Beauty and the Beast (TV Series)
A Distant Shore (1989)
Roy Dotrice: Jacob 'Father' Wells
Quotes
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Vincent : One of my fondest memories, when I began to read, truly read.
Jacob 'Father' Wells : Voraciously, I remember.
Vincent : Every night after dinner, we would read to each other something we'd found that day; a poem, a passage. Something that struck us in a deep place.
Jacob 'Father' Wells : Yes, I know.
Vincent : And we'd talk, sometimes into the night, about what all the words meant. About... everything.
Jacob 'Father' Wells : Those were wonderful talks. I remember.
Vincent : No child ever had a better education.
Jacob 'Father' Wells : And I promise you, Vincent, no father ever learned more from any child.
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Jacob 'Father' Wells : You miss her.
Vincent : I miss feeling her near, knowing where to find her.
Jacob 'Father' Wells : How fortunate you are, Vincent. To know that feeling.
Vincent : Yes.
Jacob 'Father' Wells : So until she returns, you'll simply have to put up with me.
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Vincent : Park is beautiful when it's wet. I, uh... found myself on Caterine's balcony.
Jacob 'Father' Wells : There can be little comfort in that when it's empty.
Vincent : I wanted a sense of her.
Jacob 'Father' Wells : What did you find?
Vincent : Only her absence.
Jacob 'Father' Wells : What about your... your connection to her? Your bond?
Vincent : I feel it. At a distance. She's so far away.
Jacob 'Father' Wells : But you can feel it?
Vincent : Oh, yes.
Jacob 'Father' Wells : Then trust in that, Vincent. It's a remarkable thing. To feel the beat of a woman's heart... on a distant shore.
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Jacob 'Father' Wells : Vincent, how about a game of chess?
Vincent : Not tonight.
Jacob 'Father' Wells : I see. The prospect of beating me doesn't excite you.
Vincent : Well, I must admit that thrill has begun to wear thin.