Carol Hathaway quotes from E.R.

Carol

So, you took that little girl in to see her mother?

Luka

Yes.

Carol

Even though Dr. Weaver and Dr. Greene didn't think it was a good idea?

Luka

Oh, mostly they're not sure if I'm a good doctor.

Carol

Why do you say that? This is like the second or third time you've worked here, isn't it?

Luka

Yeah. Enough time for them to stop calling me Dr. Kovac. You know, when people are not sure, they tend to keep things more formal. I hope you will be happy enough with your sutures to call me Luka. I took the girl in because, uh, children need to know, need to see, even if what they see is not good. It's still better than being in the dark, you know? Having... that kind of fear.

Carol

I got a pregnant junkie arrested for possession so she could get clean in jail and give the baby a chance.

Mark

Want to talk about it? Drown our sorrows in a couple of ginger ales?

Luka

You look great.

Carol

Really?

Luka

Yep.

Carol

I feel like an overgrown pumpkin.

Luka

'Pumpkin'?

Carol

Yeah, you know, that big round orange thing you carve on Hallowe'en.

Luka

Oh, 'bundeva', yeah. Actually, I'd say more like a lubenica.

Carol

What is that?

Luka

Uh, I forget how to say it in English. See ya.

Luka

[Carol's water has broken on the train] Your contractions are too close together! You are in active labor!

Carol

[Gives Luka an incredulous look] Gee, you think?

Abby

How are you feeling?

Carol

I am in love with the epidural man.

Abby

Some people call him an anesthesiologist.

Carol

Oh, he will always be the epidural man to me.

Mark

You know, they both came out so good, you oughta think about doing it again.

Carol

[sarcastically] Yeah, I'm gonna get right on that.

Carol

Did you grow up in the city?

Luka

No, near the coast.

Carol

Is that where you were during the war?

Luka

No. Then we were in Vukovar. Small apartment, didn't have much money. We kept the children in all the time for safety. They would get crazy, what do you call it...?

Carol

Cabin fever.

Luka

Yeah... I was going to the market to...not for much, some cheese and bread... and they were climbing all over me. "Please let me come, let me come." And the answer was the same as always, "No, it's not safe." My wife stayed with them.

Carol

Luka...

Luka

No, it's OK. I was only maybe, uh, 50 meters away when I heard the whistle in the air. An artillery shell hit the building. (pauses) It's already done now. People rebuilt all during the war. One day you're sitting at a café, the next day it's bombed, and the day after that, they begin to build! That's what you do. Something happens, you rebuild, you go on. (pauses) We should probably go. Your mother will think you've gone joy-riding.

Connie

All I'm saying is, you can't go wrong with a Chevy.

Chuny

I've gone wrong many times in a Chevy.

Yosh

I've always admired the Subaru.

Randi

I say go with something classic, like an old Mustang convertible.

Carol

Two babies, Randi, remember?

Carol

I have to go find out.

Luka

Find out what?

Carol

If he's still in love with me... because... I'm still in love with him. I am. I've been in love with him since I was 23 years old. He's everything to me. He's my life. I feel complete when I'm with him and I feel empty when we're apart. He's the father of my children... and he's my soulmate.