve. It’d be all work and no play. Have you not seen ‘The Shining,’ Mom?”— Lorelai, amazon.com
“I love pudding. I worship it. I have a bowl up on the mantel at home with the Virgin Mary, a glass of wine, and a dollar bill next to it.”— Lorelai, amazon.com
“My life stinks. Hey, let’s look into each other’s eyes and say ‘I wish I were you’ at exactly the same time — maybe we’ll pull a ‘Freaky Friday.”— Lorelai, amazon.com
“This is it. She can finally go to Harvard like she’s always wanted and get the education that I never got and get to do all the things that I never got to do and then I can resent her for it and we can finally have a normal mother-daughter relationship.”— Lorelai, amazon.com
“Lorelai: Don't study so much that you get brilliant, go mad, grow a big bald egghead, and try to take over the world, OK? 'Cause I want to go shoe shopping this weekend. Rory: Promise. I will not go mad until we get you some boots.”— Rory & Lorelai, amazon.com
“Rory: You just want to hold a grudge. Lorelai: Yes. Burns more calories. Rory: That's not true. Lorelai: Yes, it is. How do you think your grandma got those legs of hers? She's not exactly a StairMaster gal.”— Rory & Lorelai, amazon.com
“Rory: You're happy. Lorelai: Yeah. Rory: . . . Did you do something slutty? Lorelai: I'm not that happy.”— Rory & Lorelai, amazon.com
“I can be flexible. As long as everything is the way I want it. I’m totally flexible.”— Lorelai, amazon.com
“I’m in love with him. Despite all the bad he does, I can’t help it. I’m in love with him.”— Rory, amazon.com
“You’ll mess it up. You’ll mess everything up. Because every time you come back, it always ends up the same way.”— Rory, amazon.com
“I don’t know what anything means anymore. I mean I can’t even read my own handwriting.”— Paris, amazon.com
“I don’t want to be that kind of girl. That kind of girl who just falls apart because she doesn’t have a boyfriend.”— Rory, amazon.com