Joan of Arcadia (TV Series)

Trial and Error (2005)

Kathryn Joosten: Old Lady God

Quotes 

• Joan : I believed in him.

  Old Lady God : I know. That's what makes it hurt so much.

  Joan : What did I do to deserve this?

  Old Lady God : Nothing. This isn't punishment, Joan. It's simply part of being alive. Of being involved, of loving.

  Joan : Yeah, I'm not doing that anymore. I am NEVER doing that again.

  Old Lady God : I know how painful this is, but what you and Adam had was beautiful, too, and it was every bit as real as the pain you're feeling now. You experienced how deeply two people can be connected.

  Joan : So what do I learn when someone I trust destroys all that? Huh? Maybe it was never real. Maybe you're not even real. You know, this whole morality thing, right and wrong, it's all just junk. We're all just animals taking what we want.

  Old Lady God : You know what innocence is, Joan?

  Joan : You know, I don't want mock trial right now.

  Old Lady God : Well, it's more than an absence of guilt. It's having faith that there's goodness in the face of cruelty and pain. Some place, you still feel that way. That's me, and I'll always be there for you.

• Joan : [learning Adam cheated on her]  You knew and you didn't tell me. That's your idea of justice?

  Old Lady God : I don't interfere. You know that.

  Joan : Yeah, well, maybe free will wasn't such a great idea.