- Charles Forestier: [from trailer]
- Charles Forestier: So what have you been doing all these years?
- Georges Duroy: I only just got out. I'm hoping for a bit of luck in Paris.
- Charles Forestier: You couldn't have come at a better time.Paris is filthy with money, even the whores are getting rich. Why don't come to dinner tomorrow night? Come and meet my wife.
- Charles Forestier: [from trailer]
- Charles Forestier: Georges Duroy, you look terrible. Let me buy you a drink.
- [from trailer]
- Georges Duroy: You're married to Charles?
- Madeleine Forestier: Of course. Charles has told me all about you.
- Madeleine Forestier: You have to understand, I am not like other women. Marriage to me is partnership, a contract between equals. I will not accept authority, jealousy, or questioning my conduct. I insist on being free.