Erica: Oh! Oh, Myrtle.
Myrtle: Before you take -- before you take Coral's head off, I used my key.
Erica: Ok. Hi.
Myrtle: Well, now, I tried to call you, and you unplugged the phone.
Erica: No, no, I didn't. I was at the hospital with David.
Myrtle: With David? Whatever for?
Erica: Well, he was taken to the ER. For treatment after Alex Devane pushed him down the stairs at Wildwind.
Myrtle: Pushed him? Are you sure? Well, is he all right?
Erica: Well, he will be as long as Alex Devane keeps her distance. And, Myrtle, I don't care what anyone says -- it was deliberate.
Myrtle: I never heard anything about that, darling.
Erica: I never even got a chance to hang my crystal on the tree.
Myrtle: Oh, sweetheart. Is that what's worrying you, hmm?
Erica: It's more about where I started and where I'm headed and my mother, Bianca, and all the people who have touched my life.

Edmund: Ladies and gentlemen -- ladies and gentlemen, please gather round. It's time to hang the ornaments on the tree of humanity. And as we do, I'd like us to think for a minute about the people who have touched our lives and transformed us and the world around us, the moments that we hold dear to our hearts, the memories that just won't fade, and the friendships that have lasted through the years. Tonight, we share our hope for the future, both for ourselves and for those who look to us for a brighter tomorrow. Maria and Dimitri both believed that life was more fulfilling the more you gave. And tonight, let's follow their example.

Joe: He's right. You've made all my tomorrows brighter. You've helped me through all the tough spots in the last 30 years.


Ruth: Joe, I hope -- I -- listen, I shouldn't have talked the way I did earlier this evening about Ted and Phillip.
Joe: For heaven's sake, why not?
Ruth: Because I should keep those problems to myself.
Joe: Oh, Ruth, I -- I'd hoped that we were friends.
Ruth: Oh, Joe, we are.
Joe: Well, why don't you let me act like a friend?
Ruth: Well, you do that anyway.
Joe: Not as much as I'd like to.


Edmund: There are two people here who have made pine valley feel like home more than anyone else. Joe and Ruth Martin, I'd like you two to hang your ornaments first. The Martins have been tirelessly working for Pine Valley Hospital for 30 years. And, Joe and Ruth, I would like to say thanks and, most of all, Happy Anniversary.

All: Happy anniversary!

[Applause]

Adam: I am not going to lose my wife and my daughter, Marian.
Marian: You already have, Adam. Think about it. Why would Liza ever want to be close with you again or let you near that precious baby?
Adam: That's my baby, damn it.
Marian: Oh, you still think you own everybody, don't you? You haven't learned one damn thing, have you, Adam? Think about all the despicable things you have done in your life, especially to your wife and your children. You deserve everything you're getting right now, Adam.


Brooke: I have an unusually low hormone level. I'm not ovulating anymore.

Adam: All right, Martin. Come out, come out, wherever you are.


Adam: I had the best reasons for everything I did. My motives were pure.
Marian: Your motives were purely selfish. And as far as I'm concerned, you can rot in hell all alone.

Trevor: Babe?
Janet: What?
Trevor: Oh, don't go jumping out of your skin. It's just little old me.
Janet: I'm sorry.
Trevor: You don't have to be sorry. I can hear your gears grinding upstairs. How come you can't sleep?
Janet: I was just thinking about who I used to be, what my days and nights were like before I was with you.
Trevor: Well, forget the old used-to-be and think about what we got now.


[Music plays]

[Clapping]

Singer: In and out my life
Singers: In and out my life
Singer: You come and you go
Singers: You come and you go
Singer: Leaving just your picture behind and I kissed it a thousand times


Trevor: You want to try another wish? Bet she's got another one in her.
Janet: You almost make me believe that could be true.

[Applause]

Greenlee: Where's your crystal?
Ryan: They can skip me.
Greenlee: Ryan.
Ryan: I'm not into nostalgia. Only what's here right now means anything to me.
Greenlee: Wow. That's harsh
Ryan: Hmm.
Greenlee: Very provocative.
Ryan: Not now, Greenlee, ok?

Dixie: Look at Ruth and Joe. Do you think we'll me another 30 years?
Jake: Wanting it and achieving it are two different things.
Tad: Well, it's like everything else in life, you know. Little by little, day after day, we get that much closer to perfection.
Dixie: You know, it would be a lot easier if you'd stop cracking your toes at night.
Jake: Oh, I'm out of this conversation.


Dixie's voice: What is this? More chicken fingers?
Tad: Just open it.
Dixie: Tad, I don't know. I'm really not hungry.
Woman: Dix, I think you should just open the box.
Dixie: Oh, you Chicken, what have you done?
Tad: Here.


Dixie: We never do anything by the book.
Tad: Maybe not. But I know one thing we always do perfectly.

Jack: Gangway, gangway here. Gangway. Phoebe, are you ready to hang your crystal on the tree?
Phoebe: Oh, dear, I'm afraid that mine would weigh down the branch with all my memories.
Jack: Oh, now you're just bragging. There's not a person in this room who wouldn't feel lucky to have a life as full as yours.
Phoebe: That's what I keep telling Brooke.
Brooke: Oh, here we go.
Phoebe: Well, sweetheart, I'm sorry, darling, but I truly think you should do more living and loving again.
Brooke: You know, I think that you have been telling me what to do with my life ever since I got to Pine Valley.
Phoebe: Well, suppose you had listened.
[Jack laughs]


Phoebe: Didn't you enjoy Mr. Cudahy's company?
Brooke: I had a very nice time. And after the hockey game, we went to The Hearth. We had a sandwich, and we had a cup of coffee. And then he brought me back here and he said good-bye at the door. I'm sure your spy, Benny Sago, can verify that. Unless, of course, he had a big night on the town.
Phoebe: I am not trying to check up on you, Brooke. On the contrary, I feel a very real responsibility towards you, dear. I -- I just feel that I should take an interest to you. I'm not trying to be a busybody.


Brooke: Oh, you have put up with a lot from me, haven't you? Generally, I -- I don't like to stroll down memory lane because there are some things that are too painful.
Jack: Laura.


Brooke's voice: I saw Laura this afternoon. She's fine.
Tom: They took her to the hospital, and there just -- there was nothing they could do. Joe and Cliff tried everything that they could. But the -- the head injury was too -- too severe.
Brooke: No.
Tom: She died almost immediately.
Brooke: No. No. No.
Tom: She will not come back to --
Brooke: Don't say that! Don't say that! Don't say that. They can bring her back to us.


Brooke: There are so many "What Ifs" in life.
Phoebe: Sweetheart, there isn't one of us that doesn't wish we could turn back the clock and do things differently.
Jack: Well, I don't know, Phoebe. Sometimes I think if I had the opportunity to go back and do it all again, I might make the same mistakes, or even worse.

Erica: I am very grateful for all the happiness I've had -- you know, my success and my fame. But the thing is I need more than memories.
Myrtle: Darling, do you really see your future with David Hayward, huh?
Erica: I can imagine it. At least I think I can. And being close to David is certainly a challenge.
Myrtle: Oh, well, we all know you can't resist that.
Erica: Never could.


Erica: When I'm set on a man, he's going to have success written all over him before our marriage even starts. And when he makes it, I'm going to be just what he bargained for.


Erica: David feels like the perfect man for me.
Myrtle: Oh, darling, if I had a nickel for every time I heard you say that --
Erica: Myrtle, don't you think you belong at the party, straightening out somebody else's life?
Myrtle: Probably. But you always come first with me. Now, I'm going to keep my fingers crossed that 2000 brings you everything you hope for. Within reason.
Erica: You, too, Myrtle. Thank you.
Myrtle: Good night.
Erica: Good night.
Myrtle: Good night, my precious.
Erica: Good night. Thank you for coming.
Myrtle: I love you.
Erica: Love you, too.


Erica: Oh, Mom. Jack is a friend. He's family. That's it.
Mona: Uh-huh. And it's just fine when you can give him up and still go on seeing him every day.
Erica: I do not see him every day, mother, nor do I want to.
Mona: And it's quite another matter when you have absolutely no contact with him whatsoever and all you can do is wonder if he's falling in love with another woman.
Erica: You know something, Mother? You really have to stop watching those soap operas. They are scrambling your brains.
Mona: You know something, Erica? With a daughter like you, I don't need to watch soap operas. I live in one.


Janet: You want to make a wish?
Trevor: No. Why should I? I got everything I want right here.
Janet: Me, too. And I don't ever want anything to change that. Especially me.


Janet: Amanda, I'm so sorry for everything. And for not telling you about my past. It just seemed like it was so long ago that I'm not that person anymore.


Janet: You know how much I love you and Amanda.
Trevor: Yeah, I know.
Janet: I'd do anything to protect you, to keep you safe.

[Noise]

Janet: What was that?
Trevor: Nothing. Nothing.
Janet: No, I think I heard something. Maybe it's Smokey outside.

Janet: Just stay away. Leave us alone.
Trevor: Babe. There's nothing out here. Come on up.
Janet: Ok.
Trevor: I'll come up with something to keep your mind off of things.

Jake: Good. Happy?
Gillian: Completely.
Jake: Let's dance.


Ryan: You want to be so swept away by passion that you don't even remember how you got into bed or what happened to your clothes. You want to experience the unknown, go to the height of passion that no woman has ever gone before. Scott? Scott wants to make the dean's list.
Gillian: You make him sound so -
Ryan: Mundane? He is. So here's your choice. You can marry Scott and not get deported or you can marry me and not get deported, but I guarantee you you'll be transported all the way to Nirvana. So, what's it going to be?


Opal: Well, I guess it's my turn, huh?
Tad: Oh. Get out your handkerchiefs. The floodgates are going to open.
Opal: Oh, no. No, not from these eyes. No, I am not going to waste one second of this New Year's on regrets. No sirree, bob. Not so long as I got my dancing boys around me.
Adrian: Well, you know.
Opal: And my wits about me. Why should I, huh?


Opal: Oh. Oh, my stars. Uh -- is that real?
Palmer: Yes, it's real. Yes, it's real. It's not nearly as precious as you are. Opal, would you do me the great privilege of becoming my wife?


Vanessa: Well, here's my resolution for the year 2000. This is the year I'm going to make you forget there ever was ever any other woman in your life.


Daisy: For a million-dollar executive of an international corporation, you have very limited negotiating abilities.
Palmer: What do you mean by that?
Daisy: I mean marriage or nothing and that's it? That's all you have to offer?
Palmer: What have you got to offer?
Daisy: Well -- I've always liked Pine Valley in September. And I have my pride, too. I'd have to have an invitation.
Palmer: Same time next year?
Daisy: Why, PC, What a nice idea. I accept.


Hayley: Well, I'm going to say good night to a few people.
Hayley and Becca: Good night.

Scott: So, do you need --
Becca: No. That's ok. Tad and Dixie are going to take me home. I'm going to go see if they're ready.
Scott: Ok.
Becca: Ok.

Brooke: You know, sometimes you don't know how good something is until you lose it.
Mateo: I always knew.
Brooke: Hmm.
Edmund: You and Hayley still avoiding each other?
Brooke: You have been circling each other all night.
Mateo: Yeah. Trust me on this. I can't push her.
Edmund: You think you have unlimited time to figure it out, unlimited chances to make it right?


Brooke: All right. Ok. Your legs are out? Oh, my God. Oh, my God, she's passed out. Maria. Mari listen. What are we going to do? Maria?

[Airplane creaks]

Jim: Get out of here. Come on. Now. Come on.
Brooke: No! No, no, no, no! I said no! We can't leave her! No! No! No! Maria! No. Maria -- no! No! No! No! No!


Edmund: When you find something that runs so deep, you do everything you can to hold on to it.
[Music plays]

Mateo: I don't know, Ed. I think Maria's still with us. Look around. This is her night.


Singer: Now and forever you are a part of me and the memory cuts like a knife didn't we find the ecstasy? Didn't we share the daylight? When you walked into my life we are the lucky ones some people never get to do all we got to do now and forever I will always think of you


[Music plays]


Erica: Oh, Dimitri.
Dimitri: Didn't I once tell you that the next time I hosted a dance you'd be mistress of my home as well as my heart? Tonight, I'm fulfilling that promise.


David: I love you, Erica Kane. I really, truly love you.


Phoebe: Myrtle, I thought you'd already called it a night.
Myrtle: No. No, no, no. No, I've been to see Erica, and I couldn't go before I had hung my ornament. And Erica reminded me that, well, I've got wishes to make, too, and a lot to be thankful for.
Phoebe: Oh, my dear, you needn't thank me for rescuing you from that shelter.
Myrtle: I wasn't going to.
Phoebe: Hmm?
Myrtle: No, darling. I know very well that you got me up there just so I could break up your son Linc and Kitty, that lovely, lovely girl. You know, she was the closest I ever came to having a daughter, being a mother, except for Erica. She and Mona taught me what it means.


Myrtle: You know, mothers -- mothers have been taking the blame for a long time whenever children are in trouble, and I'm sick of it. It's bunk. Now, who and what we are is a mishmash of good and bad, right and wrong, a little pinch of this, a touch of that. And that's people. But you remember, at the end of things, you are Mona's daughter, and that should count for something.
Erica: Oh, Myrtle. It counts for a lot.


Stuart: Thanks for giving me a son.
Cindy: Thanks for giving me a father for him.


Tad: I've been thinking of you all day and all night.
Marian: Poor Liza.
Tad: You know, I can't wait to get out on an island in the Caribbean with you.
Marian: No, neither can I.

Liza: Tad, is imported beer all right?
Tad: Yeah, Liza, that's fine.
Liza: Here -- oh. Mom, what are you doing out of bed?
Marian: Oh, darling, I couldn't sleep, so I came on downstairs.
Liza: Can I get you something?
Marian: No, thank you, darling. How was your party?
Liza: Oh, it was kind of dreary. Didn't Tad tell you?
Tad: No, no, I didn't -- I didn't get around to it yet.
Liza: Oh.
Marian: Darling, why don't you go on up to bed? This has been a long day, don't you think?
Liza: Well --
Tad: No, Liza, it's all right. Your mother's right. And I have to be getting back to the house.
Liza: Well, what about your beer?
Tad: I'll take it with me. Um -- good night, Mrs. Colby.
Marian: Good night, Tad.
Liza: Good night, Tad.
Tad: Good night, sweetheart.


Tad: Baby?
Dixie: Hmm?
Tad: Do you believe in karma?
Dixie: Um -- you mean like Adam chandler being reborn as a snake?
Tad: I mean like bad things happen to you if you do bad things unto others?
Dixie: Yeah, I guess.
Tad: I'm cooked.
Dixie: Why? Come on. We're fine.
Tad: Yeah, until Adam decides to resurface and finds out what I've done to him.


Adam: Well, to all the petal pluckers and star wishers made in Jake Martin's image, I say go to hell! But for the fire breathers and the risk takers and the passion players, I say step right up and take a chance. What have you got to lose?
Liza: Who are you?
Adam: Don't you know? I'm you.


Adam: Nothing's ever meant more to me than you and Colby, Liza. I swear we'll be together. Whatever it takes, I'll get you back. I'll fight for it the way I've had to fight for everything in this life! And the people who've tried to keep us apart will pay with their souls!

Edmund: In memory of the Maria Santos Grey and the Andrassy foundations and the dreams that they help make possible, it is now time to light the tree of humanity. May it shine down upon all of us -- the great and the meek, the rich and the poor, the strong and the weak. In sickness and in health, in triumph and in tragedy, we are all God's children.

Trevor: What's going on here? I wake up, and I'm sleeping with the dog.
Janet: Well, we can do something to fix that.

[Door opens]

Janet: Hmm. Hey.
Hayley: Hi.
Trevor: Wow. You look like you brought in the New Year right.
Hayley: Ah, I did. It was a wonderful party. Taping "Wave" went well. I even made some resolutions, starting with finding my own place to live before you're completely sick of me.
Janet: Aw.
Trevor: It'll never happen. Boy, I remember the first few times that you camped out here, huh?


Trevor: You shut up and you listen to me. You're going to stay at this little rehearsal thing until it's over. You understand?
Hayley: Oh, I am?
Trevor: Yeah, you will. We'll talk about it at home.
Hayley: You don't rule me.
Trevor: Ok. Fine. But you're going to do what I tell you to do. You're going to sit over here, and you're not going to move.


Hayley: You know, one thing's for certain -- I can always count on you guys.
Trevor: Hey, you got to start somewhere, right? And we got to start somewhere. Good night!
Hayley: Good night
. Janet: Good night.

[Trevor growls]

Mateo: Good night, Hayley.


Hayley: Good night, Mateo.


[Piano plays]

Erica: David?

[Piano playing stops]

David: You shouldn't sleep alone the first night of the new millennium.

Ruth: You know, we've stayed pretty much the same, but so much seems to have changed.
Joe: Not the important things. But you're right. For a small town, an awful lot goes on in Pine Valley.
Ruth: Hmm.
Joe: It's been a great 30 years.
Ruth: Mm-hmm.
Joe: The next ones are going to be even better.

[The voice of Ray MacDonnell (Dr. Joe Martin)]

And to our loyal viewers who've been sharing our lives for 30 years, many thanks from the cast and crew of "All My Children."