Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman (1993–1998)
Joe Lando: Byron Sully
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Quotes
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Byron Sully : Someone's wife is pretty mad.
Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn : My goodness, she's angry. I feel sorry for the poor fellow. Whose teepee is it?
Cloud Dancing : Mine.
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Byron Sully : Michaela, I love you. And I would do anything for you. I'd give my life for you, you know that. And I wanna marry you. But more than that, I want you to be happy. So you gotta choose the person who's gonna make you happy - the person that would be best for you. And whatever you do, I'll be behind you. I just wanted you to know that.
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Byron Sully : There's an old Indian legend that says man and woman were once united - four arms, four legs, two backs. And one day the great spirit grew angry at this creature and took his tomahawk and cut 'em apart. And ever since that day men and women have tried to get back together again.
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Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn : You mean if I were Arapaho and you were Cheyenne...
Byron Sully : We couldn't get married, nope.
[pauses]
Byron Sully : I'd have to carry you off in the night.
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Byron Sully : Why did I come?
Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn : Yes.
Byron Sully : I told ya.
Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn : What's the real reason?
Byron Sully : Because.
Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn : Because...?
Byron Sully : Because I love you.
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Byron Sully : [about Michaela] She's my heartsong.
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Horace Bing : After Dr. Mike has the baby... are you gonna let 'er keep workin'?
Byron Sully : [laughs]
Horace Bing : What's so funny?
Byron Sully : Let her? Are we talkin' about the same Dr. Mike?
Horace Bing : I see your point.
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Hank Lawson : Sully, tell Michaela if she needs her wick trimmed to let me know.
Byron Sully : I'd be glad to, Hank, but the truth is, you're not man enough to hold a candle to her.
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Byron Sully : I don't want ya to leave. I wanna be with you. I *need* to be with you.
Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn : Sully...
Byron Sully : I will love you all my days. Will you marry me?
Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn : Yes.
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Byron Sully : [to Michaela] I know what you're thinkin', and the answer's 'yes'. I'll always love you, no matter what happens. I'll always find you as beautiful as the first day I saw you.
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Byron Sully : You know what the Cheyanne ask a young man who's just taken a wife?
Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn : What?
Byron Sully : 'Does she show enthusiasm?'... I appreciate your enthusiasm.
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Byron Sully : We're the same two people we were before we got married. Nothin's changed.
Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn : But it has. Everything's changed. It's no longer 'you' and 'me', it's 'us'. You're a part of me now. And that's a very powerful feeling.
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Cloud Dancing : Man and woman are not meant to be alone. Like Mother Earth and Father Sky, everyone needs a partner or they become unbalanced. It's nature.
Byron Sully : Dr. Mike's an awfully strong force of nature.
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Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn : Sully... In my heart I know where I want us to be. But I don't know how we'll get there.
Byron Sully : Me neither... There's no maps, but if you're willing to start off without one...
Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn : I am.
Byron Sully : Then I know where to start.
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Byron Sully : You love David.
Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn : Yes, I'll always love him. But that's the past and you're the present... *we're* the present... If you'll have me... Will you, Sully?
Byron Sully : [pauses] Will I what?
Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn : Will you marry me?
Byron Sully : ...Yes.
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Byron Sully : There's only one thing I know about women - you gotta be lucky enough to find the right one, and then never let her go.
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Byron Sully : I'll be your family.
Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn : And I'll be your best friend.
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Byron Sully : [to Michaela] This is the place I come when I lose my way and I have to find it again. I've never shown anyone this place... Not even Abigail.
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Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn : You're right. I was jealous.
Byron Sully : I know.
Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn : It was foolish.
Byron Sully : It was.
Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn : Must you agree with me *all* of the time?
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Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn : You know what Sam said? She said that seeing us together is like watching a fire burn.
Byron Sully : Is that good?
Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn : Well, ignore a fire and it burns out. But if you tend to it, take care of it, feed it... it keeps growing bigger - burns brighter.
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Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn : Sully... it isn't dark yet.
Byron Sully : [pulling the shades] But it's getting darker... and darker... and darker.
Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn : [pulling the last shade] ... and darker.
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Brian Cooper : So why don't ya marry our Ma and be our Pa?
Colleen Cooper : Brian!
Byron Sully : Brian, it's not something you just do. It takes time.
Brian Cooper : She's 35. She doesn't have alot of time left!
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Byron Sully : Got somthin' for ya... an early Christmas present.
Brian Cooper : Really?
Byron Sully : [producing a beaded leather necklace] I made this when I was with the Cheyanne. Didn't make it for myself, but to give as a gift. And all these years I been walkin' around with it, not knowin' who I made it for until now. I made it for my son.
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Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn : How long before we go?
Byron Sully : You're not going. The women stay in camp.
Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn : Not this woman.
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Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn : Do you think a man can love two women at the same time?
Byron Sully : If you were one of the women, would you want him to?
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Colonel Egan : Black Kettle and his party are late for his treaty council.
Byron Sully : The Cheyenne say that only a white man needs a watch to tell him when he's hungry.
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Cloud Dancing : The marriage is good?
Byron Sully : Yeah. It's great.
Cloud Dancing : It took Snow Bird and I many months to discover that we no longer rode separate horses.
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Byron Sully : [to Michaela] Whether or not we make a baby, we sure can have fun trying.
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Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn : Is it just me, or have I been pregnant for ten years?
Byron Sully : It'll be over soon.
Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn : And you've been saying that to me for ten years as well.
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Byron Sully : That's the gate to wisdom - being able to say 'I don't know'.
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Byron Sully : She's awfully angry.
Cloud Dancing : You have stuck your hand in a hornet's nest that was hidden. I have done that myself.
Byron Sully : Well, if this is what it's gonna be like bein' with a woman, I don't know if I'm fit for it.
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Byron Sully : Do you love 'im?
Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn : How *dare* you ask me that! You, who have told me that you're not ready to love anyone! You, who comes and goes as he pleases! You, who never so much as offered any kind of committment to me and my children!
Byron Sully : Do. You. *Love* 'im?
Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn : I'm very fond of the Reverend. And he's made me a proposal that no one, including you, has cared to do. And I don't take that lightly.
Byron Sully : If marriage is all you want, then you've found the right man.
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Byron Sully : I'm good at fixin' things when I can see what's wrong. But, this thing that's comin', it's so big... I don't know where to start.
Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn : We'll find a way. But I promise you, if the day ever comes that I see your heart breaking and you can't take it any longer, we'll pack up.
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Byron Sully : I like talking... and I like having breakfast with you. But I also like *kissin'*.
Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn : Well, there should be a balance.
Byron Sully : But you're good at kissin'.
Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn : Sully!
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Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn : You're looking very pleased with yourself.
Byron Sully : When the children knock and you don't jump up, I know I got your attention.
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Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn : Do I look as foolish as I feel?
Byron Sully : I think you're beautiful when you're jealous.
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Byron Sully : I'm sorry for everything my people are doin' to yours.
Cloud Dancing : The spirits tell me my anger is good, my hate is not. There are good men, there are bad men. You're a good man Sully. You're still my brother.
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Byron Sully : Rich people pay to eat snails?
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Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn : You never told me you played baseball.
Byron Sully : Just for fun. We used to play it in the mining camps.
Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn : This rule book is very interesting. I never realized it was such an orderly and courteous game.
Byron Sully : Not the way *we* played it.
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Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn : Where does that leave Horace? He's been struggling at the plate. He's afraid of striking out.
Byron Sully : He's not the only one...
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Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn : [discussing Colleen] We were always so close.
Byron Sully : Maybe that's the problem.
Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn : Beg your pardon?
Byron Sully : She's gotta step outta your shadow. It's a mighty tall shadow.
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Byron Sully : The minute you put on a gun, you're sayin' that you're willin' to use it. Now, that's just invitin' trouble.
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Byron Sully : You don't raise children to keep 'em in way that puts your mind at ease. You raise 'em so they know how to look out for themselves.
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Byron Sully : Different women give you different kinds of love.
Matthew Cooper : How do you even know if it *is* love?
Byron Sully : Let your heart tell ya. Just make sure it's your heart doin' the talkin'.
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Byron Sully : You could sell the extra corn just to buy things you need - like some meat.
Cloud Dancing : *Buy* meat?
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Preston A. Lodge III : What do you say, Sully? Do you think I should keep my mouth shut?
Byron Sully : I don't think it's possible, Preston.
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Preston A. Lodge III : Why'd you do it? Why'd you save my life?
Byron Sully : If you don't know by now, you never will.
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Cloud Dancing : What of their true nature will survive if they live as white people?
Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn : All we want to do is prepare them for the future.
Byron Sully : They won't have a future if they don't have a past.
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Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn : I always thought she was disappointed in me... when I left Boston to move out here... as if I'd somehow failed.
Byron Sully : She was disappointed, or you?
Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn : [looks lovingly at Sully] It was the best decision I ever made.
Byron Sully : [smiling] Glad to hear you say that.
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Byron Sully : I stand with the truth.
Franklin : Black Kettle says that is the only place for a leader to stand.
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Byron Sully : [to Michaela] Sometimes a shadow falls over the moon, and it looks dark. But the light's there, it's just behind it. It's not gone, it's just covered up for a while. You've got that light. I've seen it. Trust that it's there and the shadow will pass.
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Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn : What took you so long?
Byron Sully : I had to make my bat.
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Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn : Don't be stubborn.
Byron Sully : It's an old habit.
Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn : Give it up.
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Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn : Don't we have enough?
Byron Sully : You wanna learn to fish... ya gotta dig for worms.
Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn : Ha! Here's one.
Byron Sully : Half worms don't count.
Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn : Why not?
Byron Sully : It's fishin' rules.
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Loren Bray : Why don't ya just drop me down the side of the mountain and have done with it.
Byron Sully : Don't tempt me.
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Matthew Cooper : What's a dog like that good for?
Byron Sully : Bait.
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Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn : What was it this time?
Byron Sully : She thought she saw a bear out the window.
Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn : A bear?
Byron Sully : It was a laundry tub. Took quite a fight, but I think I scared it off.
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Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn : Oh, Sully, I don't wanna do this. I don't think I can.
Byron Sully : Yes you can. You're doin' it right now. Pretty soon the baby'll be here... and your ten years of being pregnant are over.
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Byron Sully : The Cheyanne say that the dead carry their scars with them to the afterlife.
Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn : Well, I disagree. I believe it's the people who are left who carry the scars.
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Byron Sully : Where you're born always kind of has a pull on ya, whether ya like it or not.
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Byron Sully : She kissed *me*.
Brian Cooper : What's the difference?
Byron Sully : It takes two people to kiss, Brian. It's like when you wanna go fishin' and I don't, but I go anyway because I don't wanna hurt your feelings. Do you think you can understand that?
Brian Cooper : I think fishin's fishin' and kissin's kissin'. That's what I think.
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Cloud Dancing : When you read a story, you cannot know who tells it - cannot see him, or hear his voice. If you cannot see his spirit, the story has no meaning.
Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn : Well, all we wanna do is give them a new way of learning, so they can have both ways.
Byron Sully : Just so the new ways don't wipe out the old.
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Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn : I think we've had this discussion before Reverend. Do you or do you not answer to a higher power?
Byron Sully : Maybe you better figure that out, Reverend.
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Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn : There're some mornings, I just want to stay in bed and hide under the covers. Or take a buggy ride out to the lake... not let anyone know where I am... Just let life go on without "Dr. Mike".
Byron Sully : It would, ya know.
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Byron Sully : Morning, folks. Like you to meet Katherine Sully.
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Byron Sully : Why don't ya quit tryin' so hard?
Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn : Old habits.
Byron Sully : Give 'em up.
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Byron Sully : Blamin' doesn't fix things. It just makes them go on and on tearin' at folks.