- Thomas Vlassenroot: [gives his gun to Pierre, his hostage] Here, take this gift. I'm too tired to hold it. I'm tired.
- Dominique Servet: Why do you ask so many questions? Just trust me.
- Thomas Vlassenroot: I've learned there are people you shouldn't trust and people you must obey. A traitor or a friend. That's all.
- Amerio: I put pepper on everything. Omelets, oranges, women. My mother put pepper in my bottle. One day, some guys wanted to prank me. They put some pepper in my anisette. I played dumb. I drank it slowly and when they asked what was wrong, I said there wasn't enough pepper.
- Thomas Vlassenroot: Looks pretty tame.
- Amerio: Yeah, he doesn't bite. The other one, she's a real bitch. I would have locked her in there with five or six of her clients. I'm sure that in half an hour, she'd be singing "La Marseillaise" in Egyptian.
- Thomas Vlassenroot: Be careful. Don't be reckless. Getting arrested would open a real can of worms. I'm problematic. No papers, foreigner, deserter, kidnapper, murderer.
- Thomas Vlassenroot: I've been wounded twice. When my friends came to the hospital to see me, if they stayed standing, I thought I was very sick and the doctor must have said not to stay too long. When they sat on chairs, I figured I was sick but nothing too bad. When they sat on the bed, I knew I was okay. When you're ill, you start to think.
- Dominique Servet: [sits on Thomas' bed] Are you okay now?
- Thomas Vlassenroot: I nearly bought a bird when I arrived. I would have given it to you.
- Dominique Servet: What kind?
- Thomas Vlassenroot: A canary. What would you have done if I'd shown up with a canary in a cage?
- Dominique Servet: I would have thanked you.
- Thomas Vlassenroot: If I had been caught, I'd have been the killer with a canary.
- Thomas Vlassenroot: I want to stay alive - and I'm dying! And I know it. All the killing, I don't want anymore. No more! I want to rest. To sleep in my own bed.
- Thomas Vlassenroot: Me, I like life. Kids. Money. The game. Dance. Roses. My mother. I love dogs! Women who smoke. Women who don't. I love living. Period. That's all.