Chuck: So the car accident was real?
Bart: I was lucky to survive it. But it wasn't an accident. I'd been threatened.
Chuck: By who?
Bart: A very powerful competitor of mine. I had information on some transactions of his that could have put him away for a very long time. But his threats didn't work.
Chuck: They had someone ram your limo with a truck? Dad, You could have gone to the police. You didn't have to—
Bart: Yes, I did. He'd made it quite clear that both you and Lily were fair game. Once I realized his threats weren't empty, the only way out was to make him think he'd already one. Once I got to the hospital tonight I figured that would be my best chance.
Chuck: So what, you just paid some doctors to switch off the machines? Hope Lily was crying so much that she wouldn't notice you were actually still breathing? What did we bury in that coffin?
Bart: Charles, I am here with you now, trying to explain.

Revenge is a dish best served serialized, one delicious chapter at a time.

Georgina

What did I say about letting the chips fall where they may? See you next fall. XOXO —Gossip Girl

You've fought for me all year. I've come to fight for you.

Blair

As far as I'm concerned, Serena van der Woodsen doesn't exist.

But even the same characters can start to play new power games. And old stars can cease to shine. S always said she wanted to be left alone. Now she'll get her wish.

Dan: I need your photographic memory and your passion for social upheaval to help me write the book about the Upper East Side. The book I should have written from the beginning.
Georgina: Hm. Nothing like a scorned lover to scorch the earth. I can hardly wait.

Georgina: Dan Humphrey. Come to whisk me away for a rendez vous under the Tuscan sun. You're lucky you're on my free pass list otherwise Phillip might have put up a fuss.
Dan: This invitation isn't about seduction, Georgina. It's about scandal.
Georgina: Can't a girl have both?

Eleanor: That is your third sigh since the seventh arrondissement. Are you having regrets leaving without speaking to Serena?
Blair: Not at all. Those are "I love Paris" sighs.

And the wild cards just keep getting wilder.

Ivy: You sure you want to do this?
Lola: Cece gave it to you. I'm just giving it back.
Ivy: Well thank you. If you ever need anything.
Lola: After Lily sabotaged my mom's defense I just need you to keep our agreement.
Ivy: Take down Lily. I'm looking forward to it.

The French say, "plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose." Sounds romantic. But all it means is the more things change the more they stay the same.

Gossip Girl Quotes

Even Blair Waldorf can not bend DNA to her will.

Dan

Hazel: Do you know what you're doing, Little J?
Jenny: I'm not Little J anymore.