Joan of Arcadia (TV Series)

Game Theory (2005)

John Marshall Jones: Chess Player God

Quotes 

• Chess Player God : I know you've had a difficult time lately. Losing Judith, questioning me. But you've learned so much. Use it.

  Joan Girardi : How? Every time I think I've learned something, something else gets thrown at me, you know? Adam, or Roger, or... feeling like a loser. Just makes me feel clueless again.

  Chess Player God : That's because you see each event as an end in itself. But they're all parts of something much greater, something that never ends.

  Joan Girardi : You're very "Maxtrix"-y today.

  Chess Player God : You do everything that I ask without knowing where it'll lead because you have faith. Have some in yourself. Other people do. I do.

  Joan Girardi : You're being really nice to me. That's weird.

  Chess Player God : Because I want you to see how much stronger you are than you think. Failure and disappointment, you've been through it before. It's all part of the game.

  Joan Girardi : But this isn't a game. This is my life.

  Chess Player God : Every act you undertake, working at the bookstore, helping someone, even playing rock-paper-scissors, each of those choices is a move, and every move informs the next and changes you and everyone else, like moves on a chess board.

  Joan Girardi : So there has to be a way to win.

  Chess Player God : Sure. By playing.