So maybe sometimes bad things do happen for a reason. Or how getting suspended can get a relationship back on track. Or how facing a tough situation can bring you closer together. Be careful, though, because around here, if you start believing that bad things happen for a reason, it hurts that much more when they don't.
— I once snuck a mongoose in this thing to kill all the snakes.
— Why were there snakes in here?
— I snuck them in to kill all the mice.
— Well, everything happens for a reason.
— Are you really trying to tell me that things like New Orleans, AIDS, sugar-free ice cream, crack babies, Hugh Jackman and cancer all happen for a reason? Because I'm sorry, I'm... I'm just not buying that.
— «God works all things for good». Romans, 8:28.
— Bull dinky. Perry Cox, 6'1". A buck eighty-five after lunch.
John Dorian: — Since Jordan had pre-natal surgery, she'd been on bed rest. Dr Cox, however, was not.
Perry Cox: — Okay, I made you breakfast, the kitchen's as clean as a whistle, I'm gonna drop Jack off at daycare on the way to work. Is there anything else I can do for you?
Jordan Sullivan: — I need you to go to the video store and get me anything with Viggo something-sen. I need white chocolate, strawberry seltzer, peppercorn brie and a Polaroid of the tomato plant that I planted last spring because I'm worried it may have snails. Oh, and if you see that neighbour, Lena, from down the hall, I want you to roll your eyes and say the word «slut» under your breath,
but loud enough so she can hear. And don't forget to be home by 6:30 because you gotta give Jack his bath before you make my dinner.
Perry Cox: — But when will I have time to kill myself?
— Look, if that's the way you choose to see the world, then so be it, but don't you dare try to take this away from me. I've been coming in here every day for 24 years, watching children die and seeing good people suffer, and if I quit believing that there was a bigger plan behind all this, well, I just wouldn't be able to show up tomorrow. So just stop it!
— I'm sorry.
— It's okay. You'd be surprised how many bad things happen around here for a reason.