- Seth Cohen: No, I'm not wallowing, Ryan, I'm agonizing. The two are vastly different.
- Ryan Atwood: Really?
- Seth Cohen: Yeah. See, wallowing, that's, like, lounging around eating ice cream, watching, eh, VH1. But agonizing, that's more like MTV2, okay. It's no frills, requires discipline.
- Marissa Cooper: I just figured, if I can't even tell my best friend, maybe I'm not ready for this.
- Alex Kelly: So you're here to break up with me.
- Marissa Cooper: Then I told her.
- Marissa: I've been dating Alex.
- Summer: What?
- Marissa: I mean, Alex and I, we've been dating.
- Summer: What? WHAT?
- Marissa: Just for a couple of weeks.
- Summer: Alex? Seth's Alex?
- Marissa: [nods] Mm-hmm.
- Summer: Girl Alex?
- Marissa: Yeah.
- Summer: Huh. Well, who else knows?
- Marissa: Uh, just you.
- Summer: Huh. So, you and Alex. Have you two been...
- Marissa: Uh uh. Me and Alex... yes, we have.
- Summer: So, are you like a...
- Marissa: No! I mean... I don't know. I just... I really like her.
- Summer: Well, she is pretty hot.
- Marissa: Hey look, you don't have to say anything. It's just... I really needed to tell you. We're still friends, right?
- Summer: Of course we are. Come here.
- [they hug]
- Summer: Aww, this isn't turning you on, right?
- Marissa: Listen, about earlier, I got freaked out.
- Alex: I know.
- Marissa: It's just... I tried to tell Summer, and I couldn't.
- Alex: Oh.
- Marissa: Yeah, and then I came here, thinking we'd talk about it.
- Alex: And you got even more freaked out.
- Marissa: I just figured, if I'm not ready to tell my best friend, then maybe I'm not ready for this.
- Alex: So, you're here to break up with me?
- Marissa: Then I told her.
- Alex: Wait, you told Summer, about us?
- Marissa: Mm-hmm. So, where have all your friends gone?
- Alex: Seriously?
- Marissa: Well, you still want me to meet them, don't you?
- [after meeting Julie for the first time]
- Lindsay Gardner: We should put garlic up on the front door in case she comes back.
- Renee Wheeler: Definitely.