Cheers (TV Series)

Let Me Count the Ways (1983)

Shelley Long: Diane Chambers

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• Diane Chambers : She was the only one in my life who was always there. When everybody else was mad at me, she always liked me. When I'd hide when my parents argued, she'd come with me, and whenever I was sick, she never left my bed until I was well again. And then when I was twelve years old, my parents separated. It was maybe the worst night of my life. Believe it or not, I actually thought about throwing myself in the lake. But then I looked down at this cat in my lap and I thought, Who would take care of Elizabeth? She saved my life that night. And I know it's crazy and it's irrational, but...

  [voice breaking] 

  Diane Chambers : Oh Sam, I can't help thinking that last night when her time came she must've wondered where I was.

  [Sam sniffs] 

  Diane Chambers : Sam, you're crying.

  Sam Malone : No I'm not.

  Diane Chambers : Yes you are.

  Sam Malone : No, I'm allergic to cat stories.