LORELAI: All right, I should go. I called Luke last night and he made me promise to get the truck back by two hours ago, so if I leave now it's sooner than I planned.

LUKE: It's okay. [he looks out the window] I don't believe it.
[They walk outside to the truck. The Yale mattress is in the back]
LUKE: It's like a horror movie.
LORELAI: Oh, Luke.
LUKE: The mattress that would not leave my truck.
LORELAI: I had no choice.
LUKE: I may cry.

RORY: I've got too much stuff.
LORELAI: What?
RORY: Stuff! And it's your fault. You inculcated into me a tolerance for rampant consumerism.
LORELAI: What? RORY: When did I become one of those girls with dozens of beauty products, none of which are expendable? It used to be a touch of mascara, dab of Coppertone, zip, bam, boom, out the door.
LORELAI: I heard copper and boom.
RORY: Does Luke know that you can't drive a stick?
LORELAI: Why?
RORY: Because you borrowed his truck and it's a stick.
LORELAI: I can drive a stick.
RORY: You can stir coffee with a stick, but you can't drive a stick.

RORY: Well, she, uh, backed the truck out of our driveway all fine and everything, but once she hit the road, she couldn't get it out of reverse, so she -
LUKE: Backed it here?
RORY: Slow but steady.

LORELAI: Really, Luke, I can drive it.
LUKE: Okay, fine. Just be careful and have it back by four.
LORELAI: Four-ish it is.
LUKE: Four, I need it at four.
LORELAI:: Give or take a few min-
LUKE: Four.
LORELAI:: God, he's so possessive about the stupid truck.
LUKE: It's my truck, I possess it!

LORELAI: Oh, hold the shake, hold the shake.
RORY: Mom.
LORELAI: Wait, lens cap, lens cap.
RORY: Sorry.
TESS: They all do this.
LORELAI: Shake. [takes a picture] Got it. Who are you?
TESS: I'm Tess, I'm Rory's freshman counselor. I'll be living in the building and be there for whatever she needs.
LORELAI: And you look twenty-one, convenient for beer runs.

RORY: Because it specifically says here that you're supposed to make arrangements to have the old mattress picked up before arrival.
LORELAI: Ooh, very grand.
RORY: So, what time are the mattress guys coming?
LORELAI: Uh, later today sometime.
RORY: So we have to wait in the room for them, or. . .
LORELAI: I think they just let themselves in. Here we are.
RORY: So do the mattress guys have their own key?
LORELAI: All right, I confess, I didn't call the mattress guys.
RORY: Well, what are we gonna do?
LORELAI: We'll find a dumpster.
RORY: Mom, they could trace it back to me.
LORELAI: I'll be long gone by then.
RORY: Mom.
LORELAI: All right, we'll burn it before we dump it. A match, a little gasoline.
RORY: We're here five minutes and we're already contemplating felonies.

TESS: Get an internet ID whether you think you'll use it or not. It'll be your name at yale.edu, and there's no changing what you get.
GIRL: Think there's gonna be a test?
RORY: Probably not. Oh, you were joking. Good one.
TESS: No bottlenecks, girls. There's about a hundred behind you waiting for the same stuff. Do not get precious about your ID pictures. They are what they are.
GIRL: Did you get that down? They are what they are.
RORY: I'll remember.

RORY: Hi.
TANNA: Hi. [pause] I'm adopted.
RORY: You're up.
LORELAI: What's your name?
TANNA: Tanna Schrick.
LORELAI: Well, Tanna Schrick, good. We're making some progress. Hi, Tanna Schrick. I'm Lorelai, this is Rory. She'll be living here, too.
RORY: We're suitemates.
TANNA: As they're ransacking your room, professional thieves typically start at the bottom drawer and work their way up. That way they don't have to close drawers before opening the next one. Saves time.
LORELAI: Okay. So, no storing your valuables in the bottom drawer. Got that, Rory? Good tip, Tanna. Thanks.

LORELAI: Tanna, how old are you?
TANNA: Sixteen.
RORY: Sixteen?
TANNA: On Tuesday.
LORELAI: Happy birthday, Doogie.

LORELAI: That's better. I love you, did you know that?
RORY: I always suspected it.

LORELAI: No, no. Now go unpack the skimpy amount of stuff I've gotten you so far and I'll be back in a couple of hours. Copper boom.
RORY: What?
LORELAI: It's what you said to me this morning when you were trying to speed me up. RORY: But you missed a bunch of stuff in between.
LORELAI: I think it's catchy. Go, go, unpack.
RORY: Copper boom!
LORELAI: Copper boom!

[they walk inside]
LORELAI: No.
RORY: Yes.
LORELAI: Paris?
RORY: And Terrence, her life coach.
LORELAI: Like on Oprah?
RORY: Yes.
LORELAI: No.
RORY: Yes. They're setting up her crafts' corner.
LORELAI: No.
RORY: Yes.
PARIS: Lorelai!
LORELAI: Hi, Paris. It's so good to see you.
PARIS: Same here. Terrence, this is Lorelai.
LORELAI: Hi, Terrence.
TERRENCE: Nice to meet you finally.
LORELAI: Finally?
PARIS: You and I have a bit of a journey left to finish as well.
LORELAI: I'll clear my schedule.

RORY: Let's get this thing out of the hallway.
LORELAI: Hey, uh, I got a crisp Benjamin Franklin for anyone willing to disappear a mattress, no questions asked.
RORY: Start pushing.
LORELAI: Anyone? Two Benjamins? Hold on.

LUKE: So Chip is like, "Set your side down first" and I'm like, "My side's the side with the leg missing. It's gonna collapse. You put your side down first" and he's like, "I'm losing my grip", which was his excuse with everything we carried in - the TV, the stereo speakers. And I was like -
LORELAI: Oh my God, will you, like, get over this?

RORY: And how did I end up at Yale? I mean, I let Grandma and Grandpa manipulate me right out of Harvard and into Yale. That's how strong-willed I am. I know nothing about Yale.
LORELAI: Not so - you've memorized its entire history.

LORELAI: The whole point of getting everything within delivery distance is so we can judge the quality of food, speed of service, cuteness of delivery guys on a scale of one to ten. We cannot work from memory on this.

LORELAI: Uh, you guys, come on. I know it's cheesy but just a couple bars. . . You Can't Hurry Love? Someone's gotta do it, it doesn't have to be on key.

GIRL 1: You're up?
RORY: I was up. Come on in.
GIRL 1: We Lorelai'd a few places and found the good coffee.
RORY: Lorelai'd?
GIRL 2: Checked places out.
GIRL 1: Seems like the appropriate word. We found decent muffins, too, but I bet there's better out there.
RORY: You'll Lorelai 'em another time.

GIRL 1: [hands her a coffee] So this is thanks for last night. It was a perfect first night at Yale.
RORY: I thought so.
GIRL 2: We're gonna go to freshman assembly together. Do you wanna come?
RORY: Sure.
GIRL 1: Then we're all going to conveniently lose our student ID's and go take new pictures.
RORY: Oh my God, I'm so with you on that one.
GIRL 1: Cool.
RORY: [sips coffee] Mm. Whoa, this is really good. Kiosk by the library?
GIRL 1: Oh, you found it first.
RORY: Kind of.



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