7th Heaven (TV Series)

Pathetic (2002)

Stephen Collins: Rev. Eric Camden

Quotes 

• Annie Camden : I feel very calm. I've been feeling very conflicted, but as of today, I feel very calm. And that's good because with all the tings going on out there in the world, it helps to stay calm in here. See, I had this dream for years to teach and finally after all that time, I got my dream when Mrs. Mackoul asked me to join that staff at Ruthie's school. It was very much my dream come true.

  Rev. Eric Camden : And now you're giving up your dream come true?

  Annie Camden : It's no longer my dream. I love working with any one student, but I feel disconnected working with a group of students in the classroom. I want to do more than discuss questions of morality. I want to inspire each child to lead a moral life. I think I can find a better way to do that.

  Rev. Eric Camden : And you don't feel sad that you always had this dream to each and once you got it, it wasn't what you wanted?

  Annie Camden : No, it probably happens to a lot of people.

  Rev. Eric Camden : Yeah, it does, but usually they just hang on to it because after all that dreaming, it seems a shame to give it up or admit that it was a mistake.

  Annie Camden : Well, I feel good about it. For me, letting go of the past is freeing.

  Rev. Eric Camden : Hmmm, evidently, that's a gene that wasn't inherited by Mary or Lucy.