Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman (TV Series)

Pike's Peace (1995)

Frank Collison: Horace Bing

Quotes 

• Dr. Quinn - Medicine Woman : [Just as Myra has given birth, Michaela on the mountain trail where Sam has passed reads form Ralph Waldo Emerson for Sam. Michaela sighs and then she sees something written in the book for her]  Oh Sam.

  [Starts reading out loud what Sam wrote to Michaela] 

  Dr. Quinn - Medicine Woman : My dearest Michaela, I can think of no finer place to say goodbye to you, than among these remarkable words of our friend Ralph Waldo. Words of truth and self reliance, with the path less travelled, tenderness and friendship. Words that remind me so much of you.

  Colleen Cooper : [Colleen comes out of the clinic and addresses Horace with a smile]  It's a girl.

  Horace Bing : [Horace happily hugs Colleen]  Thank you.

  [Horace goes into the clinic while being congratulated by all around him] 

  Dr. Quinn - Medicine Woman : By the time you uncover this, you most likely will know the truth as to why I never return, but I want no tears shed over my passing. Nature has its very own song Michaela, and so few of us ever take the time to listen to its notes...

  [Michaela's voice gradually alters into Sam's] 

  Sam Lindsay : ..., so I have chosen a place where I know the chords will be sweet and clear and I'll be welcomed back to the earth where all life begins and all paths eventually cross again. Please know, your footsteps are certain to be recognized and when they are, I will ask, as Emerson suggests when two friends meet again after some time apart: What has come clearer to you my friend? I look forward to hearing of all your struggles and love, about your mother and children and grandchildren, of your mercies and trials. I hope to hear how you lived each day to its fullest, always daring to stay true to yourself. I'll listen to how you loved and laughed and cried and played and worked, and took delight in each sunrise and gave thanks for every star in the night sky, and that all of your moments were as glorious as saying goodbye to a new friend, or hello to an old, as glories as climbing to a mountain peak or maybe even falling in love.