Pacey Witter:  We do n't have to go home . We survived for the past three months taking odd jobs . We can survive as long as we want , just as long as we 're happy .
Joey Potter: Pacey , if you 're so serious about this , why bring it up now ... two hours from home ?
Pacey Witter: Twelve hours from home . I think we should probably drop anchor here , have a bite to eat , and then we can debate whether to scrap this whole mission home .
Joey Potter: No , I do n't believe you Pacey Witter . As truant as your natural instincts may be , you 'd never really suggest that we skip our senior year of high school entirely ?
Pacey Witter: Just what would we be missing from the land of poorly scripted melodramas ? Recycled plot lines , tiresome self - realizations . You throw in the occasional downward spiral of a dear friend , and maybe baby here and a death there , and all you really got is a recipe for some soul - sucking , mind - numbing , ennui . And I for _ one _ could skip it .