Quotes
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[first lines]
Alexis Castle : What about Ashley? I mean, shouldn't I tell him?
Martha Rodgers : Darling, in matters of the heart, it's best not to overthink things.
Richard Castle : [entering] That's your advice, Mother? With your track record? What chasm of doom has she led you to by way of her tips on romance?
Martha Rodgers : As it happens, we were discussing secret admirer... etiquette.
Richard Castle : You have a secret admirer?
Alexis Castle : I always thought it was silly, but... now I'm kind of intrigued.
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[Alexis is trying to deduce the identity of her secret admirer]
Richard Castle : Wait a minute, what are you doing?
Alexis Castle : Narrowing down suspects.
Richard Castle : No, you can't do that. Not, you... No, that'll ruin the secret. No, it's like a mystery novel. You don't just go... to the last *page*, do you?
Alexis Castle : Yes.
Richard Castle : You do?
[Alexis shrugs innocently]
Richard Castle : Well, you shouldn't. It's not, you can't... the-the joy doesn't come in *knowing8 who did it... The joy comes... in the journey. In allowing the ending to... blossom, like some magnificent Himalayan blue poppy.
Alexis Castle : Okay, okay. I'll let him stay secret.
Richard Castle : Mark my words, you'll thank me.
