- Andreani: You make him infallible. You have an old passion; the need to obey.
- Alfredo Gaspar: Passion to obey?
- Andreani: To be a subordinate.
- Liudas: You have to forget the bad things. Do you like to forget?
- Alfredo Gaspar: You can't always.
- Liudas: You have to learn to forget, or nothing's okay.
- Alfredo Gaspar: I got into journalism expecting a life of adventure. To visit many countries, to talk to heads of state, to write about the customs of unknown people, to be a man of the books - of the novels. To be a hero.
- Susana: Are you bored with me?
- Alfredo Gaspar: No, why?
- Susana: You are serious, sad.
- Alfredo Gaspar: It's not that, Susana. It's my problem. Sometimes I think my life is worthless. I don't do anything important. I'm 32 and I haven't found anything worth working for. Something or somebody. I can't keep on like this for much longer. You understand, Susana?
- [Susana yawns]
- Liudas: In Paris, there are fools. In Berlin, there are fools. In Buenos Aires, there are fools! It's sad, but it's a fact.
- Esther: Do you like my new hairdo?
- Alfredo Gaspar: It makes you look like a femme fatale.
- Esther: Dirty old man.
- [sticks out her tongue]
- Liudas: People believe that a reporter's card is a magic wand. With the card, you get anywhere. Actresses, theaters, dressing rooms. Women say nice things because you've got a card.
- Liudas: Didn't I say the academy would be a success? We will do it in a - jiffy. And most importantly, is that the checks arrived, Gasper. Checks! Fools believe, fools pay!
- Liudas: So many books! And so many records! Beethoven, Stravinsky, Prokofiev. You've got a lot to listen to. "The Moldau"! Can I play it?
- Alfredo Gaspar: You must be careful with that kind of woman. They are always lying - especially to young boys like you.
- Liudas: I'm going to bring my wife and my two kids.
- Alfredo Gaspar: You didn't tell me you had a family.
- Liudas: We had to talk about more important things.