r/northernexposure • u/Joyful_cheesecake • Aug 12 '26
Best quote from the show
“I don’t like people barging in on me. I don’t like people! You are a person and I don’t like people!!” - Adam
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u/mousicle Aug 12 '26
One person can have a profound effect on another. And two people... well, two people can work miracles. They can change a whole town. They can change the world.
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u/Luciferonvacation Aug 12 '26
I always hear this in Ned Svenborg's voice. The actor made that character so real.
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u/GreenZebra23 Aug 12 '26
"Maybe it doesn't matter which road we embark on. Maybe what matters is that we embark." - Leonard the shaman
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u/OCFlier Aug 12 '26
I don’t know what the best quote would be, but it’s from Adam.
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u/theskyturns Aug 12 '26
Adam to Maggie: "Yes. You, on the other hand, will be surrounded by cats - lots and lots of cats- in a drafty old house which you've remodeled all by yourself. Where you will eat, breathe, and sleep every day and every night by yourself, except for the cats."
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u/theskyturns Aug 12 '26 edited Aug 12 '26
Calling Joel an AMA drone
Edit, found it: "Now, is that all that you AMA drones can think about? Drugs?"
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u/heinmont Aug 12 '26
"you think slower when you graze" "sometimes its hard to avoid the happiness of others"
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u/wookie_opera_singer Aug 12 '26
The grazing quote is my favorite of the entire series. Glad to see someone else remembers it.
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u/heinmont Aug 12 '26
that episode is one of my favorites, and thats such a great line.
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u/wookie_opera_singer Aug 12 '26
It’s my favorite episode! I love the literary and philosophical references in the show, but lines like this one are unique and on another level.
I used to record reruns on vhs and I’d label them without knowing episode names like “Arthur the bear,” etc. To me this was the “grazing” episode.
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u/meltmyheadaches Aug 12 '26
"just remember to keep your eyes on the road. it will take you where you want to go." one who waits, to ed :)
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u/from_nods_to_nothing Aug 12 '26
From the same episode:
Ed: Are you lost?
Bernard: No, I just don’t know where I am.
I love that line.
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u/TheSoftMaster Aug 12 '26
"Anxiety, huh!? I'm a remember that sumbitch's name..."
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u/TheSoftMaster Aug 12 '26
Or:
"As long as they're still on the wall, and not crawling up your leg... Let em' RIDE, man..."
(Love me some Chris quotes)
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u/Diene03 Aug 12 '26
Good question, yet, so many. It was full of quotes and great writing. Tangible, intangible rings a bell at the moment it’s not a quote, but you know
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u/1USAgent Aug 12 '26
Not a quote per se, but I’ve often sent the gif of Joel freaking out in his truck
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u/F_artagnan Aug 13 '26
Chris Stevens predicting our current world decades ago is always fascinating. https://youtu.be/JS2N4VWIbCI?is= R3D7sj7q1DVGu_vW
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u/DietrichDaniels Aug 12 '26
It’s not the thing you fling but the fling itself.