Quotes / Florence Nightingale Effect

"Yes, I admit it, as unprofessional as it sounds, I had fallen in love with my patient."

— Harleen Quinzel, The Batman Adventures: Mad Love

A pretty face don't make no pretty heart
I learned that, buddy, from the start
You think I'm cute, a little bit shy
Momma, I ain't that kind of guy.

Doctor, Doctor, gimme the news
I've got a bad case of lovin' you
No pill's gonna cure my ill
I've got a bad case of lovin' you!

— Robert Palmer, "Bad Case of Loving You (Doctor, Doctor)"

"Enlisted with the Red Cross during World War I; got blown up in Milan and spent six months in hospital with severe shrapnel wounds in both legs. Fell in love with the nurse; they decided to get married!"

— Randy Feltface on Ernest Hemingway, "Randy Writes a Novel"

Elliott: It's totally inappropriate to jump a patient isn't it?
Carla: Oh yeah.
Elliott: Have you ever done it?
Carla: Tons of times.

— Scrubs

Joker: Doctor, would you do something for me?
Dr. Quinzel: Anything. I mean, uh, yes.
Joker: I just need one little thing...
Dr. Quinzel: What's that?
Joker: A machine gun.

— Suicide Squad (2016)

Kell: Emotional distress as an attractant. Say, Tyria, I have a sharp pain in my childhood memories.
Tyria: What a terrible line. I wish I'd thought of it.

— X-Wing Series

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