- Nelly: [In a fancy restaurant] There are more waiters than customers here.
- Monsieur Arnaud: That explains the prices. You saved my life,
- [by giving him a back massage]
- Monsieur Arnaud: so that ruled out McDonald's.
- Monsieur Arnaud: We struck it rich in real estate, making Paris ugly.
- Monsieur Arnaud: You reach an age when you read the same few books over and over.
- Monsieur Arnaud: Marry an old man like me and you'll have liberty, security, and austerity.
- [To Nelly, as he hands her the conclusion of his manuscript]
- Arnaud: Here's the end. Read it, make cuts, but spare the sentences I like. You'll recognize them. They're underlined.