- Rory: I used to hang up on Dean all the time.
- Dean: You did?
- Lane: I remember that!
- Dean: When did you hang up on me?
- Rory: Right when we first met.
- Dean: You should have just said something.
- Rory: I couldn't do that.
- Dean: Why not?
- Rory: Because then you would have known that I was calling, and therefore that I liked you.
- Dean: Yes, but I liked you too.
- Rory: Well, I know that now.
- Dean: You could have known that then.
- Rory: Dean, please, this is a girl thing.
- [talking about a partner for the dance marathon]
- Luke Danes: What about that one?
- Lorelai Gilmore: Mhm... no.
- Luke Danes: Why not?
- Lorelai Gilmore: Too pale.
- Luke Danes: So what?
- Lorelai Gilmore: Pale means sick.
- Luke Danes: Or sunscreen
- Lorelai Gilmore: Or mad cow disease.
- Luke Danes: Pale does not mean mad cow disease.
- Lorelai Gilmore: Have you ever had mad cow disease?
- Luke Danes: Twice last week and my coloring was wonderful.
- [Paris wants to spend Saturday working on the newspaper]
- Paris Geller: This is the seventy-fifth anniversary issue. There is only going to be one seventy-fifth anniversary issue ever, and it's on our watch. We screw this up and we basically mooned a piece of history. Is that what you want? To B.A. history?
- Madeline Lynn: But I don't understand. Last year was the seventy-fourth anniversary issue of the Franklin.
- Paris Geller: So?
- Madeline Lynn: So there's only gonna be one seventy-fourth anniversary issue ever and we didn't do anything special for it.
- Louise Grant: I think the cover was of a deep-fried Mars bar.
- Paris Geller: That's because nobody cares about the seventy-fourth anniversary issue.
- Madeline Lynn: I bet the person who worked on it seventy-four years ago did.
- Paris Geller: [exasperated] We're working Saturday!
- [she walks away and goes outside with Rory, muttering angrily]
- Paris Geller: "Why are we working Saturday, Paris? What's so special about the seventy-fifth issue, Paris? Why does my head feel so light and yet not float away, Paris?"
- Rory: [Annoyed by Jess and his girlfriend Shane sitting at the bleachers near her and Dean] He's still there.
- Dean: What?
- Rory: Jess, he's still there. I can't believe he's still there.
- Dean: Just ignore it.
- Rory: Yeah. You know, this is a dance marathon. You're not supposed to come sit and watch. You're supposed to dance. He's just trying to bug me. Sitting there right in front of me, staring. Jerk.
- Shane: [Wakes up] I'm bored.
- Jess: [Closes his book, sighs] Okay.
- [They start kissing]
- Rory: There they go again! God, I swear. Why can't they just get a room? Forget the room, get a park bench or a doorway or even a strategically placed telephone booth would probably suffice. I mean, girls like Shane, what is it with them? Don't they see what they look like? I know they have mirrors.
- Jess: Hey, you talking about me?
- Rory: No!
- Jess: I heard you mention Shane.
- Rory: Shane isn't you.
- Jess: Shane concerns me.
- Rory: Shane concerns me too, and women for all that matter.
- Jess: You got a problem here?
- Rory: Nope, just a little sick of seeing the 2 of you sitting there and if you're not gonna participate, then why don't you just leave!
- Shane: That works for me! Let's go.
- Jess: No.
- Rory: Why not?
- Jess: Because I'm not ready to go.
- Rory: Oh, really?
- Jess: Yes, really. I'm gonna sit here as long as I like and I'm gonna do whatever I like and if you don't like it, just ignore me and pay attention to your boyfriend.
- Dean: [Angrily] I'm sorry, she can't. I'm not her boyfriend anymore.
- Rory: What?
- Dean: You know, I tried to ignore this. I really did. But, I don't know what I was thinking.
- Rory: What are you talking about?
- Dean: You don't want to be with me, Rory.
- Rory: Yes I do.
- Dean: Oh, please. You've been into him since he got to town and I've spent weeks, months actually, to commence myself that it wasn't true, that everything was fine between us. But now I know that I was an idiot. You're into him and he's into you and Shane, who by the way should be listening to this because it's so damn obvious!
- Rory: What's obvious? What did I do?
- Dean: Everyone can see, Rory! Everyone! And I'm tired, but I'm over it, so go ahead, go, be together. There's nothing standing in your way now, because I'm out.