Quotes

"You know, grief has stages and anger is one of those stages. But you
should be past that by now. It's like something is keeping you stuck there,
isn't it?"
-Andrew to Audrey in "Mother's Day"

"Sometimes funny things happen when people discover that God exists. Should
make 'em happy and give 'em hope. But they don't want it for that. They
just need somebody to blame."
-Tess to Andrew and Monica in "Mother's Day"

"You know, sometimes God uses angels, and sometimes human beings."
-Tess to Monica and Andrew in "Mother's Day"

"Here's how it works. When you love somebody, you need somebody. See? And
when you need them, that makes you weak. But knowing you're weak--that's
what makes you strong. Get it?"
-Fluffy to Audrey in "Mother's Day"

"I think it's very interesting that someone who turned over control of one
part of her life to God has a little trouble sometimes turning over the rest
to Him too."
-Andrew to Liz in "Mother's Day"

"You need help, and you're going to get it. But we're all going to need to
work together."
-Tess to Celine in "Mother's Day"

"God's voice will be heard no matter what. Whether you listen is up to
you."
-Monica to Audrey in "Mother's Day"

"God loves you. He gave you a great gift. He gave you His blessed
assurance, and He made you a promise that He would mend your broken heart if
you would give Him all the pieces. But you didn't. You held onto them.
You held onto the guilt and the anger and the loneliness. And those pieces
are sharp, and they're dangerous. And the tighter you hold them, the deeper
they will tear into your soul until your spirit bleeds to death. That is
what you are doing to yourself --it is horrifying, it is ugly, and it is
suicide."
-Monica to Audrey in "Mother's Day"

"God sometimes sends you an angel to show you the way, and sometimes He
sends you a mother."
-Monica to Audrey in "Mother's Day"

".....I finally realized I was weak, and gave control of my life over to
God. And I think that's why He sent me here to help you."
-Liz to Audrey in "Mother's Day"

"It's okay to admit that you're human and that you're weak.
Remember--that's what makes you strong."
-Liz to Audrey in "Mother's Day"

"You've got me now, and you've got God. And we're going to get through this
together. One step at a time, starting today."
-Liz to Audrey in "Mother's Day"

"I came to apologize. It's not okay. You were such a good friend to me.
And I'm so sorry I hurt you. You were just trying to help. And you know
what? You did. More than you'll ever know. Will you forgive me?"
-Audrey to Celine in "Mother's Day"

If you love somebody,
Then that means you need somebody;
And if you need somebody,
That's what makes you weak.

But if you know you're weak,
And you know you need someone,
Oh, it's a funny thing;
That's what makes you strong.

That's what makes you strong,
That's what gives you power;
That's what lets the meek
Come sit beside the King.

That's what lets us smile
In our final hour;
That's what moves our souls,
And that's what makes us see.
-That's What Makes Us Strong, in "Mother's Day"

"But you are something special--more than you know. And Someone does love
you and want you."
-Monica to Alice in "Voice of an Angel"

"I'm supposed to give you a sort of a singing lesson. I know that I don't
sing very well, but I know a beautiful voice when I hear one, and when I
heard you voice, I wanted it to be mine more than anything else in the
world. Ah, but God cares. And He gave you that beautiful voice. You've
been using it to sing to the wrong father. God made your voice--He fashioned
it just for you out of light and air and stars and sky. And he wants to
hear you sing. You're his kid, and He loves you so much. Sing for your
Father. Right now. Sing for the Father who will never abandon you."
-Monica to Alice in "Voice of an Angel"

"Ah, well, that's the singing lesson I'm supposed to give you. It's the
same lesson I had to learn myself. We both were given special voices.
Yours sounds like music, and mine sounds like truth."
-Monica to Alice in "Voice of an Angel"

"Until we accept that, our voices will have a touch of sorrow in them where
God wants to fill them with joy."
-Monica to Alice in "Voice of an Angel"

"Sing with me. But let's not make it just a song. Let's make it a prayer--
and that will make all the difference."
-Monica to Alice in "Voice of an Angel"

"You know, sometimes you have to remember the bad things so that you can
learn from them."
-Monica to Joey

"God has something to say to you. And when He has something to say, He
doesn't hide His message behind a door. He's not ashamed of the words He
has to say. He can write them in the sky, He can write them in your heart,
or He can send His angel to speak them right out loud. You've been too
afraid to believe in anything good in this world. He loves you. God loves
you."
-Monica to Ricky

"God doesn't love guys like you? Oh, yes He does. He loves guys just like
you. Tough, angry, hopeless young men who used to be sweet, loving, trusting
little boys, but who've had the joy of life beaten out of them."
-Monica to Ricky

"You put up a wall to block out your pain and your fear. But a wall works
two ways. Yes, it keeps things in, but it also keeps things out; like joy,
trust, hope."
--Monica to Ricky

"Why do you think God put these things in your heart to say? He wants you
to deal with your pain; He wants you to write it down; He wants you to let
it go."
-Monica to Ricky

"It can be very frightening to open up and let out a pain that has been
bottled up for years. But God is here, and you are safe. It's okay to fight
for your dreams, it's okay to go back now and bring that little one home,
that little boy with the crayon in his hand who just wanted to write 'I love
you.' "
-Monica to Ricky

I won't do it again;
Love you with open arms,
Without fear of falling.
I have fallen before.
We learn by failure, like a baby's first steps;
Crumbling, getting up.
Crying as we reach for the one that we love.
And I won't do it again.

You taught me to lie,
I learned at your feet.
She ran into a door;
She fell down the stairs.
Your family lay scattered around you,
Like the pages crumpled from a book.
The book that I wrote, "I love you, Daddy."
The book that you ripped out of my hand.
And I won't do it again.

Never again, Dad. Never.
-Ricky's Poem "I Won't Do It Again"

"So you see, what was can be found."
-Andrew to Simon in "Monica's Bad Day"

"Lord, Help me to create more laughter than tears, more happiness than
gloom, more cheer than despair. Never let me fail to see the wonder in a
child's eyes. Never let me forget that I am a clown."
--Clown's Prayer

"Your first lesson: The happiness we share with others doesn't start with
us. We're just passing it on."
-Leroy to Monica

"That's what makes this situation so human. When love gets mixed up with
shame and guilt and fear, and everything just gets all distorted."
-Tess to Monica and Andrew

"Sometimes when God closes a door, He opens a tent flap."
-Tess

"Do you want help, or attitude?"
-Tess

"Lying is never the answer. You can only juggle the truth for so long."
-Andrew to Davey

"I haven't come to bring you pity. I am a reflection of God's love, and so
are you. God doesn't make mistakes, but you did. You chose to believe what
mirrors tell you and what the eyes of others reflect instead of finding who
you really are from the One who made you. You were made in God's image.
It's true! When you are patient, when you are kind, when you turn your back
on anger, you reflect the character of the One who made you. The One who
called you to be a man after His own heart. A good father, a kind soul, a
messenger of great joy and laughter. Yes, God laughs. You should know
better than most the healing that laughter can bring to this world.
-Monica to Leroy

But that is not how God sees you. In His eyes, you are not little: you are
precious and you are beautiful. And you must believe that so that others
can see you as you truly are. And it begins by learning from the Father in
Heaven how to be a father here on Earth. It was fear that made you forget.
But remember... every little boy who runs away is just counting the minutes
until his Daddy comes and brings him home. God does that all the time. He
brought you home today. Now go, and get your son.
-Monica to Leroy

"Well, what can I say, baby. The world is full of anger and people have a
way of saving it up and then dumping it on the next unsuspecting poor soul
that gets in their way. Please, don't let this get under your skin, just
ignore it. You better *learn* how. Don't let this ugliness in your heart,
because in this human form, what's in your heart is what you become."
-Tess to Monica in "Monica's Bad Day"

"I learned a terrible lesson today. A simple gesture, a hateful remark, a
single word can change the world."
-Monica to Flynn and cab driver in "Monica's Bad Day"

"Guard your heart, Angel Girl. It's the wellspring of life. Well, your
heart and your soul's like a river that can be poisoned very easily if
you're not careful. You see there, it's started all ready. You let that
man get to you and now you've taken up his anger. It's like some kind of a
human virus you've caught."
--Tess to Monica in "Monica's Bad Day"

"I tried to tell you, baby. That attitude that you've caught is contagious.
It should have stopped with you, but it didn't. Now it's just going to be
passed from one person to the next to the next to the next. And before we
get out of here, everybody in this place will have it."
-Tess to Monica in "Monica's Bad Day"

"There's something I forgot to tell you. You remember that thing about
'cast your bread on the water and it'll come back to you'? Well, hang on
baby, 'cause the tide is coming in. What goes around comes around, and here
it comes right now."
-Tess to Monica in "Monica's Bad Day"

"Words can be just as dangerous. They have substance and power, and when
they come at you in the form of anger, they can tear into a soul and knock
it to the ground."
-Monica to Flynn and cab driver in "Monica's Bad Day"

"Angel Girl, while you are down there I want you to take the opportunity to
review what's been going on. Fallen angels always have something to learn
before they can get up. It didn't have to be this way. It did *not* have
to be *this* way."
-Tess to Monica in "Monica's Bad Day"

"You just want to stop the pain. But this is not how you do it; you don't
let go-- you hold on!"
-Monica to Wendy in "Monica's Bad Day"

"I'm sorry, please forgive me, because the world *is* a beautiful place, and
there are good and kind people in it. You just forgot that today. You
forgot because something got in the way of the goodness and the kindness
that could have kept you going."
--Monica to Wendy in "Monica's Bad Day"

"You should be back there right now.... thinking that maybe there *are* good
reasons to stay alive. But instead you're here, and you're here because of
something that *I* did. I didn't even know I was doing it. A river starts
with a stream, that began with a creek, and was once a single drop of water.
And in life, a world of hate begins with a room full of anger, that starts
with a single word--one thought, one act. It should have stopped with me.
If I would have just forgiven right there and then, the anger would have
died in my heart. But instead it got stronger and uglier and moved from
heart to heart to heart until finally it reached you."
--Monica to Wendy in "Monica's Bad Day"

"Live *is* worth living, and you never know when a little thing will come
along that will change your life. Or a little thing that you do might
change the life of someone else. No one is alone. We're all connected.
You see, that was the lesson that I had to learn today, at your expense.
And, well, I'm so sorry. I'm so sorry, will you please forgive me?"
--Monica to Wendy in "Monica's Bad Day"

"You know what? You invite God to come along this time, and I believe that
He will make things even better than the way there were before."
--Monica to Flynn and Wendy in "Monica's Bad Day"

"Cast your bread on the water. See what happens!"
-Monica to cab driver in "Monica's Bad Day"

"So you see, what was lost *can* be found."
-Andrew to man in "Monica's Bad Day"

"Your body may be in prison, but your soul doesn't have to be."
-Monica to Luther in "Show Me the Way Home"

"Don't let your heart break--let it change!"
-Tess to woman in "Show Me the Way Home"

"God is not a luxury you can't afford; He's a necessity you truly cannot
live without!"
-Monica

"God is not a vending machine where you stick in your prayer and pull out
your prize!"
-Tess to Monica

"God sees those moments because, where He is, those moments have already
happened. God knows what your tomorrow looks like because He's already
there. Yesterday, today, and tomorrow- He holds them all in His hand, all at
once. And He holds you there too."
-Andrew to Kate

"There's got to be a reason for all this. So I say 'Go with the flow until
you know,' baby."
-Tess to Andrew

"Who? God. What? He loves you. Where? Everywhere. When? Always, forever,
without ceasing. How? Totally, completely. Why? Because you are His child!"
-Monica to Liz

"The world CAN be a different place, but only if the hearts of the people
turn toward hope instead of despair, towards forgiveness instead of
condemnation, and towards love instead of judgement."
-Monica to Liz

"How come when you talk to God you're praying, but when God talks to you,
you're nuts?"
-Monica

"Dear God, I'm sorry for my anger and frustration. But I wanted to thank You
for this day. This horrible, awful, hot, sticky, terrible day in which I've
been totally, totally humiliated. Because if it wasn't for You, I wouldn't
have had any day at all, so for that I am truly thankful."
-Monica

"A coincidence is when God chooses to remain anonymous."
Tess
"It's so easy to go from love to hate. But from hate back to love, that's
the hard part."
-Touched By An Angel

"God loves you. He will walk with you all the way, but it's up to you to
take the first step."
-TBAA Quote

"Has God ever forsaken you? He said He wouldn't, and He never has. Never.
Just because you feel invisible doesn't mean you are. Never give up, baby."
-Tess to Monica in "There, But for the Grace of God"

"Remember, my darling, pride goeth before the fall."
-Tess

"Times change, people change, interest rates change, even the land itself
can change. But some things, baby, they never change."
-Tess

"Sometimes the help we need is not the help we want. Do you know why God put
people's faces on the front of their bodies? Faces are in the front so
people can see where they're going, not where they've been. We have to go
forward, not backward."
-Monica

"God loves all of His creations. And that includes you, and that includes
me. God doesn't leave us when we mess up. That's when we need Him most, and
He'd never leave us when we need Him."
-TBAA Quote

"God's got a plan. It's like the wind; just because you can't see it doesn't
mean it's not there."
-TBAA Quote

"Look I'll spell it out for you: We mess up sometimes. You haven't exactly
thrown Him for a loop, you know. He can handle it. So, get over it."
-Al (from Crisis Management) to Monice in "Out of the Darkness"

"You've forgotten who God is. Nothing-- not death or life or war, not the
present or the future or the past-- no one, no creature on this earth, can
separate you from the love of God."
-Monica to Claire in "Jacob's Ladder"

"God loves you. And He knows the secrets of your heart. The horrors that
you've endured you cannot blame Him for. You've let the past come between
you and God. Turn the past over to Him. He is strong enough to take it. Give
Him your future, too. And He'll make you strong enough to face it."
-TBAA Quote

"People have been painting pictures and writing songs and making movies
about heaven and all ever since they could breathe, but they have never come
close."
-Andrew

"Funny, isn't it, how you have to be silent sometimes before you can
communicate. Be still and know that He is God."
-TBAA Quote

"Who you are is not your name or your family. Who you are is more essential
than that; it comes from God. And what you make of yourself, that is what
you give back to God."
-TBAA Quote

"You ought to pray more often. You can pray some really good ones when you
get around to it. What did you think, they just float up, up, and away like
balloons? God's keeping track of you."
-Tess

"You have always belonged. You've always been a child of God, and that
should have been enough. But you want more. And at what price? What is it
going to matter if you gain the whole world and lose your soul?"
-Tess

"When you cry, God cries with you. But He can't wipe your tears unless you
let Him."
-TBAA Quote

"Trying to make sense of evil will only give you a headache. Evil is for
evil's sake, period. It's only goal is chaos and destruction."
-TBAA Quote

"God isn't taking something away from you. God is giving you something. It's
a gift.The chance to start over. God is there to mend your heart and heal
your soul, but you have to let Him."
-TBAA Quote

"You can't change who you were. But you can change who you are. And today,
you start over. Right now. Hand it over to God. Leave it all right here and
walk away."
-TBAA Quote

"Shame brings you down. But true humility will only lift you higher."
-Tess

"Now I lay me down to sleep, I pray the Lord my soul to keep. May Your love
guide me through the night and wake me with the morning light"
-Monica

"Anyone can give up; it's the easiest thing in the world to do. But to hold
it together when everyone would understand if you gave up; that's true
strength."
Quote from TBAA calendar

"Have you ever heard the phrase, 'Fools rush in where angels fear to tread'?
Well add it to your repertoire, before you rush in next time and upset the
whole celestial applecart."
Tess to Monica in "The Sky is Falling"

"Please, just let me stay.'I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my
God than dwell in the tents of the wicked'."
-Monica to the Angel of Angels in "Clipped Wings" -Scripture quote
>from Psalms 84

"You know how people sometimes say 'love is blind'? Well, sometimes it's
stupid, too."
-Tess to Monica in "The One That Got Away"

"The gift of mercy is twice blessed; it blesseth him that gives and him that
receives."
-Monica

Roses are red,
Angels are gossamer;
Hold onto your faith,
And remember to floss-some-more!
Monica's poem

"No is one of my favorite words. It isn't as short as you might think. No
can be one of the most positive words in the world, 'No, I have not
surrendered.' 'No, I will not give up.' No, you have not failed, yes, God is
very proud of you."
-Monica to Jones in Jones vs. God

" Let God help you make it work this time. He is the difference between
trying and doing. And He is right here waiting to give you the strength you
need to turn your life around. He wants so much for you to stand tall in the
presence of the miracle He has given you."
--Monica to Tom

"I do know that no mistake you've ever made is greater than God's power to
fix it."
-Monica to Ginger in "Operation Smile"

"How much faith does an angel have? We don't have any at all, absolutely
none. You see, we don't need it, but you do. That's what makes you strong;
believing today in the light that doesn't come until tomorrow."
-Monica to Alison and Max

" Yes, there will be rivers for you to cross, but when you walk through the
water, He will be with you. And yes, there will be mountains for you to
climb, but when you can't take another step, He will carry you. And there
will be people to cherish and hearts to change, but He will hold your hand
every step of the way if you'll just let Him!"
-Monica to Allison's baby

"Do you remember the story of Esther? Esther was Queen of Persia, but she
had a secret: she was Jewish. And she kept her secret until one day she
discovered the entire Jewish nation was about to be wiped out. She had the
power to prevent it, but she was afraid to come forward. Afraid she would
lose her throne, perhaps even her life. And then someone said to her ' Who
knows--maybe this is what it's all for. Perhaps you were brought to the
kingdom for just such a time as this.' You are the one! And I'll let you
into a little secret from Heaven. Sooner or later everyone is 'the one'.
They just have to say 'Yes' when the time comes."
-Monica to Kate in "For Such A Time As This"

"Every prayer gets answered. Sometimes the answer is "No." But sometimes the
answer is "Not yet."
-Monica in "Til We Meet Again"

"One of the biggest mistakes we can make is to start grieving over things
that haven't even happened yet."
-Tess

"God sees you just exactly as you are. He sees you more truly than people
can. And He loves you more than you can ever imagine."
-Monica

"Sometimes you come through the darkness back into the sunlight, and
sometimes you come through into light itself."
-Celine Dion in"Psalm 151"

"That's why God gives us inspiration. He puts into our spirit things that
could not come out of our own minds."
- Monica.

" Everybody struggles to survive at sometime. But they almost always beat
the odds as long as they don't give up hope."
- Andrew on "Til Death Do Us Part"

"God is not the author of confusion. He likes to write happy endings."
-Tess

"He might not give you what you want, but He always gives you what you need.
Believe me, I just figured that out for myself. The hard way. "
--Monica to Ivy

"How can you judge something fairly when you don't know what the rules are?
You can't play God because you AREN'T God."
--Monica- "Interview With An Angel"

"He gave you the gift of truth. And when it comes to that, baby, you got
perfect pitch!"
-Tess in Voice of an Angel

God is truth, but He is also love. And unless you tell the truth in love,
it's not the whole truth.
-Monica to Liz in "The Whole Truth And Nothing But"

"Someday you will stand before Him and He will ask you for the truth. He
will not say, 'Did you do your job every day, no matter what?'. He will say,
'Did you love every day, no matter what?'."
-Monica to Liz in "The Whole Truth And Nothing But"

"This is what you call an unexpected snow. One moment the sky looks clear,
and the next moment, the sky is falling. You can run inside and hide, or you
can become part of it and let it change you."
-Monica to Megan "Unexpected Snow"

"People hold on to each other for all reasons they don't understand, and
they call it love. But it's really fear."
-Tess to Monica, "Unexpected Snow"

"God turns everything around all the time, so something good's got to come
of this. I just can't tell you when, that's all. He'll never leave you or
forsake you."
-Sam to Monica "Jacob's Ladder"

"With God, all things are possible. You know, I've met a lot of men who
don't believe in angels, but I never met a man who didn't want to."
-Sam to Jake, "Jacob's Ladder"

"Sometimes things get set in motion that must be played out. I'm learning
that myself. God's timing is not our timing."
-Monica to Jack, "Jacob's Ladder

"I think the smartest thing in the world is to ask for advice before you
need it."
-Monica

"Love doesn't hide. It stays and fights. It goes the distance. That's why
God made love so strong, so it can carry you all the way home."
-Monica to Christine on "Southbound Bus"

"Some days humans behave so badly to one another that it's all an angel can
do to keep loving them"
-Tess to Monica in "Random Acts"

"Whatever you do, stay away from coffee. I've got enough trouble with one
angel right now. She's away picking coffee beans. Can't get enough of
those double mocha lattes."
- Tess to Celeste

"He's not a mutt! He's a special blend, like this coffee you drink."
- Tess to Monica (Concerning Dawg)

"God has always known and it has not changed His love for you. And whatever
you decide to do tonight He will still love you just the same. The only
thing that will be different is that you will not know how much He loves you
until you let Him show you, and that takes faith."
-Monica to Tracy in "Perfect Little Angel"

"That's right; it was *almost* perfect. Perfect is perfect, always,
everyday. Humans can't be that."
-Monica to Tracy in "Perfect Little Angel"

"What God wants is to work wonderful things in you life, but there's a lie
in His way. God is truth and anything that is not truth is not of Him. He
wants to help you a lot more than twenty five thousand dollars and a new
car, but you have to get the lies out of His way first, honey."
-Tess to Tracy in "Perfect Little Angel"

"You remember that unimproved piece of land? That's what you are, honey; a
whole garden of potential, and God wants to make some improvements."
-Tess to Tracy in "Perfect Little Angel"

"What do they dream about?"
"Who?"
"Humans, what do they dream about?"
"Being awake."
"I heard they try to fix in dreams what went wrong in their awakeness."
"Awakeness?"
"You know what I mean."
"I think when they're dreaming that's the only time people are really
completely honest with themselves.
"That's why they hardly ever remember them."
-Monica and Andrew in "Millennium"

"Happy New Year and happy all the years now that you can live in truth!
Listen to me. God Himself, the one who holds all time in His hands wants
you to know that your years of asking why are over."
-Monica to Angela in "Millennium"

"Life is a mystery that we can only understand in part because we live on
only one side of the mirror. It's not until life is over and the mirror is
taken away that it all becomes clear. But right now you must accept the
blessings that you can understand and rejoice in them."
-Monica to Angela in "Millennium"

"And you have something else, too. You have a second chance. God loves you
so much. He wants you to take only what you need into the new century and
leave what you don't in the old one. Take the good memories. Take the
faithfulness of your Heavenly Father and share it with someone who loves
you. For now that you know the truth you mustn't be afraid of love anymore.
Only God can decide what's too late. And you, honey, are right on time!"
-Monica to Angela in "Millennium"

"But all you need to know about the past is that no matter what has
happened, it has all worked together to bring you to this very moment. And
it is this moment, right now, when you can choose to make everything new."
-Monica to Angela on "Fallen Angela"

"Love is not a line you draw in the sand and then dare someone to step over.
It's not just a feeling you have that comes and goes. Love is a choice. And
God is asking you to make that choice now. "
-Monica to Ellen in "Buy Me A Rose"

"To every generation the truth is born anew and with it comes a promise of
peace. "
--Monica to Rose and Tommy in "Life Before Death"

"Marriage is God's way of letting people practice loving one person
completely, no strings attached. When they learn how to love each other like
that, they get a better idea of how God loves them."
-Tess to Monica in "Buy Me A Rose"

"God holds time in His hands like a ball of string. Yesterday, today,
tomorrow, now, forever, so He can look at it all at once, but for the rest
of us, He stretches time out and He lays it on a golden thread."
-Tess to Monica in "Millennium"

"He doesn't ask if you deserve His love. He only asks if you'll accept it.
And if you will, then He will be your Shephard always, and you shall not
want for anything that truly matters. There will be peaceful places where
you can rest your spirit, and He will restore your broken soul, and wherever
you find yourself, He will be there, pointing the way."
- Monica to Jim in "With God As My Witness"

"You're a servant of God before you're a servant of your own heart. That's
how you were made, and that's the difference between humans and angels."
-Monica to Andrew "Til Death Do Us Part"

"Have you noticed that as strong as God is, and as powerful as He is, when
He speaks, it's with a whisper. Children always listen better when you
whisper."
-Tess to Roberto in "The Letter"

"Now, I know you're afraid, but you've got to tell them how you feel,
because sometimes parents teach their children things, and sometimes
children have to teach their parents things."
-Andrew to John in "A House Divided

"Bowl. He wants us to bowl. Just bowl. Ours is not to reason why. Ours
is to take a ball that's too heavy, and throw it down an alley that's too
narrow, and hit some pins that are too far away."
Tess

"It's amazing all the different ways they come up with to compete with each
other. As if winning a game is going to fix whatever is wrong in their
lives. And in the end, it never really does."
Andrew

"There's bowling, and then there's Tess Bowling. You throw that ball hard
enough, those pins'll go down just to keep from getting hit."
Tess

"Well, maybe that's your problem, baby. The only things that live under
rocks are slimy little worms. You want something good you gotta look up for
it, not down."
Tess

"Well, love makes room for everybody. You get married because you're in
love. You stay married because you do love."
-Tess to Warren

"Sometimes people hurt each other and they don't mean to. But all it takes
is putting your pride away long enough to talk about it."
-Monica to Ziggy

"It's good to cry sometimes. It's like giving your soul a sort of a
shower."
-Monica to Ziggy

"And I've been wondering all night why He chose this place, this night. And
I've been wondering why He wanted us to play a game before we could do our
work. I think it's because there's such an interesting lesson to be learned
>from bowling: You always get a second chance. It doesn't matter how you
throw the ball--right down the middle, right in the gutter--you always get a
second chance to make it right."
-Monica to Ziggy

"A misunderstanding. An expectation that doesn't get met. A cross word
that leads to another and another and another. But for every hurt that
happens, there's always a choice that follows. Stay or walk away. Talk or
be silent. Stand and risk rejection, or leave and guarantee it. When
people love each other, it usually doesn't end because they stop loving; it
ends because they stop trying."
-Monica to Ziggy

"Love is the greatest gift that God can give two people. But if you don't
accept it, if you let pride get in the way of the words "I love you," then
love has no place to go but away. God loves you so much, and He will always
give you a second chance on love."
-Monica to Ziggy

"The truth didn't set you free. The facts set you free. And the facts can
lie."
-Monica to Carla

"You can tell a lie, you can live a lie, but you can't pray a lie. And He
knows that's why you can't bring yourself to talk to Him. So He has brought
Himself to you."
-Monica to Carla

"No, it's not okay. Because somewhere deep inside of you, there's a part of
your heart where you won't allow yourself to go because you're afraid to see
what you've been hiding there. And you've closed a door on that part and
you've put a great big lock on it. And that's why you're heart feels so
heavy, and that's why you aren't able to give all of it away. Only you can
decide to remove the locks and go into that dark room. But if you decide to
do it, if you can put your faith in God, He will go in there with you! It
will be different this time. I promise."
-Monica to Carla

"But God wants you to live, and He wants you to live knowing the truth.
Nothing you can ever do will change what you have done. But with God's help
you can change your life. That's all that you can do now--that's the best
that you can do now. You will always remember what you did that day. And
then you will remember what God did THIS day. Almighty God, who has the
power and the right to punish you has shown you mercy. He has forgiven you!
Why? Because you are His child too, and He loves you!"
Monica to Carla

"But there's something that you can do. Do you have a child? Promise me
something: that every time they walk away from you, your last words will
be, 'I love you.' "
-Santos to Carla

"It's up to you. But whatever you decide, remember that God will be with
you."
-Monica to Carla

"God asks that you let Him be a member of this family. Invite Him to
sit at the head of your table, to bless the work of your hands and to let
your work be a blessing to everyone."
-Monica to the Russo family in "Quality Time"

"God understands how disappointing children can be. His children have
stolen from Him and lied to him and broken promises just about every day.
But God doesn't stop being who He is to excuse them. It's the only way
they'll grow."
-Tess to Abby