Shelly Tambo quotes from Northern Exposure

Shelly

[to Holling] You may think that because you're so much older than me you know more about the world. Well in some cases that may be. But I read magazines! I watch TV! I know how people are supposed to treat each other.

Shelly

Cuz, if I can't count on you when something as piddly as a husband pops up, what happens when the really big stuff hits?

Shelly

[to Holling] Whether you shoot Jessie or he mauls you, I want to be there by your side.

Shelly

Take it from me, H. You, me and the rug rat - it's going to be better than Superbowl Sunday.

Shelly

My nips are as big as double-drop chocolate cookies.

Shelly

Do I get a real priest? No. I get this dud, some smoke-ring blowing, arm-wrestler with a rip in his pants.

Chris

It's occasions like these that... my thoughts turn to marriage. I think of the Dalai Lama, The Pope, Mother Teresa; very spiritual people who never took the plunge. Then on the other hand, we have Elizabeth Taylor and Mickey Rooney, who couldn't get enough of a good thing. What do we make of this dichotomy? Well, we're here to wish our friends a long life filled with happiness. Shelly Tambo, do you take this man to be you lawful, wedded husband till death do you part?

Shelly

Uh-huh.

Chris

Holling Vincour, do you take this lovely girl to be your lawful, wedded wife till death do you part? ... Holling? Holling?

Holling

I wonder if I might speak with Shelly for a moment? In private.

Joel

Hold it, hold it, hold it! This is ridiculous! Hey, we play to a very sophisticated television audience. They know Maurice is not going to kill Nikolai, and they definitely know that Nikolai is not going to kill Maurice.

Maggie

Wait a minute, Fleischman. You can't just take it upon yourself to step out of character. Nobody yelled 'cut'.

Shelly

Joel's right. The duel is stupid.

Joel

Can we just stick to the matter at hand?

Ruth-Anne

How about the fifth revision? Where Nikolai's abscessed tooth starts acting up, and, well, he just cancels.

Shelly

Glib and textually unwarranted.

What if Maurice trips and kills someone else by mistake?

Maurice

Oh, great, so I'm a klutz now, huh?

Maggie

Look, if there's not a duel, then what is the point of this whole story?

Chris

What's the point? The point is - man's tendency to war, but Joel here is asking us to step outside of certain events and say enough. Am I right?

Shelly

Listen, whatever, it's getting cold out here.

Marilyn

Why don't we go on to the next scene? It's a pretty good one.