"[reading from the notes she found in Almásy's book] The neck of K can never be something, not in my mind. And K's clothes always at ease on her. Does he notice? What is the significance of Betrayal? Does K bother with a moral Labyrinth - K's debate - does she debate?"

"[to Almásy] This a different world is what I tell myself; a different life. And here, I'm a different wife."

"[to Almásy] A woman should never learn to sew, and if she can she shouldn't admit to it."

"[to Almásy] You still have sand in your hair."

"[to Almásy] Yes is a comfort. Absolutely is not."

"[to Almásy] Am I a terrible coward to ask how much water we have?"

"[to Hana] In that case, I suppose we can't charge."

"I'm not one of the walking wounded. It's only one night. Besides, if I remain it's the most effective method of persuading my husband to abandon whatever he's doing and come and rescue us."

"[to Almásy] And that would be unconscionable, I suppose, to feel any obligation? Yes. Of course it would."

"[to Almásy] I've been thinking - how does someone like you decide to come to the desert?"

"[reading Almásy's note on the Christmas firecracker] Dec. 22nd [1938] - Betrayals during war are childlike compared with our betrayals during peace. New lovers are nervous and tender, but smash everything. For the heart is an organ of fire. For the heart is an organ of fire - I love that. I believe that."

"There's a war. Where you come from becomes important."

"[to Almásy] It's raining."

"I must be a curse. Anybody who loves me, anybody who gets close to me...or I must be cursed. Which is it?"

"[last words; to Hana] Read to me will you? Read me to sleep."

"[singing the tune of "It's Only a Paper Moon" (by Harold Arlen, Billy Rose, and E.Y. Harburg)] It wouldn't be make believe if you believed in me."

"[to Caravaggio] I have come to love that little tap of the fingernail against the syringe. Tap...Tap...Tap."

"[to Kip] Hana was just telling me that you were indifferent...to her cooking."

"[to Hana] Condensed milk - one of the truly great inventions."

"[to Almásy] This is not very good is it?"

"[to Hana] K is for Katherine."

"[to Katherine] Every night I cut out my heart. But in the morning it was full again."

"The International Sand Club: misfits, buggers, fascists, and fools - God bless us every one. Oops! mustn't say international - dirty word, filthy word."

"[to Caravaggio] No...I was never a spy. [to Caravaggio]"

"[to Caravaggio] Thousands of people did die. Just different people."

"[upon seeing Katherine in the plane wreckage] Katherine? My God, Katherine what are you doing here?"

"[to Katherine] I'm not agreeing. Don't think I'm agreeing, because I'm not."

"[to Hana] I long for the rain on my face."

"[to Katherine] Maddox knows I think - he keeps talking about Anna Karenina - I think it's his idea of a man to man chat...well it's my idea of a man to man chat."

"[to Katherine] Swoon, They'll catch you."

"[to Katherine] I can still taste you. I try to write with your taste in my mouth."

"[to himself in the Cave of Swimmers] My God...they're swimming. Swimming."

"K at dawn - silhouetted."

"[to Katherine] Mrs. Clifton...I believe you still have my book."

"[to Katherine] Could I ask you, please, to paste your paintings into my book? I should like to have them. I should be honored."

"[to Katherine] Let me tell you about winds. [to Katharine]"

"[to Katherine] I apologize if I appear abrupt. I am rusty at social graces."

"[to Katherine] In a few minutes there'll be no stars - the air is filling with sand."

"[to Katherine] We planned badly."

"[to Katherine] There's really no need. This is just a scrapbook. They are too good. I should feel obliged. Thank you."

"[to Katherine] I once traveled with a guide who was taking me to Faya. He didn't speak for nine hours. At the end of it he pointed to the horizon and said, Faya! That was a good day."

"Its probably none of my business - your wife...do you think it is appropriate to leave her?"

"I think I was a pilot."