Tess quotes from Touched by an Angel

Tess

What'd you ask Him for just now? Did you ask Him for food? Did you ask Him to make you warmer?

Monica

(depressed) I asked to be remembered. I needed to know that I still mattered..

Tess

Did you ever hear the story about the man who was afraid of the lions? Well, he was so scared he ran and he ran and he ran and he kept looking behind to see if a lion was catching up to him. And he looked over his shoulder so much, he didn't see where he was going. And one day, guess what he ran smack dab into?

Monica

A lion.

Tess

Any boy that studies that much is looking for answers that he cannot find in a book.

Monica

So quiet and well-behaved. But there's something else too. A sadness.

Tess

He's so caught up in what his father wants him to be that he hasn't had to time to find out who he really is.

Monica

His father is so proud of him.

Tess

Honey, there is nothing more dangerous than a man taking pride in the wrong thing.

Tess

Now don't you go getting all emotional on me. You can't go around crying over every job.

Monica

[Taking tissues with a broken voice] You're a fine one to talk.

Tess

Save one for me.

Monica

[showing Tess an artichoke] I bought it in a market down there in the street and the little man said that it has a heart inside that is so fragile and so delicious, it's worth all the trouble to get to it.

Tess

What have I told you about taking human form and then starting on the food?

I'm just trying to figure out which flower you remind me of.

Tess

Snapdragon.

Monica

I just want to shake him, make him see what he's doing to himself.

Tess

It's not gonna happen 'til he hits bottom.

Monica

Why do I have to wait?

Tess

Hitting bottom's the only thing to bring him to his knees.

Monica

He'll be fine once he goes through withdrawal, won't he?

Tess

Well, it's not always that easy. Getting rid of the pills doesn't get rid of the problem.

Tess

The simplest things are the hardest to say.

Monica

Like "I'm sorry". Like "I didn't mean to hurt you". Like "I love you". Like "We're gonna get through this somehow".

Tess

Like "Don't hog the bread"!

Tess

Well, the problem with most driven people is they make the mistake of thinking they're doing the driving. That's how accidents happen.

Monica

Is anything ever really an accident, Tess?

Tess

What difference does it make? You're gonna have to handle it when it happens.

Tess

How about you, honey? Blood banks can always use extra.

Monica

I don't know that I can give blood.

Tess

Oh, I bet you can. I bet your blood is purer than the driven snow.

Monica

[listening to music at a CD store] People listen to this voluntarily?

Tess

Monica, one generation never understands the music of the following generation.

Sandy

Well, Tess, you are a big woman, aren't you, my dear?

Tess

Well, I have a big heart and it needs room.

Sandy

Hey, it's got it and then some.

Tess

Well, I guess yours doesn't. That's why you're such a bony little thing, huh?

Tess

How was your prom?

Sandy

Oh, please! I didn't go. Proms are pretentious, they are expensive, they are overrated...

Tess

Oh, nobody asked you, huh?

Tess

The night your husband left you for the younger, thinner, firmer, blonder, I think Debbie was her name? You stood in your room and you made a vow to God. You said: "I'm never gonna let anybody hurt me anymore. I'm going to be strong. I just won't feel anything and they're never gonna see me cry, I swear to God." You have to be careful what you swear to God because He hears you and I'm here to tell you that feeling something is exactly what you need to do.

Sandy

I don't believe in God.

Tess

Well, too bad because He believes in you.