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A Tale of Poes and Fire

‘A Tale of Poes and Fire’

Season 3, Episode 17 -  Aired April 15, 2003

The Independence Inn plays host to the Edgar Allen Poe Society. Meanwhile, Rory tries to decide between prospective colleges.

Quote from Lorelai

Lorelai: Wow, these have really changed.
Rory: What have?
Lorelai: The pro/con lists. In all the hubbub, they slipped my mind. Yale.
Rory: What about it?
Lorelai: Yale.
Rory: What do you mean?
Lorelai: Yale.
Rory: Stop saying Yale.
Lorelai: It has double the pros of the other two.
Rory: I wouldn't say double.
Lorelai: Triple over filthy, dirty Princeton. It's kicking butt.
Rory: But I'm not done collecting my data yet.
Lorelai: You have a document the length of Nicholas Nickleby here. Looks like you're done.

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Quote from Lorelai

Rory: But...
Lorelai: What?
Rory: Look at my wall.
Lorelai: So?
Rory: So that wall says something.
Lorelai: Yeah, it says the Harvard merchandising department made a nice chunk of change off of us.
Rory: But how can I go to Yale with my wall looking like this?
Lorelai: It's a wall. Look, honey, Luke was right. The pro/con lists have to come to an end eventually.
Rory: But Luke also reminded us that it was supposed to be Harvard regardless of a list. Everyone thinks that.
Lorelai: I don't. I don't. I know I'm the one who said no to Yale loudly and a lot, but not anymore. Really, I just want what's right.
Rory: I know, but it has to be right for both of us.
Lorelai: If it's right for you, it's really right for me.
Rory: But I don't want you to hate the place I'm going.
Lorelai: Never.

Quote from Lorelai

Rory: [answers phone] Hello?
Lorelai: I'm a nomad.
Rory: What?
Lorelai: I am the lonely wanderer. Hank Williams would be too sad to write a song about me.
Rory: Where are you?
Lorelai: I'm a Bedouin. I'm homeless!
Rory: Okay, stop with that. Where are you?
Lorelai: I'm walking aimlessly around town.

Quote from Lorelai

Lorelai: [on the phone] I'm by the school, Luke's, that area.
Rory: Luke's, good. Go there.
Lorelai: It's closed.
Rory: But Luke is upstairs. Ask him if you can stay.
Lorelai: But...
Rory: I bet the answer's yes.
Lorelai: He'll make me eat a veggie burger!
Rory: Get moving.

Quote from Lane

Mrs. Kim: What's this?
Lane: He was just leaving, Mama.
Mrs. Kim: Why is he here at all?
Lane: He came to borrow something. Here.
Jess: Thank you. Baseball bat?
Mrs. Kim: Cricket.
Jess: Night.

Quote from Luke

Luke: I know there's nothing to hide. It's just that... you've kinda become a...
Lorelai: Become what?
Luke: A sore point with me and Nicole.
Lorelai: What, how?
Luke: Well, on our first date, I was a little nervous and I wasn't having any luck coming up with topics, so I was just kinda blabbing a lot. And then she ordered extra fries at dinner, so it reminded me of you and I told her a quick story about you and French fries, and that seemed fine. And then later, she ordered a third cup of coffee...
Lorelai: Oh, Luke.
Luke: And I mentioned you and your coffee thing, and I noticed that Nicole kind of reacted a little, and ever since then, she's been a little sensitive to the issue.

Quote from Lorelai

Lorelai: It's the alarm clock. I had a dream once that you set eighteen alarm clocks to get me up, which is not a bad way to get me up.
Luke: Where were we?
Lorelai: We were at my house. I got up, I went downstairs for coffee, and you talked to my stomach.
Luke: Why on earth I do that?
Lorelai: Well, because I was pregnant. Twins.
Luke: Mine?
Lorelai: What am I, dream tramp? Of course yours.
Luke: We were married?
Lorelai: Um... Yeah. Did I not mention that?
Luke: No. You know, you shouldn't drink coffee when you're pregnant.
Lorelai: True.
Luke: It's probably why Rory's a caffeine addict.
Lorelai: Right, you're right.
Luke: Dream go beyond that?
Lorelai: No. You talked to my stomach and then you ki... Well, no.

Quote from Lorelai

Lorelai: By the way, your boyfriend snores.
Rory: Didn't need to know that.

Quote from Luke

Lorelai: Coming Sookie?
Sookie: I'm coming. Okay, you need to caramelize the hazelnuts for the brioche French toast, add some Madeira to the pear-poaching liquid and add some chives to the cream for the sheared eggs.
Luke: Don't burn anything, got it.

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