Gossip Girl: Here's an inside tip, Little J: the faster you rise, the harder you fall. Hope that Hello Kitty sleeping bag doubles as a parachute.

Gossip Girl: Spotted on the steps of the Palace: Cinderella stepping onto a pumpkin instead of her carriage. Lucky for Lonely Boy there's more than one fable filling our inbox.

Lily: Home by one o'clock. Bonus points for 12:45.

About the Palace

Dan: It's a nice place that you and... eight hundred other people have got here.

Serena: Yeah, the identical surroundings do make you crazy after a little while. Sometimes I feel like I'm in a secret government experiment.

Eric [to Lily]: You want to keep me here forever!

Blair: Little Jenny Humphrey. Why didn't I think of you before? You have no plans. You're coming to the soirée.

Jenny: Me? Really?

Kati and Iz: Her? Really?

Serena: Look, I'm really sorry but this date is unbreakable. Maybe we can swing by later or something. I—

Blair: I'm not a stop along the way. I'm a destination.