Martha Rodgers: I don't know why you won't tell me where the party is?Richard Castle: Because you'll show up.
Richard Castle: Early morning or late night?Kevin Ryan: Oh! Both... Jenny can't sleep. Which in her crazy, nine-month-pregnant logic means, out of solidarity, I'm not allowed to sleep, either.
Javier Esposito: Dude, I see Beckett in her jammies... wine glasses on the table...Richard Castle: There's nothing going on with Beckett and me. No more than there was yesterday.Kevin Ryan: Dude, you made her pancakes?Richard Castle: It's just breakfast!Javier Esposito: Pancakes is not just breakfast. It's an edible way of saying, "Thank you so much for last night."Kevin Ryan: Castle, come on. We're your friends. Details.Richard Castle: All right, come here.Richard Castle: There are no details!Javier Esposito: I can't even look at you right now.Kevin Ryan: [writing on his notepad] Witness refuses to cooperate.
Alexis Castle: How do you do it, Dad?Richard Castle: Do what?Alexis Castle: Well, that letter that you have framed in your office.Richard Castle: My first manuscript rejection.Alexis Castle: Yeah. How can you stand having it there?Richard Castle: Because it drives me. And I got twenty more of those before Black Pawn ever agreed to publish "In a Hail of Bullets". That letter... that letter reminds me of what I've overcome. Rejection isn't failure.Alexis Castle: It sure feels like failure.Richard Castle: No, failure is giving up. Everybody gets rejected. It's how you handle it that determines where you'll end up.Alexis Castle: My whole life has been about making sure I could get into any college I wanted. What's it about now?Richard Castle: Give it time. You'll figure it out.
