« In that moment my triumph was not a state championship, but simple clarity. The realization that we had always been meant for each other and every instinct to the contrary had simply been a denial of the following truth: I was now and would always be in love with Peyton Sawyer. »

« Nathan, I'm proud of you, you know, standing up to your dad, being a good guy for Haley. You've turned into the guy I always knew you could be. »

« She was fiercely independent, Brooke Davis. Brilliant, and beautiful, and brave. In two years she had grown more than anyone I had ever known. Brooke Davis is going to change the world someday. »

« Haley : Believing you'll do well is half the battle. »

« People always leave... but something they do come back. »

« People that are meant to be together always find their ways in the end. »

« Sometimes,it feels like it was yesterday graduating high school, saying goodbye. That feeling that you get at 17 or 18 that nobody in the history of the world has ever been this close, has ever loved this fiercely or laughed as hard or cared as much. Sometimes, it feels like it was yesterday. And sometimes, it feels like someone else's memory. »

« Society is a masked ball where everyone hides his real character, then reveals it by hiding. »

« Sometimes, people disappoint you. Sometimes they surprise you. But you never really get to know them…until you listen for what’s in their hearts. »