City of Angels (1998)

Share this quote on facebook Something happened in that room. I got this jolt that... something bigger is out there. Something bigger than me, bigger than you. Does that sound crazy?

Share this quote on facebook No dying yet, Mr. Messinger. Not until you give me Seth's phone number.

Share this quote on facebook We fight for people’s lives, right? Do you ever wonder who it is we're fighting with?

Share this quote on facebook [to Seth] When they ask me what I liked best, I'll tell them, it was you.

Share this quote on facebook I don't understand a God who would let us meet, if there's no way we could ever be together.

Share this quote on facebook Some things are true whether you believe in them or not.

Share this quote on facebook I would rather have had... one breath of her hair... one kiss of her mouth... one touch of her hand... than eternity without it. One.

Share this quote on facebook Nathaniel Messinger: [to Seth] I can't see you, but I know you're there.

Share this quote on facebook Ann: Never date a guy who knows more about your vagina than you do.

Share this quote on facebook Susan: What good would wings be if you couldn't feel the wind on your face?

Share this quote on facebook Susan: Where are we going?
Seth: Home.
Susan: Can Mommy come?
Seth: No.
Susan: She won't understand.
Seth: She will someday.

Share this quote on facebook Seth: Can I ask you something?
Susan: Yes?
Seth: What did you like best?
Susan: Pajamas.

Share this quote on facebook Seth: The little girl asked if she could be an angel.
Cassiel: They all want wings.
Seth: I never know what to say.
Cassiel: Tell them the truth. Angels aren't human. We were never human.
Seth: What if I just make her a little pair of wings out of paper?

Share this quote on facebook Maggie: Are you a visitor? Who are you visiting?
Seth: You.

Share this quote on facebook Seth: Are you in despair?
Maggie: I lost a patient.
Seth: You did everything you could?
Maggie: I was holding his heart in my hand when he died.
Seth: Then he wasn't alone.
Maggie: Yes, he was.
Seth: People died.
Maggie: Not on my table.
Seth: People died when their bodies give out.
Maggie: It's my job to keep their bodies from giving out. Or what am I doing here?
Seth: It wasn't your fault, Maggie.
Maggie: I wanted him to live.
Seth: He is living. Just not the way you think.
Maggie: I don't believe in that.
Seth: Some things are true whether you believe them or not.

Share this quote on facebook Seth: Hello Maggie! It's nice to see you again.
Maggie: It's weird to see you again.
Seth: Weird is nice.

Share this quote on facebook Maggie: Why do you wear the same clothes all the time? Why won't you give me your phone number? Are you married?
Seth: No.
Maggie: Are you homeless?
Seth: No.
Maggie: Are you a drummer?

Share this quote on facebook Seth: You're a good doctor.
Maggie: How do you know?
Seth: I have a feeling.
Maggie: Yeah, well that's pretty flimsy evidence.
Seth: Close your eyes. Just for a second... what am I doing?
Maggie: You're... touching me.
Seth: How do you know?
Maggie: Because I feel it.
Seth: You should trust that. You don't trust it enough.

Share this quote on facebook Seth: Why do people cry?
Maggie: What do you mean?
Seth: I mean... what happens physically?
Maggie: Well... umm... tear ducts operate on a normal basis to lubricate and protect the eye and when you have an emotion they overreact and create tears.
Seth: Why? Why do they overreact?
Maggie: [pause] I don't know.
Seth: Maybe... maybe emotion becomes so intense your body just can't contain it. Your mind and your feelings become too powerful... and your body weeps.

Share this quote on facebook Seth: Let's go.
Maggie: Where?
Seth: Anywhere.
Maggie: What'll we do?
Seth: Anything.

Share this quote on facebook Nathaniel: Listen, kid: He gave these bozos the greatest gift in the universe - you think He didn't give it to us, too?
Seth: Which gift?
Nathaniel: Free will, brother. Free will.

Share this quote on facebook Seth: What's that like? What's it taste like? Describe it like Hemingway.
Maggie: Well, it tastes like a pear. You don't know what a pear tastes like?
Seth: I don't know what a pear tastes like to you.
Maggie: Sweet, juicy, soft on your tongue, grainy like a sugary sand that dissolves in your mouth. How's that?
Seth: It's perfect.

Share this quote on facebook Maggie: Who- What are you?
Seth: I came to take Mr. Balford... and I saw you. I couldn't take my eyes off you. How you fought for him. And you looked right at me... like I was a man.
Maggie: "To take Mr. Balford"?
Seth: I was there. We are always there in every room.
Maggie: What are you talking about?
Seth: I was there in the stairwell... when you cried for your patient. And I touched you, remember?
Maggie: Why are you doing this?
Seth: Because I'm in love with you.

Share this quote on facebook Nathaniel: Seth knows no fear, no pain, no hunger, he hears music in the sunrise. But he'd give it all up, he loves you that much.
Maggie: I don't understand.
Nathaniel: He can fall, he can give up eternity and become... one of us, human.
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Maggie: How do you know so much?
Nathaniel: Because... I did it.

Share this quote on facebook Mack Truck driver: Where are you headed?
Seth: Tahoe!
Mack Truck driver: Reno.
Seth: Tahoe!
Mack Truck driver: I'm going to Reno!
Seth: I'm going to Tahoe!
Mack Truck driver: Well, hop in, we'll figure it out when we get there.

Share this quote on facebook Maggie: What happened?
Seth: Free will.

Share this quote on facebook Seth: Why did He do this?
Cassiel: I don't know.
Seth: Am I being punished?
Cassiel: You know better than that.

Share this quote on facebook Cassiel: If you knew what was going to happen, would you still have done it?
Seth: I would rather have had one breath of her hair, one kiss of her mouth, one touch of her hand, than eternity without it. Just one.

Share this quote on facebook She didn't believe in angels until she fell in love with one.

Share this quote on facebook What if angels walked amoung us, and one of them fell in love with us?