Dan Humphrey: You could have died.Chuck Bass: Is being dead so much worse than being nothing?
Nate Archibald: Hey, Dan, glad to see you! You know, "Inside" didn't make it into our "Year's Best Book" list. I'm sorry, dude.Dan Humphrey: Well, it's probably best to keep it in 2011. It's a new year, a new book.Nate Archibald: What's this one about?Dan Humphrey: I don't know yet. Which could be why I haven't started writing it.
Dan Humphrey: Hey, Jenny! Jenny! Please tell me what you're doing here, starting with "Dad knows", and ending with "these drinks are not for me."Jenny Humphrey: Since I haven't actually talked to Dad today, no. But these drinks are for Nate and Chuck.Dan Humphrey: What are you doing with Nate and Chuck?Jenny Humphrey: Well, Nate's my friend, and Chuck's totally harmless unless this place runs out of ice.
Georgina Sparks: Dan Humphrey. Come to whisk me away for a secret rendezvous under the Tuscan sun? You're lucky you're on my free-pass list, otherwise Philip might have put up a fuss.Dan Humphrey: This invitation isn't about seduction, Georgina. It's about scandal.Georgina Sparks: Can't a girl have both? Philip will understand. We have an open marriage and a mutual understanding of each other.Dan Humphrey: I need your photographic memory and your passion for social upheaval to help me write another book on the Upper East Side. The book I should have written from the beginning.Georgina Sparks: Nothing like a scorned lover to scorch the earth. I can hardly wait.