Quills (2000)
Michael Caine: Royer-Collard
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Quotes
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Renee Pelagie : Desperation has driven me past etiquette, all the way to frenzy.
Dr. Royer-Collard : My schedule is not subject to the whim of lunatics.
Renee Pelagie : I beg to differ, you work in a madhouse. Your every waking moment is governed by the insane.
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Dr. Royer-Collard : We produce books for the discriminating collector. The compulsive inmates set the type, the listless ones do the binding and prepare the ink.
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Dr. Royer-Collard : I won't sully my hands with him.
Marquis de Sade : Nor should you. That's the first rule of politics, isn't it? The man who orders the execution never drops the blade.
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Royer-Collard : If you're going to martyr yourself Abbe, do it for God, not the chambermaid.
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Renee Pelagie : Can I impart to you his cruellest trick.
Dr. Royer-Collard : Of course.
Renee Pelagie : Once, long ago in the folly of youth, he made me love him.
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Royer-Collard : You prefer a book to your husband's company? Well no wonder, I'm only flesh and blood - that's no match for the printed page!
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Dr. Royer-Collard : Some men are beyond redemption.
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Dr. Royer-Collard : You know how I define idealism, Monsieur Delbenet? Youth's final luxury.
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Royer-Collard : Take this beast back to his cage!
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Royer-Collard : Will you sleep soundly tonight?
Coulmier : No. Put frankly, I never expect to sleep again.
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[Royer-Collard taking the new Abbe for a tour around, and introduces him his predecessor]
Royer-Collard : Prone to violence and perversions.