- Palinov: A shrewd man never asks questions until he has gathered enough information to be able to distinguish between lies and truth.
- Marianne Lorress: Havana does look lovely.
- Pete Karczag: It's a way station. The last one. Then the United States.
- Marianne Lorress: Is it everything people dream about?
- Pete Karczag: I don't know. It is what many have dreamed. Others whose dreams have edges too round, colors too bright, they are disappointed.
- Marianne Lorress: Oh, I'm not looking for streets paved with gold. A home, respect, freedom. And neighbors who want the same thing.
- Pete Karczag: Marianne, don't hope for too much.
- Marianne Lorress: I'm just beginning to hope.
- Pete Karczag: Even if things go as you expect, I've been to the United States... a little thing like an accent, a foreign name, it will set you apart. There's always someone who laughs.
- Bellboy: [watching in awe as Marianne, in her glittery cigarette girl dress, ascends a staircase] This girl could sell me cigarettes, and I don't smoke.
- Frank Westlake: Got something for me?
- Lt. Lannahan: That I have. A picture of a dead man, half a thousand dollar bill, some chewing gum, an inhaler, and a lot of questions.
- Lt. Carfagno: In appearance, this Palinov is, señor, he is charming. He is refined, considerate. However, I am certain he is not so considerate toward the laws of the United States.
- Pete Karczag: Particularly those relating to the smuggling in of aliens.
- Lt. Carfagno: I regret we are unable to arrest him for you, but we, like you, we have no laws preventing aliens being taken out of the country.
- Pete Karczag: Are you, too, a Hungarian?
- Palinov: Ah, only when the occasion demands. I'm a Levantine.
- Palinov: I am Palinov - and this is my humble home, my business, my hobby.
- Pete Karczag: I don't think much of it.
- Palinov: I try not to get sentimental. I run a business. The fee for my services is one thousand dollars, payable in advance.
- Marianne Lorress: I haven't the money.
- Palinov: As I say, I *try* not to get sentimental.
- Palinov: One would think I had enough to do running the Gulf Stream Café, but, no, I had to be plagued with a soft heart.
- Pete Karczag: It's hardly noticeable.
- Pete Karczag: If not the most famous, at least the most infamous. What a charming scoundrel he was.
- Palinov: Miss Lorress here is his niece.
- Pete Karczag: The rumors around Budapest about him, and the parties. Nowhere have there been such banquets, such orgies of the gourmet. Do you remember the story about the visiting Princess?
- Cafe Proprietor: Señorita, my costume - take it off.
- Marianne Lorress: What? Here, right now, in the street?
- Pete Karczag: Uh, that little matter we quarreled about?
- Marianne Lorress: Oh? What was it? I seem to have forgotten.
- Pete Karczag: I believe it was your refusal to kiss me good night.
- Marianne Lorress: We could quarrel again.
- Marianne Lorress: I think it's only fair to warn you, Mr. Gombush, you're quite right. I am stubborn, and I do have a temper.
- Pete Karczag: Then I shall take care not to arouse it.
- Pete Karczag: Do you know that this was not a lark, dressing in costume, pretending to be cigarette girl?
- Marianne Lorress: I came here this morning to thank you for your kindness.
- Pete Karczag: Any gentleman would have provided a room for a lady in distress.
- Pete Karczag: You better learn to do as you're told. In my family, the men give the commands, and if they are not obeyed...
- Marianne Lorress: What happens?
- Pete Karczag: A little kindness means a great deal to you.
- Marianne Lorress: Kindness has been a stranger to me for a long time.
- Pete Karczag: Havana can be lonely.
- Marianne Lorress: Surely you can find the company you want.
- Pete Karczag: I have.
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