Sometimes it’s hard to see the lines we’ve drawn until we’ve crossed them. That’s when we rely on the ones we love to pull us back and give us something to hold onto. Then there are the clearly marked lines. The ones that if you dare cross, you may never find your way back.
#11 Gossip Girl, 3x08 - The Grandfather: Part II
Life isn’t a fairy tale, and happy endings are few and far between.
#10 Gossip Girl, 3x04 - Dan de Fleurette
Some endings take a long time to reveal themselves. But when they do, they’re almost too easy to ignore. Some beginnings start so quietly, you don’t even notice they’re happening. But most endings come when you least expect them. And what they portend is darker than you’ve ever imagined. Not all beginnings are cause for celebration. A lot of bad things begin, fights, flu season and the worst thing of all… Want to be starting something?
#09 Gossip Girl, 2x16 - You’ve Got Yale!
In life, as in art, some endings are bittersweet. Especially when it comes to love. Sometimes fate throws two lovers together only to rip them apart. Sometimes the hero finally makes the right choice but the timing is all wrong. And, as they say, timing is everything.
#08 Gossip Girl, 2x18 - The Age of Dissonance
One thing about being on the top of the world.. it gives you a long, long way to fall.
#07 Gossip Girl, 2x14 - In The Realm of the Basses
If there’s one thing I learned is that there would be no gossip without secrets. You might be brave enough to reveal your secret only to have it used against you or someone else’s secret might affect you in unexpected ways. There are some secrets you’re only too happy to keep, others surface, only to be buried away deeper than they were before. But the most powerful secrets are the truths you thought you could never reveal…but once spoken, change everything.
#06 Gossip Girl, 2x05 - The Serena Also Rises
You know, it’s kind of funny, how you can find meaning from things you wouldn’t think to look at. Like on a TV show- The truth always comes out, it’s one of the fundamental rules of time. And when it comes out it can set you free, or end everything you’ve fought so hard for. Another way the truth comes out - when you don’t even mean it to, or when, without saying a word, it’s still heard loud and clear. But the worst thing the truth can do? Is when you finally tell it, it doesn’t set you free, but locks you away forever
#05 Gossip Girl, 1x16 - All About My Brother
Transitions in life are usually marked by major events, birthdays, graduations, weddings; but the greater transition often come out of smaller moments, when we stop and look at who we are, because each time we see how far we have come, we also see how far we still have to go. In order to fully transform, we might need to free ourselves of everything we’ve been holding on to, to send us on our new path, the right one. But if at the end, you find the person you have become is not the person you want to be. You can always turn around and try again. And may be the next time you won’t be so alone when it’s over, too late to turn back now.
#04 Gossip Girl, 4x22 - The Wrong Goodbye
Maybe it’s not blood bonds that make us a family. Perhaps it’s the people who know our secrets and love us anyway, so we can finally be ourselves.
#03 Gossip Girl, 5x02 - Beauty and the Feast
The thing about expectations is most of the time, someone else sets them for you. Yet you feel like they’ve been there all along. And you can’t wait to live up to them. But just because you know what’s expected of you doesn’t mean you still can’t surprise everyone.
#02 Gossip Girl, 5x01 - Yes, Then Zero
You often find, what you least expect is right in front of you. Waiting to change everything forever. Whether you want to or not.
#01 Gossip Girl, 5x01 - Yes, Then Zero