you know you love me

Blair: What I want is to be a powerful woman.
But, whenever Chuck’s around, I just feel like a weak little girl.
Eleanor: I shut myself off for a long time after your father left. I was cold and hard. Then I met Cyrus, and he taught me that sometimes you have to allow yourself to be weak in order to grow stronger.
Blair: Well, that sounds good, but it feels terrible.
Eleanor: You don’t have to lose the girl to be a woman. Just… need to think maybe about how many people are going to be around the next time you let her out. [Blair laughs] I’m going to bed. Goodnight.

(Source: meesters)