Bones, The Hero in the Hold (2009), Season 4, Episode 14.
"Character's who you are under pressure. Not who you are when everything's fine." ~Dr. Lance Sweets
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The Signs in the Silence (2011), Season 6, Episode 21.
"People lie, but bones always tell the truth."
~Dr. Temperance Brennan
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The Money Maker on the Merry-Go-Round (2014), Season 10, Episode 7.
Conversation between characters Dr. Temperence Brennan and FBI Agent James Aubrey. Brennan is helping Aubrey feel better after they both realize their shared connection of parental abandonment.
“My father was a criminal, too. I was fifteen when I was abandoned, and I was angry for years.”
“How did you get over it?”
“I didn’t.”
“So this isn’t a comforting talk?”
“No. The pain is always there. The challenge is to not try to make it go away.”
“Really not comforting.”
“Fighting it is a problem. We fight to try and change the past, or push it away, but the pain is part of who we are. It’s like the discovery of the quark. It upended all of our theories about physics. There was fury, fighting. But it was true. And when it was finally accepted, it gave us a better understanding of life. If we had denied it, there would have been no progress.”
“What a really brainy analogy.”
“Because I’m very brainy. ..it’s not easy, Aubrey, but nothing of value is.”
......Here's my interpretation. Pain is always there in our lives - different topics, different causes - the pain is there. The challenge is not to make it go away and push it away, but rather to accept it because it is part of who we are. It is important to embrace what has happened to us, own it, change in positive ways on our own accord. Nothing of value is easy, but it is worth it. :-)
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Bones, The Woman in the Whirlpool (2015), Season 10, Episode 20.
"I realize how quickly relationships can change and how important it is to value those you have right now." ~Dr Temperence Brennan after doing something unexpected. She pleasantly surprised her intern Jessica Warren with a Technetium X-ray item for her Periodic Table of Elements collection.
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Bones, The Next in the Last (2015), Season 10, Episode 22.
"In our culture, we all search for closure. but closure is an illusion. Science shows us that the universe is constantly in flux. It's what allows our friendships and our love to constantly surprise us."
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Bones, The Senator in the Street Sweeper (2015), Season 11, Episode 6.
"Sometimes the best things in life happen against the odds."
~Angela Montenegro
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Bones, The Day in the Life, Season 12, Episode 11.
"Whatever happens, it's going to work out. I used to spend so much time looking back and thinking, 'What if I had made other choices?' And then I realized, I love my life the way it is. Live for right now, that's the only thing you can do."
~Angela Montenegro
