Joan of Arcadia (TV Series)

Independence Day (2005)

Kathryn Joosten: Old Lady God

Quotes 

• Joan Girardi : God feeds pigeons? Aren't there enough actual old people to do that?

  Old Lady God : You'd think, wouldn't you?

  Joan Girardi : You said independence doesn't mean being alone. I can't talk to my mom. I can't talk to Adam. So now I have nobody. I should just get one of those depressing motel rooms and learn how to smoke.

  Old Lady God : You're only as isolated as you think you are. Not being able to reach out to others, it's just another decision you're making.

  Joan Girardi : I made a mess of everything. There's nothing I could say to make things right.

  Old Lady God : Falling into silence just makes it impossible to survive. Your existence depends on the relationship you have with other people, Joan. Just as matter can't exist in the absence of energy. See, it's... it's how I made the world.

• Joan Girardi : You saw me and my mom. It's like we're... we're living in two different worlds.

  Old Lady God : Yeah. It's like the myth of Demeter and Persephone.

  [seeing Joan's confusion] 

  Old Lady God : One spring, Demeter's daughter, Persephone, was taken down to the underworld and lost to her forever. Demeter was so sad, she turned the world into endless winter.

  Joan Girardi : Bummer.

  Old Lady God : Yeah, that's what the gods thought. Well, the gods took pity on her and they allowed Persephone to return to her mother once a year.

  Joan Girardi : And?

  Old Lady God : And winter ended and spring began. The distance you feel, that cold isolation, you don't have to live there forever.

  Joan Girardi : So you're gonna take pity on me too and make things right?

  Old Lady God : It's a myth, Joan.

  Joan Girardi : What should I do?

  Old Lady God : That's your decision.