Tuck Everlasting Quotes
Jesse: Do you remember when I told you that I was 104 years old? [Winnie nods]
Jesse: Well... it's the honest truth. [Winnie looks confused]
Jesse: I'm gonna live forever. I'm never gonna change. The same with Miles and Tuck and Mae. Something happened to us. I mean, as far as I know, I... I'm gonna be 17 until the end of the world. It's the spring, Winnie. Something's wrong with it. It stops you right where you are, if you'd had a drink of it today, you'd stay just like you are... [Both hear a rustling noise. They turn around to see Miles]
Miles: Don't you wish he'd told you... before you kissed him? Did he tell you that immortality isn't all the preachers crack it up to be?
Jesse: Hey, leave her alone, Miles!
Miles: Well, now, you wanted her to hear it Jesse-boy. She's the first person you want to tell the truth to.
Jesse: You just don't want me to have what you lost.
Winnie: Stop this... both of you. Tell me... the truth... I wanna know.
Miles: [Miles nods and walks over towards Jesse and Winnie] We all had a drink. Except for the cat, and that's important. [the rest of the monologue is told in flashbacks of what Miles is saying]
Miles: The water tasted like... heaven. It floated over your tongue like a cloud. Tuck carved a T in the trunk and we moved on west to find a place to settle down. We put up a house for Mae and Tuck and a little shed for Jesse and me. That was the first time we figured there was something... peculiar. Jesse fell thirty feet and landed on is neck. He was up on his feet before Mae could work up a good cry. Didn't hurt him a bit, no broken bones... nothing. But that's not all... not by a long shot. Things began to happen. Some brush-poppers mistook Mae's
Jesse: Well... it's the honest truth. [Winnie looks confused]
Jesse: I'm gonna live forever. I'm never gonna change. The same with Miles and Tuck and Mae. Something happened to us. I mean, as far as I know, I... I'm gonna be 17 until the end of the world. It's the spring, Winnie. Something's wrong with it. It stops you right where you are, if you'd had a drink of it today, you'd stay just like you are... [Both hear a rustling noise. They turn around to see Miles]
Miles: Don't you wish he'd told you... before you kissed him? Did he tell you that immortality isn't all the preachers crack it up to be?
Jesse: Hey, leave her alone, Miles!
Miles: Well, now, you wanted her to hear it Jesse-boy. She's the first person you want to tell the truth to.
Jesse: You just don't want me to have what you lost.
Winnie: Stop this... both of you. Tell me... the truth... I wanna know.
Miles: [Miles nods and walks over towards Jesse and Winnie] We all had a drink. Except for the cat, and that's important. [the rest of the monologue is told in flashbacks of what Miles is saying]
Miles: The water tasted like... heaven. It floated over your tongue like a cloud. Tuck carved a T in the trunk and we moved on west to find a place to settle down. We put up a house for Mae and Tuck and a little shed for Jesse and me. That was the first time we figured there was something... peculiar. Jesse fell thirty feet and landed on is neck. He was up on his feet before Mae could work up a good cry. Didn't hurt him a bit, no broken bones... nothing. But that's not all... not by a long shot. Things began to happen. Some brush-poppers mistook Mae's
Movie: Tuck Everlasting
Jesse: You shouldn't be in these parts of the woods. It's best you turn around and go home. [pause]
Jesse: Well, go on now, get!
Winnie: Excuse me, but I own these woods and I'll go on an get when I want to.
Jesse: Well, go on now, get!
Winnie: Excuse me, but I own these woods and I'll go on an get when I want to.
Movie: Tuck Everlasting
Jesse: How am I supposed to take you home when I can't make my feet move from this spot? If I could die tomorrow I would, just so I could spend one more night with you.
Movie: Tuck Everlasting
Mr. Foster: Just... what is your game, sir?
Man in the Yellow Suit: What is my game? You detect in me a playful mood?
Man in the Yellow Suit: What is my game? You detect in me a playful mood?
Movie: Tuck Everlasting