Meyer Quotes in La chèvre (1981)

Meyer: [explaining to Campana why Perrin should help find Marie Bens] A man like you can't do it; you're normal. But an unlucky guy will slip on the same banana peels she does. *He* can find her.

Meyer: [to Campana, talking about Perrin] He was hired two years ago. I tested him then; I've observed him since. He's phenomenal.

Campana: He looks normal, though.

Meyer: He was a seven-month baby, and guess what happened to his incubator? It broke down.

Campana: I don't believe in bad luck. Bullshit!

Meyer: You heard of Eugene Delacroix, the painter?

Campana: Yes.

Meyer: At three, he was nearly strangled by a curtain cord. Then his mosquito net caught fire; he was badly burned. While he was recovering, he was dropped into some water. By a miracle, he was saved but then he choked on some grapes. That is all absolutely true; Delacroix is an example of incredible bad luck.

Meyer: [to Mr. Bens] Until we have proof she's dead, I won't believe it! She';s had too much bad luck for us to give up hope! She has a fantastic guardian angel! He's had so much work with her that he's an expert! We've got to trust him!

Meyer: Every once in a proverbial blue moon we stumble across an author who may verily change our lives. Someone from we know not where, perhaps even Dante's own paradise, who assembles the words that we must read and hear. None of your scribbler of syntax, but a heavenly scribe with powerful ideas. An absolute and true author. Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you Thomas Carter.