- Serena van der Woodsen: Plenty of women have been both lover and muse to famous artists. Like Picasso.
- Blair Waldorf: Serena, a guy starts out in his blue period and everything's great. But it's only a matter of time until he's all into cubism and it's some other girl's eye coming out of her forehead.
- Serena van der Woodsen: Okay, I'm going to go.
- Blair Waldorf: Wait, what about the gnome? I have to take him down!
- Gossip Girl: [voice-over] Poor little orphan Jenny, looks like she needs a Daddy Warbucks, but Daddy Warbucks don't grow on trees. At least on a tree that grows in Brooklyn.
- Blair Waldorf: He's totally unsuitable.
- Serena van der Woodsen: Who?
- Blair Waldorf: Cyrus. He's five feet tall. He has a catchphrase. And he's a hugger. I was expecting Cary Grant and I got Danny DeVito!
- Blair Waldorf: You're still here.
- Cyrus Rose: I sent my driver to dinner because I thought I would be at the party ringing in your birthday.
- Blair Waldorf: You threw in the towel rather easily. I expected a harder fight.
- Cyrus Rose: I'm smart enough to know that getting into a war with Eleanor's daughter is never gonna result in a victory.
- Blair Waldorf: So, you retreated with dignity.
- Cyrus Rose: Who says I gave up?
- Blair Waldorf: Oh my god. You out maneuvered me. You deliberately let me win, counting on the fact that Cyndi Lauper would prey on my emotions.
- Cyrus Rose: I'm a lawyer. I do think a few moves ahead. Some of us can't rely entirely on our looks, you know.
- Blair Waldorf: Well done.
- Cyrus Rose: Not enough!
- Blair Waldorf: Fine. You're a genius. You better be good to my mother, or I'll be coming for you.
- Cyrus Rose: Those are fair terms.
- Blair Waldorf: Now, come upstairs and stand next to me while I tell my mom the whole truth about The Golden Lion. She'll be furious with me. So, I may need an attorney.
- Cyrus Rose: Oh!
- [Cyrus hugs Blair. Blair grimaces, smiles, then shakes her head]
- Blair Waldorf: You're not what I had in mind.
- Cyrus Rose: Well, you're not what I had in mind.
- Blair Waldorf: Dorota, are you insane?
- Dorota: I don't know.
- Blair Waldorf: You used the everyday china. Cyrus will think we're just common upper-middle class. Get the Objet and hurry up!
- Aaron Rose: Well, I'm seeing lots of people. I don't know how it works in high school, but I like to date more than one person at a time.
- Blair Waldorf: Screw Grace Kelly. I need a scheme.
- Dorota: Oh no...
- Blair Waldorf: That tiny man must have a secret I can exploit.
- Blair Waldorf: How can you possibly love Cyrus? He's all the things you hate! He uses the wrong fork, he slurps his soup, he wears sport socks! He is short, and pushy! He's nothing like daddy.
- Blair Waldorf: [posse gathering] Though it seems like just yesterday Serena and I were eight and playing dress up in my mother's vintage Manolos, my eighteenth birthday has finally arrived.
- [all the girls chuckle]
- Blair Waldorf: The party needs to be perfect. So, blood-orange martinis at Beluga and Belvedere.
- Penelope Shafai: Why don't we make different drinks tonight and make a taste test?
- Blair Waldorf: Oh, I can't. I'm meeting my mother's new boyfriend.
- Hazel Williams: Even moms have boyfriends. And I don't.
- Blair Waldorf: [while Serena receives messages from Aaron] Cyrus has been one of my Mom's attorneys since the divorce. He asked her out when they first met, but she didn't wanna mix business with pleasure. Finally, his amorous overtures wore her down, and she agreed to dinner. She's been smitten ever since.
- Isabel Coates: Aw...
- Nelly Yuki: Oh, it's so romantic.
- Blair Waldorf: One thing my mother has is good taste in men. Maybe a dashing stepdad is just what I need.
- Penelope Shafai: Speaking of good taste in men, how's the sexy artist, Serena?
- Serena van der Woodsen: Oh, Aaron's amazing. He's been sending me these maps to the most beautiful places. The other day I ended up in a private room in the Cloisters overlooking the gardens.
- Blair Waldorf: Spare them the details, Serena. Hazel will kill herself from envy.
- [Hazel glares balefully at her]
- Hazel Williams: There's a totally cute guy over there.
- Penelope Shafai: The busboy?
- Hazel Williams: Beggars can't be choosers.
- Isabel Coates: How's your totally cute boyfriend, Serena?
- Serena van der Woodsen: Oh, he.. he's not exactly my boyfriend.
- Hazel Williams: [totally ready to pounce!] You mean he's free?
- Blair Waldorf: [arrives] Hazel... I can hear your desperation from the other room.
- Mr. Smith: You girls have been getting a lot of press. You got talent. Who's the designer?
- Jenny Humphrey: It's me.
- Agnes Andrews: And I'm the face of the line, and the brains behind the operation.
- [Jenny glances at her]
- Mr. Smith: Who do you imagine your client will be?
- Agnes Andrews: Girls like us.
- Jenny Humphrey: Sophisticated girls, with a bit of edge, who can afford high end product. I know these girls and their style, because I'm their peer, so that's what makes me unique as a designer.
- Mr. Smith: Hmm. What's the name of the label?
- Agnes Andrews: Vixen.
- Jenny Humphrey: J. Humphrey.
- [smiles]
- Jenny Humphrey: We haven't fully decided yet, clearly. But, uh, it really doesn't matter. We're just here to take the work to the next level.
- Agnes Andrews: Definitely. Which means finding a clear vision for the brand.
- Jenny Humphrey: And since fashion is a designer-based industry and I'm the designer, that brand is me.
- Agnes Andrews: Well, the brand is the concept, which we both came up with.
- Jenny Humphrey: Agnes, can we just talk about this later when we're alone, please?
- Agnes Andrews: No, why don't we talk about this now? I mean, if Mr. Smith here wants to represent us, then he should know who he's dealing with.
- Jenny Humphrey: So Mr. Smith might get the wrong idea about our professionalism.
- Agnes Andrews: Well, then, cut the crap and start acting professional instead of putting on The Jenny Show.
- Jenny Humphrey: Me? Agnes, look at who's acting out yet again at another business meeting.
- Agnes Andrews: You wanna see acting out?
- [rises]
- Gossip Girl: [as loosely-dressed Serena takes Aaron to the park] Scampering about in a slip is one way to shed old skin. But will embracing free love be as easy as flinging off a pair of Fendi flats? Looks like someone is going Barefoot In The Park. XOXO, Gossip Girl.