The me you know and the me you don't know

Lizzie 2021-12-12 08:01:15

The most impressive thing about watching the full movie is not the cute (thinking) love (fear) doll made by the dead mouse, nor the inspirational (silly) aspiration (fork) speech about dreams at the dumb dinner, but the quarrel between Tim and Julie. Those few words that blurted out from time to time.
--J: The you I know would have just said no.
--T: The me that you know did say no. But the me that you don't know had to say yes.
--J: The you I don' t know?
--T: Yes. Look, there's you and the me that you know. And we love each other and we have a wonderful life. But then there's the me you don't know. And the me you don't know has to do things sometimes so that you and the me you know can live in this nice apartment, and eat at nice restaurants and go to Cabo for Christmas. He takes care of us.
--J: You know what? There should not be any you I don't know.
--T: But there is. You might not like him. I din't like him. I hate him! But we need him.
Everyone in life is more or less wearing a mask, like the face of a Sichuan opera, one after another. All we ask is to show the most missed and true side of yourself in front of the people you want to spend your life with.

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Dinner for Schmucks quotes

  • Barry: He slept with Martha at my house! I was under the bed the whole time. What an idiot!

  • Therman: Now tell us, Barry, why did your wife leave? Spit it out of your mouth. Say it. Say it, boy.

    Barry: I lost her clitoris!

    Robin: You lost her clitoris?

    Barry: She got mad because I couldn't find it, and I said 'It's probably in your purse,' because nine times out of 10 when she loses something, that's where they end up.

    Robin: Barry, do you even know what that is?

    Barry: I don't know what half the stuff in her purse is.

    Therman: Don't worry Barry. I found it. It was in her purse. It was in her naughty purse.

    Robin: Wow. Well thank God somebody found it, right?

    Barry: I thought I found it under the couch. Turns out it was just an old piece of chewing gum.