Quotes from Rest in Peace


"The last funeral I went to was my mom's. I mean, I haven't even been to her grave site. I think going to Abby's funeral would just open this Pandora's box of emotions that, frankly, I'd rather keep sealed tight." -Joey
"Joey, your mother died three years ago. If you have these feelings you haven't dealt with, how long were you planning on waiting?" -Dawson
"I dunno. I guess I'm just.... there's a part of me that's still holding on. You know, that little girl inside is just waiting for her return, like her death was just this cosmic error and eventually God will realize that he made a terrible mistake and he'll send her back to me like he did my dad, and... and I'll have my mom again." -Joey

"I don't think it's appropriate to malign her character after she's gone." -Andie
"It isn't maligning if it's true! Believe me, it would have been easier for everybody if Abby had just been this wonderful person with these virtuous qualities, but she wasn't. She was mean. And the least that you can do is acknowledge who she really was." -Jen

"Everybody's playing dutiful mourners, but underneath there's this odd sense they're all munchkins finally freed from the stronghold of the wicked witch of the east." -Dawson

"Don't take it personally, Grams, she was mocking everyone." -Jen

"Don't let our roles become permanently etched in stone. I mean, me the helpless lunatic and you the hero on horseback." -Andie

"I'm a people-pleaser. And sometimes in order to succeed in that you have to be phony. Abby was the exact opposite. She put her truth above everything. And that's what you did. It was a memorial for Abby, and you were just being truthful to her spirit." -Andie


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