30 quotes that show why Lorelai Gilmore is the greatest

‘Dear Emily and Richard’ (Season 3, Episode 13) - Lorelai: “And the second thing is, you need to tell me why you’re sitting like that.”

Sherry: “Maureen told me that Howard Stern said that if you squat, it makes the baby come out faster.”

Lorelai: “Okay, as long as you have a sane reason from a reliable source.”

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‘Sadie, Sadie’ (Season 2, Episode 1) - Rory: “You should walk down the aisle to Frank Sinatra, with a huge bouquet of something that smells really good.”

Lorelai: “Pot roast!”

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‘Wedding Bell Blues’ (Season 5, Episode 13) - “Mom, it's just a pretend wedding. J.Lo has them all the time.”

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‘An Affair to Remember’ (Season 4, Episode 6) - Jason: “I didn't know you were so close to your mother.”

Lorelai: “I'm not.”

Jason: “Then why are you defending her?”

Lorelai: “Every family needs its Fredo.”

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‘I'm OK, You're OK’ (Season 6, Episode 17) - Luke: “Okay, I’m going to take these [spiders] outside. Any particular place you want them?”

Lorelai: “Someplace shady. Sheltered from the elements. And close to a talking pig.”

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‘Pulp Friction’ (Season 5, Episode 17) - “If it was physically possible to make love to a hot beverage, this would be the one.”

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‘An Affair to Remember’ (Season 4, Episode 6) - Emily: “You have the word 'juicy' on your rear end.”

Lorelai: “Well, if I’d known you were coming over, I would have changed.”

Emily: “Into what? A brassiere with the word 'tasty' on it?”

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‘The Lorelais' First Day at Chilton’ (Season 1, Episode 2) - “Well, we like our internet slow, okay? We can turn it on, walk around, dance, make a sandwich. With DSL, there’s no dancing, no walking, and we’d starve. It’d be all work and no play. Have you not seen 'The Shining,' Mom?”

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‘Cinnamon's Wake’ (Season 1, Episode 5) - “I really like him, Rory. I can't help it. And it's been a really long time since I've felt like this. You can't always control who you're attracted to, you know. I think the whole Angelina Jolie–Billy Bob Thornton thing really proves that.”

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‘Haunted Leg’ (Season 3, Episode 2) - “My life stinks. Hey, let’s look into each other’s eyes and say 'I wish I were you' at exactly the same time — maybe we’ll pull a 'Freaky Friday.'”

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‘But I'm a Gilmore!’ (Season 5, Episode 19) - Lorelai: “Baby, you lost me at carrots, which by the way was the first draft of ‘you had me at hello.’”

Sookie: “What?”

Lorelai: “I see we’ve entered the no humor zone.”

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‘Let the Games Begin’ (Season 3, Episode 8) - Emily: “What can we do in a bathroom?”

Lorelai: “Meet George Michael.”

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‘An Affair to Remember’ (Season 4, Episode 6) - “Cheeseburger, onion rings, and a list of people who killed their parents and got away with it. I’m looking for heroes.”

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‘The Hobbit, The Sofa and Digger Stiles’ (Season 1, Episode 3) - Lorelai: “In the movie, only boy hobbits travel to Mount Doom, but that’s only because the girls went to do something even more dangerous.”

Girl: “What?”

Lorelai: “Have you ever heard of a Brazilian bikini wax?”

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‘Die, Jerk’ (Season 4, Episode 8) - Rory: “It was too humiliating.”

Lorelai: “Oh honey, you once told me that you loved 'Saved by the Bell.' What could be more humiliating than that?”

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‘Kiss and Tell’ (Season 1, Episode 7) - “I’m afraid once your heart is involved, it all comes out in moron.”

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‘Lorelai Out of Water’ (Season 3, Episode 12) - Rory: “You set my alarm for 5:15 am.”

Lorelai: “I know, and I did it for purely practical reasons.”

Rory: “Which are?”

Lorelai: “My alarm is just not as reliable as your scream.”

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‘Wedding Bell Blues’ (Season 5, Episode 13) - “My mother is fast asleep in my bed, clutching my Hello Kitty pillow, and yes, I have pictures.”

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‘The Bracebridge Dinner’ (Season 2, Episode 10) - “I have a New Year's resolution for you: become more cynical and self absorbed.”

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‘The Lorelais' First Day At Yale’ (Season 4, Episode 2) - Lorelai: “This is a misogynistic truck.”

Luke: “What?”

Lorelai: “It’s anti-woman, it’s gender-selective, it’s ‘Oh, let’s drink a beer and watch the game and hike our shorts up.’”

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‘I'm OK, You're OK’ (Season 1, Episode 17) - “Why bother even calling it 'Final Destination 3.' At that point just call it now you’re really really really dead.”

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‘Rory's Birthday Parties’ (Season 1, Episode 6) - “I love pudding. I worship it. I have a bowl up on the mantel at home with the Virgin Mary, a glass of wine, and a dollar bill next to it.”

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‘Nag Hammadi Is Where They Found the Gnostic Gospels’ (Season 4, Episode 13) - “Hey, did anyone ever think that maybe Sylvia Plath wasn’t crazy, she was just cold?”

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‘Wedding Bell Blues’ (Season 5, Episode 13) - Luke: “I’ll let you get back to taking five years off your life.”

Lorelai: “Meh. They were the five where I would’ve been wearing fuchsia lipstick way beyond my lip line, so I wouldn’t want ’em anyhow.”

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‘Christopher Returns’ (Season 1, Episode 15) - “Oh yes, it was beautiful in there. We should commemorate it with an oil painting or a severed head or something.”

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‘Let Me Hear Your Balalaikas Ringing Out’ (Season 6, Episode 8) -

“I don’t like problems. I avoid them when I can, and I don’t like people pointing them out to me.”

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‘Emily in Wonderland’ (Season 1, Episode 19) - Lorelai: “Can I use the fun cutter thingy?”

Luke: “Not if you call it the fun cutter thingy.”

Lorelai: “Please?”

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