City of Angels Page #4

What? I didn't give you this book.

You didn't?

Where'd you get it?

Hi. I'm a physician, and I think

a patient left that in my office.

- Can you tell me who checked it out?

- I can't tell you who.

I can tell you when.

All right, give me minutes.

Hello, Maggie.

It's nice to see you again.

It's weird to see you again.

Weird is nice.

You like Hemingway?

Yeah, I'm starting to.

May I?

"As I ate the oysters with their

strong taste of the sea...

...and their faint metallic taste...

...as I drank their cold liquid

from each shell...

...and washed it down

with the crisp taste of the wine...

...I lost the empty feeling...

...and began to be happy."

He never forgets to describe

how things taste.

I like that.

Do you come here a lot?

I live here.

What do you do?

Read.

No, I mean, your work.

I'm a messenger.

What kind of messenger?

A bike messenger?

No, I'm a messenger of God.

Got a message for me?

I already gave it to you.

Did you use my pager? I usually don't

get my messages unless you beep me.

You've definitely been beeped.

- How is Messinger?

- He's good.

The operation went really well.

- It was a good day.

- It was.

Yeah, I didn't kill anybody today.

- You're an excellent doctor.

- How do you know?

I have a feeling.

That's pretty flimsy evidence.

Close your eyes.

It's just for a moment.

What am I doing?

You're touching me.

Touch.

How do you know?

Because I feel it.

You should trust that.

You don't trust it enough.

- Let's go somewhere.

- Where?

I don't care.

What do you want to do?

Anything.

What's that like?

What's it taste like?

Describe it. Like Hemingway.

Well, it tastes like...

...a pear.

You don't know what a pear tastes like?

I don't know what a pear

tastes like to you.

Sweet...

...juicy.

Soft on your tongue.

Grainy...

...like sugary sand that

dissolves in your mouth.

How's that?

It's perfect.

The first time I looked in a microscope,

I knew I wanted to be a doctor.

Okay, let me have your hand.

What for?

We'll take a look at your blood.

Not a possibility.

Men.

I suppose you know a woman's

threshold of pain...

...is times higher than a man's.

Take a look at that.

That's bright.

That's me.

All those cells.

That's all you are.

That and all the space in between.

If this is all you are...

...these cells...

...then when they die, that's the end.

I don't know. I think so.

How do you explain it?

What?

The enduring myth of Heaven.

I used to think that I had it

all figured out.

But you didn't?

No.

Because something happened

in my O.R. and I got...

...this jolt. I got this feeling

that there's something...

...bigger out there. Something bigger

than me, bigger than you, and it...

Does that sound crazy?

No.

I couldn't fix him.

I did everything right...

...and I couldn't fix him.

That's not supposed to happen.

And I...

You cried.

Yeah.

- Why do people cry?

- What do you mean?

I mean, what happens physically?

Tear ducts operate on a normal basis

to lubricate and protect the eye.

When you have an emotion,

they overact and create tears.

Why? Why do they overact?

I don't know.

Maybe emotion becomes so intense...

...your body just can't contain it.

Your mind and your feelings

become too powerful.

Your body weeps.

I have to go.

I got to go. Stay right here.

Don't go anywhere.

Stay right there.

- Get the tube out.

- He can't breathe.

It's because the tube is blocked.

How you feeling?

Ready to hit the waves.

I'm afraid your bodysurfing

days are over.

You got a mean tattoo going there.

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