Natalie: What do you call a guy who studies fish?
Adrian Monk: An ichthyologist.
Natalie: That's what you are.
Adrian Monk: No, I'm not.
Natalie: Yes, you are.
Adrian Monk: I really don't think I am.
Natalie: Yeah, for the next five minutes, you are. I need you to tell Julie's teacher that a marble fish can live longer than two years, okay?

Dr. Kroger: It's been three months. How are you holding up?
Adrian Monk: Well, I've made a decision.
Dr. Kroger: Good.
Adrian Monk: When she comes back, I'm not gonna pay her for the weeks she missed. I have to draw the line. I'm docking her pay.
Dr. Kroger: Adrian, Sharona is not coming back.
Adrian Monk: She'll be back. Believe me. I, I think I know her a lot better than you do.
Dr. Kroger: Didn't she sell her house?
Adrian Monk: Yes.
Dr. Kroger: And she moved back to New Jersey.
Adrian Monk: Yes.
Dr. Kroger: And she remarried her ex-husband.
Adrian Monk: I'm not sure I like where you're going here.

Dr. Kroger: Adrian, you were lucky to know her. And I know you'll always be grateful, but it's time for you to move on. You've gotta start looking for your new assistant.
Adrian Monk: Impossible.
Dr. Kroger: Yeah, well, that's what you said before you found Sharona. But, Adrian, you've got to start looking. Your new assistant is out there somewhere.
Adrian Monk: God help her.

Captain Stottlemeyer: Is it rare? Valuable?
Natalie: Costs about a dollar. Any pet store has a hundred of them.
Captain Stottlemeyer: I don't know.
Adrian Monk: He brought a fishing net into the house.
Natalie: And he turned on the light over the aquarium.
Captain Stottlemeyer: Well, does anybody have any ideas?
Lieutenant Disher: Maybe it swallowed something. Like, a diamond.
Captain Stottlemeyer: Does anybody besides Randy have any ideas?

Natalie: Mitch wanted to be an astronaut. That was his dream. Three days after his plane went down, he got a registered letter from NASA. He'd been accepted into their training program.
Adrian Monk: It hurts, I know.
Natalie: Life goes on. [off Monk's look] Doesn't it?

Natalie: Mr. Franklin? Uh, when Julie told me about your problem, I called Berkeley and talked to the science department, and found my own expert. This is professor Larry Tilburn. He was kind enough to meet me here this morning.
Mr. Franklin: Hi.
Adrian Monk: Hello.
Natalie: He's an ick... icky...
Adrian Monk: Ichthyologist.
Natalie: Ichthyologist. He's world renowned. Has written just a page-turner of a book on fresh water fish.
Mr. Franklin: Really? What's it called?
Adrian Monk: Fresh Water Fish, by Larry Tilburn.
Natalie: Great title. I tried to read it, and just forget it. [chuckles]

Natalie: You really are the worst liar in the whole world.
Adrian Monk: I tried to tell you that.
Natalie: An honest man. Who'd have thunk it? Come on, Larry. I'll take you home.

Natalie: Pretty crazy day, huh? Think you'll be able to sleep?
Julie Teeger: Yeah, I think so. How's Mr. Henry?
Natalie: Oh, he's fine. He's a very brave fish.
Julie Teeger: Mr. Monk saved his life.
Natalie: You know that moonrock is worth over two million bucks? But when Mr. Henry was in trouble, Mr. Monk forgot all about that moonrock. All he cared about was saving Mr. Henry. I could only think of one other man in the whole world who would have done something like that.
Julie Teeger: Daddy?
Natalie: Daddy.

Dr. Kroger: Adrian, Sharona is moving on with her life, and if you loved her, you'd be happy for her.
Adrian Monk: She wasn't just my assistant.
Dr. Kroger: I know.
Adrian Monk: When she found me, I was drowning. She saved my life.
Dr. Kroger: I know. I know. I was there.
Adrian Monk: You're a doctor. Can't you make her come back? What would you like me to do?
Dr. Kroger: Fly back to New Jersey and drug her, bring her back here?
Adrian Monk: No. But thank you. She's pretty smart. She'd probably escape.

Applicant #1: I've been a registered nurse for 14 years. These are my references.
Adrian Monk: Your staple's crooked.
Applicant #1: I've been voted California nurse of the year three years in a row.
Adrian Monk: Mm-hmm, yeah. What's up with this staple?