"[to Sylvia] You are everything... everything! You are the first woman on the first day of creation. You are mother, s…"

"[to Emma] A man who agrees to live like this is a finished man, he's nothing but a worm! I don't believe in your aggr…"

"I'm wasting time. I won't manage anything anymore. Once I had ambitions, but maybe I'm losing everything. I forgot ev…"

"Don't be like me. Salvation doesn't lie within four walls. I'm too serious to be an amateur, but not enough to be a p…"

"We must get beyond passions, like a great work of art. In such miraculous harmony. We should love each other outside …"

"[to Emma] The day you understand that you love Marcello more than he does, you'll be happy."

"Come home, I'll make Ravioli! I want to make love!"

"[to Marcello] Stay free, available, like me. Never get married. Never choose. Even in love, it's better to be chosen."

"Le tre grandi evasioni -- fume, bere, letto. [The three great escapes—smoking, drinking, bed.]"

"Valeria Ciangottini - Paola"