“I am giving you my whole life OK? I got nothing larger to give, I'm...” – Jesse, Before Midnight ... Movie Quotes Database

Jesse

I am giving you my whole life OK? I got nothing larger to give, I'm not giving it to anybody else. If you're looking for permission to disqualify me, I'm not gonna give it to you. OK? I love you. And I'm not in conflict about it. OK? But if what you want is like a laundry list of all the things that piss me off, I can give it to you.

Céline

Yeah, I want to hear.

Jesse

Okay well, number 1, you're **** nuts! You are. Good luck! Find somebody else to put up with your shit for more than like 6 months, okay? But I accept the whole package, the crazy and the brilliant. I know you're not gonna change and I don't want you to. It's called accepting you for being you.

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