Jessica Jones quotes from Jessica Jones

[about Jessica] She was the strangest tomboy. She wore princess dresses with high tops.

Kilgrave

Really? I can't get her to wear a dress for the life of me.

Jessica

I'll wear one to your funeral.

Kilgrave

What a waste of energy.

Jessica

Was it? You just saved four lives.

Kilgrave

Which part of staying in five-star hotels, eating in all the best places, doing whatever the hell you wanted, is rape?

Jessica

The part where I didn’t want to do any of it! Not only did you physically rape me, but you violated every cell in my body and every thought in my goddamn head!

Kilgrave

That’s not what I was trying to do.

Jessica

It doesn’t matter what you were trying to do. You raped me, again and again and again.

Kilgrave

How was I supposed to know?! Huh?! I never know if someone is doing what they want or what I tell them to!

Jessica

Oh, poor you.

Kilgrave

You have no idea, do you? I have to painstakingly choose every word I say! I once told a man to go screw himself. Can you even imagine?

Jessica

Jesus...

Kilgrave

I didn’t have this. A home, loving parents, a family.

Jessica

You blame bad parenting? My parents died! You don’t see me raping anyone!

Kilgrave

I hate that word.

Jessica

You're not a hero. You're a murderer, Kevin.

Kilgrave

Shut up.

Jessica

Go ahead, command me again. That's a hermetically sealed room... Kevin.

Kilgrave

Kevin died in that lab.

Jessica

Granted, it is a mundane name, but "Kilgrave"? Talk about obvious. Was "murdercorpse" already taken?

Jeri

What if he kills you?

Jessica

Well, then we'll have proof, won't we?

Jessica

Don't look at him, don't talk to him, and don't listen to him.

Jeri

Or he'll mind control me.

Jessica

No, because he's an asshole. His powers don't work through a mic, so you'd have to go in the room. Don't do that, either.

Jessica

You think I won't kill you because some strangers might stab themselves?

Kilgrave

Uh, poison, actually, but no. It's because you want what I have.

Jessica

A stupid name and a death wish?

Kilgrave

I have Hope. The person, not the feeling. Well, the feeling, too. I'm a hopeful man.

Jessica... kill him now.

Jessica

We had a deal.

Kilgrave

"Abandon Hope, all ye who enter here." That's the words written on the doorway to hell.

Kill him or he'll keep hurting people!

Kilgrave

Let me handle this. [to Hope] She'll never kill me. Despite her calloused, hard-bitten, and frankly poorly styled facade, despite her several problems she still hopes that, at her core, she might just be a hero. But only if she can save you. The ultimate innocent victim.

Trish

What if he took someone you love? Would you let 'em die?

Jessica

[sighs] Lucky me, I don't have too many of those.

Luke

So what's your theory?

Jessica

He's trying to increase his power so he can control me.

Luke

So, how does he get it?

Jessica

I don't know, but he's keeping his dad alive for some reason.

Luke

Maybe Kilgrave thinks Albert can improve upon his original work.

Jessica

You can't improve on an asshole by making it bigger.

[wanting to patch the cut on Jessica's leg] Take your pants off.

Jessica

I usually take a bit more romancing.

Don't we all?

Trish

We should have a codeword. If you say it, you're still you. Something you would never say. Like "pickle juice" or "sardines."

Jessica

Or "I love you."

Trish

[pause] Yeah. That'll work.

Kilgrave

We're leaving. If Patsy or I ever hear from you, or see you, see anyone who looks like you, she will slit her own throat. It's the ultimate contingency. [to Trish] Kiss me. Mean it. [she gives him a hearty kiss; Jessica watches, close to tears] Oh God, it's true, isn't it? You would let me take your beloved sister. [starts walking towards Jessica] My God. It's finally over. You're mine now. No more fighting, no more-- no more of these ugly displays! You'll be with me now! Look, after a while, however long it takes, I know, I know you will feel what I feel. Let's start with a smile. [Jessica does so. Kilgrave laughs in triumph; he talks in her ear] Tell me you love me.

Jessica

[while making eye contact with Trish] I love you. [turns to Kilgrave, grabs him by the face] Smile! [snaps his neck, killing him instantly]

Malcolm

Well, I say we find the adopted son.

Jessica

Nope.

Malcolm

We can afford to take a pro bono case.

Jessica

That will just attract more sob stories and nut jobs.

Malcolm

Meaning people in pain who actually need our help.

Jessica

Let it get personal and the whole case goes to shit. A good PI needs objectivity. Take the case. Take the clues. Take the cash. [Malcolm chuckles] What are you doing?

Malcolm

I'm writing that down. It was pithy.

Jessica

That wasn't a lesson.

Malcolm

Of course, because why would you help me get better at my job?

Jessica

It's my job.

Malcolm

So fire me for trying to build something with you.

Jessica

I keep trying to fire you, you keep not being fired. Why is that?

Pryce Cheng

I never take no for an answer.

Jessica

How rapey of you.