Lorelai: I'm talking about, did it start with me or did it start with you? Was it my dream that you went to Harvard?
Rory: Mom.
Lorelai: Because I never got to do the big, fancy college thing. Maybe all this time I'm thinking it's all for Rory when really it wasn't. I'm not doing this because of you. If you are, you don't have to.
Rory: I know that.
Lorelai: I'll still love you even if you can't support me in my old age in the fabulous manner to which I plan on growing accustomed.
Rory: I'll remember that selfless gesture. Thank you.
Lorelai: I just want you to be happy.
Rory: I am.
Lorelai: No, I want you to be dancing-through-the-woods-crazy happy. And if Harvard and Chilton is not gonna do that for you then forget about them.
Rory: I was just behind. I never caught up on all the reading. That's why I got a "D." I can catch up. I will catch up. And when I do, everything will be fine.