Madam Secretary
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Russell [watching Henry and Elizabeth bicker]: Bet you don't miss that part of being married, huh?
Jay: Sorry, what?
Russell: Hmm, yeah, that was insensitive.
My first marriage was a nightmare. My second one, going on twenty-two years. How'd a jerk like me get so lucky? I'm really asking.
Russell [to Jay]
Henry: I did underscore the seriousness of the situation, right?
Elizabeth: He's concerned we're not all sufficiently terrified.
Jay: Nope. Message received. I'm deeply, deeply scared.
Nadine: On the other hand, if we don't engage --
Jay: We've potentially let a respected journalist, not to mention an American citizen, die in a foreign prison for a crime he didn't commit.
Matt: Which is a bad look for us.
Mike B: The thing is, I feel like you don't call me back.
Nadine: That's because I don't call you back.
Mike B: Fine, I like you, Nadine. I like you, and I would like to go out with you.
Nadine: You sound like a teenager.
Mike B: Americans have an underdeveloped language for romance. Yes or no?
Elizabeth: It's a strange thing, living your life like normal when things are afoot that could it at any moment.
Nadine: Indeed. But what else can we do?
Daisy: I'm gonna need a month off.
Nadine: Oh. Well, that's a long time. Um...when?
Daisy: In about six months.
Nadine: Oh, I see. Congratulations. Or not. Do you wanna talk about it?
Elizabeth [after hanging up with Minister Chen]: Did I miss something, or did he just yell at me and then give us everything we wanted?
Daisy: I don't think you missed anything.
This is why I'm in therapy, Mom. I'm literally the assistant to the Secretary of State, and you keep asking when I'm going to get a promotion.
Blake [on the phone]
Peter: Don't even get me started on Darfur.
Jessica: Seriously, don't. It's bad.
His wife Claire told me something that Colin used to say. I've come to believe it myself. "The stories we want to hear the least are the ones we need to hear the most."
Congressman Baskin
