Touched by an Angel (TV Series)

The Quality of Mercy (1996)

Della Reese: Tess

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• [first lines] 

  Monica : "To be, or not to be."

  Tess : I would definitely say: not to be.

• Tess : [of Shakespeare]  He was a strange little man. He kept writin' down everything and sayin' "Alas." He really talked like that. Drove the local folks crazy.

• Tess : If Shakespeare was alive, he'd drop dead.

• Monica : Tess, is Andrew here on business?

  Tess : Well, he's certainly gonna do a death scene. We just don't know if it's on stage or off.

• Tess : God made us angels, not police. Now we can hope and pray that he makes the right decision, but the choice is his.

• Joel Redding : What is this?

  Tess : A chapel. Some people think of it as a place for reflection and meditation.

  Joel Redding : Well, it doesn't look like he's in here.

  Tess : Well, I think you oughta sit down.

  Joel Redding : What?

  Tess : To reflect and meditate. Sit on down.

  Joel Redding : I beg your pardon?

  Tess : Well, we'll get to that pardon part later.

• Tess : Who you are and what you do matters to God. Now, how charming you are, and how many autographs you sign, and how many of those little gold statues you got sittin' on your copier table, will not impress the Creator of the Universe. Now you can play all the roles you wanna play. And it won't matter a bit. Because you're not playing the role God created especially for you.

• Tess : What do you care about being loved as a TV star when you're already loved as a father, a husband, and a child of God?

• Tess : God is your Helper, and He loves you, and He is listening.