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Taylor: Okay, 7 minutes are up. You said you wanted to take it slow.
Ryan: Yeah, well I don’t think 8 minutes would be rushing. 9 seems like a good pace. And 10, is a nice round number.

The OC 4.06 - The Summer Bummer.

RYAN: You know, you might want to relax.
TAYLOR: Distract me. Tell me about this, uh, cage-fighting stuff. It’s something I’ve been meaning to get into.
RYAN: Yeah? Ask me for another favor and I’d be happy to show you.
TAYLOR: Ooh, Ryan Atwood with a side of sauce! I like it.

The O.C., 4x04 The Metamorphosis

TAYLOR: Hi. I’m sorry. Um, a woman in that house where I live just gave you a letter that she shouldn’t have and, uh, I kind of need it back.
MAILMAN: Ma’am, once the letter goes in the pouch, it’s the property of the federal government.
TAYLOR: Okay, and I totally understand that, but if you take that letter, I’m going to lose my place at Berkeley and the chance to be with the man I love and who I think loves me, and-and…15 years from now when he’s trapped in a loveless marriage and I have become a cold, hard ice queen for whom love is no more than a distant memory, it will all come down to the fact that this morning, which, coincidentally, happens to be my birthday, you obeyed the letter of the law at the expense of simple, human charity.
MAILMAN: Wow, that was amazing.
TAYLOR: Can I have my letter now?
MAILMAN: Yeah, sure.

The O.C., 4x14 The Shake-Up