Beauty and the Beast (TV Series)

A Happy Life (1988)

Ron Perlman: Vincent

Quotes 

• Asst. Dist. Atty. Catherine Chandler : I didn't know that she'd been sick for a long time. I was ten when she died.

  Vincent : The sadness must have been overwhelming.

  Asst. Dist. Atty. Catherine Chandler : It was. But what I felt this morning... what I feel now, is deeper and more terrifying than anything I felt then.

  Vincent : Yes?

  Asst. Dist. Atty. Catherine Chandler : The loss. A terrible feeling of loss. Not just my mother, but a part of my life. Safety and simplicity. Things that I've never been able to know before. I saw an old friend today, and I looked at her and I knew that she had those things. I was happy for her, but it made me sad.

  Vincent : Perhaps these feelings, these memories, are calling out to remind you.

  Asst. Dist. Atty. Catherine Chandler : Of what?

  Vincent : Something you need.

  Asst. Dist. Atty. Catherine Chandler : I don't know. I...

  Vincent : Of what you long for.

  Asst. Dist. Atty. Catherine Chandler : My life is full of complications and risks. I don't know how to have a simple life.

  Vincent : Catherine... your mother's memory reminds you of your aloneness. Of the family you lost when she died, of all the friends you left behind when our paths crossed. Because that secret that you carry now, our secret, sets you apart from your past, your friends, even from the family you are yet to have, the children waiting to be born. Catherine, the burden you bear with that secret, is your aloneness. Know that our bond, our dream, exists at the cost of all your other dreams. Know that, Catherine.

  Asst. Dist. Atty. Catherine Chandler : It's worth it.

• Jacob 'Father' Wells : What's distracting you, son?

  [Vincent is silent] 

  Jacob 'Father' Wells : As if I had to ask.

  Vincent : She's in great turmoil. Don't worry yourself about me, Father.

  Jacob 'Father' Wells : I sometimes feel, uh... that I'm standing on the bank of a raging river, watching you try to swim across. How can I not worry? I'd be a fool. And yet, Vincent, at the same time, I have to marvel at your courage.

  Vincent : Catherine swims across that river, as well. She faces the same dangers, shows the same courage. And in many ways, the toll on her is even greater.

  Jacob 'Father' Wells : You really think that's so?

  Vincent : On her side of the river, there is no one standing on the bank watching. On her side of the river, there is no one praying for a safe passage. On her side of the river, Father, there is no one but Catherine.

  Jacob 'Father' Wells : Then I shall stand watch... and pray for both of you.