This page contains quotes people sent to me that they really liked. I wasn't quite sure where to put them so I started this category. If you have an idea about a category they should go under let me know. ~~Jenni

"People are too busy to meet themselves anymore. Everybody's faxing, modeming, on-lining, inputting, downloading, and overnighting. You can send anything to anybody, anywhere in the world, in seconds. But it still takes the same amount of time it always took to know a soul." ~~Tess, Cassie's Choice

"No such thing as late. Destiny picks its own time." ~~Tess, An Unexpected Snow (WAS)

"Evil thrives when good men do nothing." ~~Tess & Monica, In the Name of God

"A coincidence is when God chooses to remain anonymous." ~~Tess, Sins of the Father

"There comes a time in the life of every young girl when she sees her mother not as a mother, but as another woman, whose heart can be broken" ~~Monica, Angels on the Air

"How come when you talk to God, you're praying, but when God talks to you, you're nuts?" ~~Monica, Jacob's Ladder

"Ya know, sometimes in, umm, in the course of human events... one man's history actually is another man's future." ~~Andrew, The Sign of the Dove

"Remember, my darling, pride goeth before the fall." ~~Tess, There, But for the Grace of God

"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, Angel of Death

"He's not a mutt! He's a special blend, like this coffee you drink." ~~Tess, about her dog, Angel of Death

"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." ~~Tess, Lost and Found

"That's why God gives us inspiration. He puts into our spirit things that could not come out of our own minds.” ~~Monica, Psalm 151


"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

"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, The Perfect Game
(I)

"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, The Perfect Game (I)

"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)

"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, Living The Rest Of My Life

"Claire was sent there to save lives.  And she chose to do that to the end.  Now, *that*, Monica, is a real angel." ~~ Jake, Jacob's Ladder

Marshall: So where do angels go?
Andrew: We move on.
(from The Quality of Mercy)

"If there's anything we should know it's how delicate life is.  How little things cause big things." ~~ Monica, Out of the Darkness

"It takes a special man to step in and fill a father's shoes and call the child his own." ~~ Monica, Groundrush

Andrew: We're in the middle of an assignment here and you're acting like you're the president of somebody's fan club.
Monica: Well, maybe that's what angels are sometimes.
(from Groundrush)

"Nothing meaningful ever really gets forgotten.  It can always be found by those willing to look." ~~ Tess, Forget Me Not

"Music is worth a lot more than money." ~~Andrew, Inherit the Wind

“Life with out feeling isn’t really life and with out God you can’t really feel.” ~~Rafael, Sandcastles

"God has given us beauty to fill the people's souls." ~~Tess, Lady of the Lake

"Mothers are one of God's greatest miracles." ~~Monica, The Wind Beneath My Wings

"Sometimes it only takes a minute to change everything." ~~Andrew,
The Medium and the Message

"Music is the universal language."  ~~Monica, Made in the U.S.A.

"The connection between a mother and daughter is one of the great gifts of God.  It's also one of the great mysteries of life."  ~~Monica, Hearts

"People hold onto a lot of things not for what the thing is but for the way it makes them feel." ~~Tess, The Christmas Gift

"God don't like ugly." ~~Gabe, The Christmas Gift

"There's nothing about a woman's heart that God doesn't understand." ~~Monica, Buy Me a Rose

"Angels are not created from human love but from a simple whisper of the Father." ~~Monica, Life Before Death

"Art is a human being's attempt to explain his soul to the world." ~~Andrew, Here I Am

"Art is God's way of expressing Himself through human beings." ~~Andrew, Here I Am

"He knows the art you create is your way of calling Home to the Father and saying 'Here I am!'" ~~Monica, Here I Am

"Teenagers don't feel like they're typical.  They think they're uniquely odd." ~~Tess, Quality Time

"Into each family a little dysfunction must fall." ~~Tess, Living the Rest of My Life

"Every time a baby is born it's the most beautiful thing that can ever happen." ~~Monica, Pandora's Box

"Every baby is a precious miracle sent from God." ~~Monica, Pandora's Box

"When one voice stops, God will always raise up other voices to take up the song." ~~Monica, The Invitation

"God didn't give people free will so angels can come down in a crisis and take their choice away...  You can show them the way, but you can't drag em down the road." ~~Andrew, The Grudge

"Christmas is a night of miracles." ~~Andrew, An Angel on My Tree

"Bringing people peace is part of an angel's job." ~~Andrew, The Sign of the Dove

"Even if you try to put Christmas out of your mind, God won't let you.  Because that's what Christmas is: Immanuel: God with us."  ~~Monica, A Winter Carol

"I believe children are a gift from God.  And if you're ready to accept that gift, He can handle the complications." ~~Monica, For All the Tea in China

"There's no such thing as coincidence." ~~Andrew, A Rock and a Hard Place

"Your mom is more than just your mom.  She's a real person who can get her heart broken, too." ~~Andrew, Bring on the Rain

"God bless you, my friend." ~~Sam, Remembering Me, Part I

"There are no coincidences with God... all of this is somehow connected." ~~Monica, Remembering Me, Part II

"When you know that something's drawing to an end, it can make it sweeter." ~~Monica, The Christmas Watch

"A man wants to see a last ray of sunshine before dark." ~~Andrew, Private Eyes

"People don't always like to do what's good for them.  Sometimes it takes an angel to make those brussell sprouts more appealing." ~~Andrew, Private Eyes

"Sometimes even an angel has to get dirty." ~~Andrew, Private Eyes

"God sends angels to people for all sorts of reasons." ~~Gloria,
A Time for Every Purpose

"No matter how horrible it gets here sometimes, people still expect miracles.  And for the angels who deliver them to be less than the best God has to offer is wrong." ~~Monica, As It Is In Heaven


"The ability to touch someone's life with music is a wonderful gift.  It's as if there's a golden thread between you and the audience, and you take in their emotion and you give back your own." ~~Monica, A Song for My Father


"You can still make a joyful noise unto the Lord.  You can still make music with whatever instrument you have." ~~Tess, A Song for My Father

On Satan: "You and I both know that he's not gonna win the war... sometimes he wins the battle." ~~Andrew, I Will Walk with You, Part II

"Sometimes memories keep people harmonizing together long after the music is over." ~~Tess,
What are Friends For?


"Children have a wonderful way of bringing people together, don't they?" ~~Monica,
Lady of the Lake


"God is waiting for you." ~~Monica,
Fool for Love


"God doesn't waste any time." ~~Monica,
Fool for Love



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