Renee Pelagie Quotes in Quills (2000)

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.

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.

Renee Pelagie: If you cure him, I mean really cure him, harness the beast that rages in his soul.

Renee Pelagie: I've brought you chocolate pastilles.

Marquis de Sade: Filled with cream, yes?

[advancing on Renee]

Marquis de Sade: You know I shan't touch them unless they're positively bursting - erupting - with cream.