Nurse Jackie

Zoey Barkow: I just want you to know, I think it's supergreat that I'll be with you all day. I can tell you're somebody who, you know, lives the job, and that's totally me. Totally... Jackie Peyton: OK, a quick question. Zoey: Sure. Jackie: Shut up. Zoey: Is that the question?

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Let us go then, you and I, when the evening is spread out against the sky, like a patient etherized upon a table. T.S. Eliot, tenth grade English. Sister Jane Deshuntel. What a champ. She's the one who told me that the people with the greatest capacity for good are the ones with the greatest capacity for evil. Smart fucking nun.

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Mohammed 'Mo-Mo' De La Cruz: What does one offer as a side dish when serving John the Baptist's head on a silver platter? Jackie: Hmm... coleslaw. No, mac and cheese. No, potato salad.

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[to Zoey] What's this about? Nobody ate your muffins? You found an ear in the toilet? So what? You know what this job is, honey? This job is wading through a shitstorm of people who come into this place on the very worst day of their lives. And just so you know, doctors are here to diagnose, not heal. *We* heal. All Saints is in the business of flipping beds. That's it, end of story. The fact that you have even the slightest inclination to help people puts you miles ahead of one hundred percent of the population. So stop crying, okay? Buck up! If you need to cry, go do it in the ladies room. Is that clear?

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Mrs. Zimberg: The doctor who told Bernie he had less than six months to live? He's dead. Bernard Zimberg: Hit by a bus. Mrs. Zimberg: Crosstown M-14. Bernard: They're nice busses, if you have to get hit by a bus. Mrs. Zimberg: You could do worse.

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Zoey: Do you think it's true what they say about twins? That they can read each other's minds? Feel each other's pain? Mohammed: Definitely. I'm a twin. I was a twin. Zoey: [hugging Mohammed] Oh my God. I'm so sorry. Mohammed: [brushing her off] Chica, never do that. Never think you should feel sorry for me.

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