Northern Exposure

Maggie: I used to think of my life as an endless string of dead ex-boyfriends.

Maggie: I don't have any experience being an instrument for good!

Maggie: Look at this plant, Ed. Ed: Ok. (stares at plant) It doesn't seem to be doing anything unusual, Maggie.

Maurice: Stevens, is anything simple to you?

Maggie: Pessimism? No, no, Fleischman, this is realism.

Joel: You're actually wearing garlic to repel mosquitoes? Marilyn: It works. Joel: Oh, and I suppose you can back that up with some hard, empirical evidence? Marilyn: Dracula doesn't like it. Joel: Dracula? Marilyn: He sucks blood.

Holling: I want to throb and ache at the end of the day!

Holling: If I don't find something to plant I'm going to jump out of my skin!

Shelly: You go play in the mud all you want, babe, just keep it out of the house.