Emily: ”Poor out-of-touch Emily. She has nothing. She lives to organize parties and frivolous affairs. Who would want to do that? To be that? … It’s my fault that Rory dropped out of Yale. It’s my fault that she didn’t go back. It’s my fault that she’s with Logan, it’s my fault that she’s not happy! It’s my fault! It’s all my fault! … Oh, yes. She looked at me just like you used to. With that defiant, ‘who are you to be telling me what to do’ sort of look. Then she left. Packed her things and moved out when I wasn’t even there to see her go. No thank you, no goodbye. You would have been very, very proud. … I lost her just like I lost you.”

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Lorelai: “You didn’t lose me.”