Hearts Afire (TV Series)

The Fundamental Things Apply (1992)

George Gaynes: Senator Strobe Smithers

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• Senator Strobe Smithers : Maybe I've forgotten what it's like to be in love.

  Georgie Anne Lahti : Well, then, let me remind you. It's the most wonderful feeling in the world. You walk around all day enveloped in this beautiful pink cloud of contentment. You feel sorry for anyone else on earth who isn't you. And if a tree should fall on your car or your house should burn down, it doesn't mean anything more than a mosquito bite because you know in a few moments, you're going to be held again by the most loving, kindest hands that ever held anyone, the way you haven't been held since you were a baby. And if you're a woman, you feel the most feminine you've ever felt, even wearing his boxer shorts. And every seemingly inadequate thing you ever thought of saying is suddenly greeted with applause and approval and laughter. And every day the sky seems a little bluer and the sunsets a little more fiery. And every living, growing thing seems to be an unspoken celebration of your love. And there's this light, this inner glow, that gets brighter and brighter inside you. And the closer you get to the flame, the more it takes your breath away, until your hands and your lips come together again and caress and finally fall silent as one.

  Senator Strobe Smithers : Oh, yes. Now I remember.

• Senator Strobe Smithers : You know, Miss Lahti, you're the kind of girl men go over cliffs for because they think they can fly. As a matter of fact, I think I saw Mr. Hartman flapping his arms this morning. Don't be embarrassed. If I were 30 years younger, I'd be flapping mine, too. In fact, I think I may do it anyway. Thank you.