Northern Exposure

Ruth-Anne: (when Holling comes back to class) Thank God. Bye everybody, good luck!

Joel: These are too old to sell. Ruth-Anne: Don't buy them then.

Leonard: You have to learn how to love yourself. Good night.

Leonard: We hate others because we hate ourselves.

Leonard: Everyone who has been called to be a shaman has a demon to face, and yours is the worst.

Leonard: You have a terrible self-image. That's why you said those terrible stupid things to Bonnie.

Leonard: Are you expecting company? Ed: The little green man said he was going to join me for life. Leonard: Now it all makes sense.

Ed: She only likes me because I've healed her. It's the mystique of our profession. Joel: So what?

Holling: In spite of our fear, we're their mates. We made a pact with our loins.

Holling: (explaining himself to Phil) We're compelled to be foul and malicious because you love Lisa like I love Shelly. We don't want to see them in agony.

Holling: You think because of me your husband might abandon you? Lisa: He's not my husband! (pause) We're "engaged."

Holling: Vaginal this and vaginal that. I'll tell you I don't think a man has any business being in there!

Joel: (regarding massages given during labor) You will have to find the exact degree of pressure and the exact spot she wants you to rub. Holling: Heck Joel, if we didn't know that we wouldn't be in this mess!

Shelly: Having a baby is a sacred thing, not some bachelor party kegger!

Shelly: We're in childbirth class. Childbirth! The most miraculous, important thing-and you act like a total sleazoid!

Chris: You go from communal suds to private spin cycle. All mankind is on a blitzkrieg to total isolation.

Maggie: (looking at her washer) I feel so elegant! Chris: Ah, the self-affirming magic of a new toy.

Maggie: Jack walks into the bar, walks right up to Rodney and Mindy, and pulls out a frog vase-you know the kind where the flowers come out of the mouth? He plunks it on the table and says to Rodney "I've always hated this thing. Now it's yours." Marilyn: Mindy and Jack were never right for each other.

Bonnie: The Cold War is over. Isn't that good? Arnie: It gave American a reson d'etre. We were defenders of the free world. Now we've lost our focus.

(on why she dropped out of college) Bonnie: I didn't see the point of finishing. You can't get a good job without graduate school anyway.