Some people would think constant sarcasm and hurtful words are the true testament of love... Maybe in Liza and Adam's case, they are. Tad and Liza are another story. In fighting, they always go for the jugular, as seen in the following lines...
"I hope Nurse Marsh knows what she’s gotten herself into. Why don’t you run upstairs and promise her forever? Maybe you can even invent a few lines you haven’t said before. Pepper them with wit, and she’ll be right there for you. You can promise to be the true and loyal fiancé and then graduate to the true and loyal husband. But then one day you'll look up and there'll be a fantasy in black heels, forbidden fruit in a power suit. And no matter how much you love Gloria, one late, ordinary night Florence Nightingale is going to be doing the late shift and you are going to step up to bat, and the rest we all know about. One more free fall from grace. How many does that make? Gee, I think I’ve lost count. One more tortured female soul cuts her teeth in loving Tad Martin. Kick in the heart when the laughter stops. I’ll tell you what. I’ll toast then. I’ll toast when you’re exactly where I am at right now. Look at me because I’m nowhere."
-- Liza to Tad, 1997
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"Liza, Liza, Liza. It's me you're talking to. It's Tad. I've known you too long. And I'm sorry, but from everything I've ever seen, I don’t think you're capable of loving someone."
-- Tad to Liza, 1997
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Liza: "What can I say? He left his heart in San Francisco? I will tell you this, though. Your opinion matters to him. Be a gentleman and wish us well."
Tad: "And if I can't?"
Liza: "Then don't hold out hope because your opinion doesn't matter that much."
Tad: "It will never work with Jake. I know it and deep down you know it, too."
-- Exchanged 1997. . . And for once, I was glad to hear Tad as a voice of reason!
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"Don't you dare judge me or my parents. I will take my gene pool over of the swamp that Opal and Ray came out of any day of the week."
-- Liza to Tad, 1997
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"It's not gonna happen, Liza. You and me's just not in the cards. No matter how many negligees you put on, no matter how much perfume you wear, no matter how good you look -- I'm not gonna make love to you again."
-- Liza to Tad, 1996
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If anyone has any other lines where Liza and Tad were less than civil to each other, please e-mail me at
tad_n_liza_never@hotmail.com