The Journey

Diana Ashmore:
[Dancing with the Major] You're drunk!

Major Surov:
Yes, I am. And it's marvelous! Half my life I've been a soldier. Five campaigns, four scars, a shattered hip. And all that time, the Army's been my wife. A mean, old, possessive, insatiable, glorious b*tch! And tonight I am cheating on her. And it's wonderful. Like picking flowers on a battlefield!

Major Surov:
Anything goes when people meet for the last time.

Diana Ashmore:
What do you mean?

Major Surov:
Go to any railway station - that's what I mean. You'll see people doing things they'd never do, ordinarily. They kiss, they cry, they wave. That's the sickness of our time: people waving... Nobody waves back.

Paul Kedes:
What does an honest man do in a dishonest situation?