The Mask of Dimitrios

Colonel Haki:
But to me the most important thing to know about an assassination is not who fired a shot - but who paid for the bullet!

Mr. Peters:
A book is a lovely thing, a garden stocked with beautiful flowers, a magic carpet on which to fly away to unknown climes.

Dimitrios Makropoulos:
Peterson was always too ingenious; and ingenuity is never a substitute for intelligence.

Cornelius Leyden:
He was my friend...No, he wasn't my friend, but he was a nice man!

Cornelius Leyden:
[With sarcasm to Peters] Oh, you're knocking now, sir. Excellent! Excellent!

Mr. Peters:
Mr. Leyden, can I use your paper?

Cornelius Leyden:
[Sarcastically] Why not? You've used everything else!

Mr. Peters:
[Repeated with small variations throughout the story] How little kindness there is in the world today!

Irana Preveza:
[after they inquire about Dimitrios in the nightclub] Get out! [after they begin to rise] Sit down! Do you think I want a scene in here?

Marukakis:
[Sarcastically] If you can explain how I can leave without standing up, I'd be grateful.

Irana Preveza:
[to Leyden] I've known many men, but I've only been afraid of one of them... Dimitrios.

Karel Bulic:
[realizing he's being duped and blackmailed] You dirty spy! [Dimitrios slaps him]

Mr. Peters:
[sardonically, as he has being led away by police] You wanted to write a book. Send me a copy. I'll have lots of time to read it.

Mr. Peters:
What did you think of him?

Cornelius Leyden:
It was Dimitrios all right - ruthless and primitive. I was afraid of him.