Michel: Oh, and I got a call from someone who wanted a job reference for Rory.
Lorelai: What?
Michel: Don't worry. I said nice things. I did not mention how she used to steal stamps and sit in my chair. I said she was very responsible and a hard worker, and now you owe me the weekend off.

Lorelai: Who was calling? Who was inquiring? Who was asking?
Michel: Someone who needed to hire someone.
Lorelai: Well, what kind of job was it?
Michel: I don't know.
Lorelai: What was the name of the company?
Michel: He told me but I do not remember.
Lorelai: Michel.
Michel: What? I'm not an answering machine. I do not have "Sony" stamped on my forehead.

Lorelai: Mom, Dad is pretty worried about you.
Emily: He is?
Lorelai: Yes, he said you didn't come home last night.
Emily: I didn't?
Lorelai: He said the bed hadn't been slept in, and you're between maids.
Emily: For heaven's sake, I did that. People don't even think I can make a bed? I can make a bed. I usually wind up remaking the bed after the maid makes it because she made it wrong the first place.

Emily: You know what? I am tired of all this. I am tired of your attitude toward me. You look at me as a thing of amusement.
Lorelai: I don't.
Emily: Something to be pitied, to feel sorry for. "Poor, out-of-touch Emily. She has nothing. She lives to organize parties and frivolous affairs. Who would want to do that? To be that?"
Lorelai: Mom, I've never thought that.
Emily: If I want a plane, I'll buy a plane.
Lorelai: Okay, good, go for it.
Emily: It's my fault that Rory dropped out of Yale. It's my fault that she didn't go back. It's my fault that she's with Logan. It's my fault that she's not happy. It's my fault. It's all my fault.
Lorelai: It's not your fault.
Emily: That's right, it's not my fault! I did nothing but take care of her. I bought her clothes. I got her a job. I guided her. I threw parties for her and introduced her to new people, new things, and she just... The way she talked to me, you would have been very proud.
Lorelai: No.
Emily: Oh, yes. She looked at me just like you used to, with that defiant, "Who are you to be telling me what to do?" sort of look. Then she left, packed her things and moved out when I wasn't even there to see her go. No "thank you." No "goodbye." You would have been very, very proud.

Emily: Just let me buy my plane, Lorelai. Let me be frivolous and shallow, won't you, please?
Lorelai: Okay. It's not the same, Mom, what happened with Rory. It's not the same.
Emily: I lost her like I lost you. It feels remarkably similar to me.
Lorelai: You didn't lose her like you lost me. She was never supposed to be there in the first place. She was always supposed to be at school. She just went back where she belonged. And you didn't lose me.

Lorelai: Rory's back.
Luke: What?
Lorelai: She's back. She's back at home, she's back at school, she got a job, and she did it all on her own. She's at Lane's picking up her things, and then we're going to pull a major all-nighter. We need burgers, fries, onions rings, and anything else you can think of. Ooh, I'm going to go next door and pick up some ice cream at Taylor's. She's back. We can set the date. We can get married now because Rory's back. Don't skimp on the fries. We don't want to lose her again.

Lorelai: Luke, hello? Luke! My door is chained! Especially funny, since I don't have a chain on my door. Luke!
Luke: [o.s.] Lorelai?
Lorelai: No. Land shark. Candygram. Here's Johnny. Luke, open the door.

Lorelai: He has turned his whole life upside down for me. He does everything in his power to make me happy and give me what I want, so can't I give him this one thing?
Sookie: Yes, you can.
Lorelai: No, I can't. The bed is small and really low, just perfect for tiny, shrunken limbs that can't be too far off the ground. And then he has this ancient dresser with the original fun-house mirror in it so that when I wake up every morning - and I am at my most visually vulnerable - I'll look in there and think I'm that kid from Mask.

Lorelai: So, it's nice of you to let her crash.
Lane: Hey, she's small. How much room can she take up, right?
Lorelai: Did she bring her books?
Lane: Good point.

Sookie: I can't believe you didn't do anything to the kitchen.
Lorelai: What are you talking about? Look at the brand-new napkin holder. It used to be a cow. Now it's a much bigger cow.