- Andre Delambre: [about the cat killed by the transporter] She disintegrated perfectly, but never reappeared.
- Helene Delambre: Where's she gone?
- Andre Delambre: Into space... a stream of cat atoms...
- [sighs]
- Andre Delambre: It'd be funny if life weren't so sacred.
- François Delambre: No, Helene and Andre believed in the sacredness of life. They wouldn't harm anything... not even a fly.
- Helene Delambre: André wants to show you something.
- François Delambre: In the lab? Well, what is it? Flat screen?
- Helene Delambre: It's better. No more questions. Come on.
- François Delambre: You've commited murder just as much as Helene did. You killed a fly with a human head. She killed a human with a fly head.
- Insp. Charas: He put his head and his arm under the press. Why?
- Helene Delambre: I cannot answer that question; coffee, Inspector?
- [to his nephew Philippe, regarding Philippe's father Andre's death]
- François Delambre: He was searching for the truth. He almost found a great truth, but for one instant, he was careless. The search for the truth is the most important work in the whole world and the most dangerous.
- Andre Delambre: Help me! Please, help meeeeeee! No! Go away! No! Please! Help me! Please, go away! Go away! No! No! No! No!