Touched by an Angel (TV Series)

Show Me the Way to Go Home (1994)

Della Reese: Tess

Quotes 

• Monica : [the day of the big game]  Tess, any last-minute pointers?

  Tess : Well, same thing I told the Babe. Hit far and run fast.

  Monica : That's it?

  Tess : Well, I never got any complaints outta him.

• Tess : I told you he needed an umbrella but I didn't tell you to hit him on the head with it.

  Monica : I know. I got angry.

  Tess : Well, anger's not so bad. You just gotta be careful where you put it. So now you're sitting out here contemplating the infinite, huh?

  Monica : And what it takes to run it. I can't see the plan, Tess. I know I'm supposed to be doing something but I don't know what. He said so many awful things.

  Tess : You see, that anger's clouding your brain. Forget what he said. What did you hear?

  Monica : I heard fear. Fear that his life has been a waste. He knows that he's dying and he knows that he's dying by himself.

  Tess : Oh, honey, we all die by ourselves. It's living by ourselves that hurts. What is he leaving behind that will last?

  Monica : I don't know.

  Tess : Some of our best living is done by the people we leave behind.

• Tess : You're speaking to the angel who showed the Babe which way to point. And you know who kept Kirk Gibson in that locker room 'til he was ready to hit that home run?

• Tess : This week you'll be substituting for the history teacher. He's on jury duty.

  Monica : Perfect. I'll simply reminisce.

• Tess : A mighty storm is rising. And the rains are about to fall hard on that man. And he's gonna need an angel to hold the umbrella.

• Laura Enloe : Sometimes I lie awake at night and wonder, did I say the right thing to my son? Should I have let him do this? Should I have said no that? What would Frank have done?

  Tess : He would be doing the same things you're doing.

• Monica : You said you got a job, but a barkeeper!

  Tess : Well, she didn't need a stripper.

• Laura Enloe : The other boy the scout's considering? That's him.

  [points to the pitcher batting for Peter] 

  Tess : It's never simple, is it?

• Laura Enloe : You have worked as a bartender, right?

  Tess : Honey, you know the martini? You know the olive? You know that little red thing in the middle? That was my idea - the little red thing.

• Monica : I can't change him.

  Tess : Of course not. That's not your job.