Fringe (TV Series)

The Road Not Taken (2009)

John Noble: Dr. Walter Bishop

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• Dr. Walter Bishop : Deja vu is simply a momentary glimpse to the other side. Almost everyone experiences it. We feel that we've been somewhere before because actually we have in another reality. It's another path. The road not taken.

• Dr. Walter Bishop : Myth is just an unverified fact.

• Dr. Walter Bishop : Most of us experience life as a-a linear progression,

  [drawing a straight line] 

  Dr. Walter Bishop : just like this. But this is an illusion because every day, life presents us with an array of choices. As a result, life should look more like this.

  [drawing lines that are not straight] 

  Dr. Walter Bishop : And each choice... leads to a new path. To go to work. to stay home. And each choice we take creates a new reality.

• Olivia Dunham : I feel like I'm losing my mind.

  Dr. Walter Bishop : Oh, I don't think so. If you were actually going insane, you'd likely have no idea what's happening. Take it from me.

• Dr. Walter Bishop : This typewriter's Belly's. I remember the day he purchased it. It was raining.

• Dr. Walter Bishop : Matter is just energy waiting to happen. The average adult at rest contains enough potential energy to explode with the force of five very large hydrogen bombs.

  Peter Bishop : You know, theoretically, you're actually right.

  Dr. Walter Bishop : Ho ho ho ho! My son finally agrees with me. Agent Farnsworth, take a note of that.