Touched by an Angel (TV Series)

Fear Not! (1994)

Della Reese: Tess

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• [first lines] 

  Monica : [at a stained-glass window]  Don't you just love the way the sun pours through?

  Tess : But they got the nose all wrong.

• Tess : People have been painting pictures and writing songs and making movies about Heaven and all, ever since they could breathe. And they never come close.

• Monica : Now Serena's music - that comes pretty close to the real thing.

  Tess : Yeah she and Johann Sebastian have a lot in common. You give them a little glimpse of Heaven and they're off and singin'. But some people, you coan put Heaven right smack dab in front of 'em...

  Wayne : [as they're watching him]  Joey...

  Tess : And they still can't see anything to sing about.

• Tess : We're from the Seraphim Organ Service.

  Edna : We didn't call any service. You should talk with the pastor. Deacon Jamison, did Pastor Mike mention anything to you about organ service?

  Deacon Jamison : Mm-mm.

  Tess : But this is covered by a service agreement.

  Edna : [chuckling]  But this organ's a hundred years old.

  Tess : Ah, but it was a lifetime guarantee.

• Edna : Shepherds, back to the field; wise men, places.

  Tess : Uh - the shepherds were over here and the wise men were over there.

  Edna : ...Back - to the altar.

  Tess : No, they were to the west of the manger, and Balthazar was in the front.

  Wiseman : Say what?

  Edna : There was Balthazar, there was Melchia, and there was Gasper. And the shepherds were just sort of - cowering, right about here.

  Edna : Is this from your imagination or from memory?

  Tess : [Chuckles]  Honey, you'd be surprised what I can remember.

• Tess : The only light in that little boy's life is his friend. But light is a powerful thing, baby. And the light from that little girl is gonna reach into all the dark corners of Joey's life. It's gonna strengthen his faith. It's going to illuminate his brother's soul. That light has got to shine brighter than it's ever shone before. Before it goes out.

• Tess : You see that big red boat over there? That's my car. And not everybody gets a chance to ride in that.

• Edna : Are you sure you've done this before?

  Tess : Oh, it's gonna be just like bein' there.

• Tess : When life keeps you in the dark, baby, that's when you start looking at the stars.