Northern Exposure

(explaining what he's going to do about Shelly's redecorating) Holling: I intend to acclimate, like those folks who climb Mt. McKinley.

(Mike gives Joel an expensive respirator) Mike: There is something I'd like you to do for me. Joel: Name it. Mike: Be there for Maggie.

Mike: No, Maggie, without you I'd still be a prisoner in this dome.

Mike: No, Maggie, without you I'd still be a prisoner in this dome.

(thinking about stealing his brother's favorite toy) Maurice: One shudders at the vindictiveness and cruelty the young mind is capable of.

Ed: I'm uniquely suited to this type of work, Mike. I have no family obligations, and I can fall asleep just about anywhere.

(describing the redecorated apartment) Holling: Ed dropped off some groceries and said it looked like something from Bye, Bye, Birdie.

Holling: Do you have a minute, Joel? Joel: No, I don't, not unless Marilyn is done with her probing psychological analysis of me. Marilyn: I'm done.

Mike: I've been handed a second chance. I have to believe there's a reason for that.

Joel: I'm telling you, Ruth-Anne, you drive a hard bargain. You missed your calling. You should have been in fundraising.