Touched by an Angel · Season 1
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?
A lion.
Any boy that studies that much is looking for answers that he cannot find in a book.
So quiet and well-behaved. But there's something else too. A sadness.
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.
His father is so proud of him.
Honey, there is nothing more dangerous than a man taking pride in the wrong thing.
Matthew needs you to forgive him and he needs to know you love him not because he's the best but because he's your son.
Secrets are such dangerous things. The closer you hold onto them, the farther away you push everyone else away to keep them safe.
Funny, isn't it? Sometimes you have to be silent to communicate.
Now don't you go getting all emotional on me. You can't go around crying over every job.
[Taking tissues with a broken voice] You're a fine one to talk.
Save one for me.
[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.
What have I told you about taking human form and then starting on the food?
Let me guess. You've had some sort of angel experience.
Well, I am an angel experience.
Monica. Just when things start getting predictable, voila.
Voila? That's all you learned after a century in France?
Well, that and a glass of red wine a day keeps the Angel of Death away. For a while.
You want to blame me, you want me to blame you, you want to blame him, you don't care who you blame just so long as you don't have to blame yourself! Well, I've forgiven him! And I've forgiven you and me and God and basketball and snow and everybody else that I blamed. And it's slow but I'm starting to get my life back. And I'm going to, with or without you.
You can honestly look me in the eye and tell me that you've forgiven that monster?
If I don't, I'll die too.
Andy wrote something on the back of his donor card. "Take what you need and carry on. I know I plan to." They say he was a wonderful person. Do you ever wonder why some people must die so that others can live? Or why enemies live and innocent die?
All the time.
Perhaps it's because we're not supposed to know.
Never a good reason for death.
You don't know that until you die. All I'm saying is how can you judge something fairly when you don't even know what the rules are? You can't play God, Joe, because you aren't God.
I'm just trying to figure out which flower you remind me of.
Snapdragon.
I just want to shake him, make him see what he's doing to himself.
It's not gonna happen 'til he hits bottom.
Why do I have to wait?
Hitting bottom's the only thing to bring him to his knees.
Shouldn't we be out looking for trouble?
Don't worry. It'll find us.
He'll be fine once he goes through withdrawal, won't he?
Well, it's not always that easy. Getting rid of the pills doesn't get rid of the problem.
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