- Teddy: There's a... scale I know you're all rating me on, and now you've got me rating myself on it too. A scale for belonging. I'm... living based on where I stand on this fake fucking scale because I'm obsessed with the lot of ya. I'm terrified of each of ya. I'm in agony that I don't size up to any of ya because you're all the standard of the kind of man I got to appear to be.
- Suze: Hey, do you mind telling me if you know a guy named Teddy? Usually wears a leather jacket with the words "Young Gents" on the back.
- Lois: Is that your husband?
- Suze: [Thinks about it] Yeah, he is.
- Lois: Does he know you're a butchie?
- Suze: [huffs a chuckle] I'm not though. Heh. Yeah.
- Lois: So what'd your husband do to have you chasing him down here? Unless down here is the reason why you're chasing him.
- Suze: This constant desire to couple. It's so strong. It's like constant companionship. And then you forget your, the self, you know? Couple up to forget about the condition of being human and all the pains, plus how damn difficult it is to survive.
- Lois: Hmm...
- Suze: My husband, uh, Teddy, he's been so gentle with me, even when I wanted to be rough with him. How am I ever gonna give it to him the way he wants to get it?
- [Lois smokes her cigarette looking uncomfortable. Suze looks at the man sitting behind her]
- Suze: I'm gonna ask him.
- Lois: Hey, are you writing a book here? Take a quick peek around, Warden. None of these Joe Does want to talk to you. They don't even like gals. And they're not here to flirt!
- [storms away]
- Teddy: Caught ya.
- Arthur: I, um, I caught you. Following me.
- Teddy: Following her. That bunny lives to hop.
- Arthur: [chuckles nervously] Yeah. She thinks she's the bug dick solving some kind of great whatsit.
- Teddy: Yeah, white hot thrills. Well, I don't got her keys, though I do have her man.
- [grabs Arthur by his shirt, pulls him closer to him]
- Arthur: Um, what y'all did to that girl was deranged.
- Teddy: What's "dee-ranged"?
- Arthur: It's, it's like whacko.
- Teddy: Like unzipped. Say, wanna lose control?
- [he unbuckles Arthur's belt]
- Arthur: I'm, I'm, um, I'm, I'm not in control.
- Teddy: You know, there's playing it cool
- [slips his hand into Arthur's pants]
- Teddy: and then there's just... being... cool.
- Arthur: Yeah. Um, I, I play the clarinet.
- Teddy: Play me. Play with me. See how I wail.
- Arthur: Who made you? Angel... or devil?
- Teddy: You gotta draw a line.
- [strokes Arthur's face]
- Teddy: So you know where the line is... when you cross it. You ever crossed it Bean? Maybe with one of those boys in your band?
- Arthur: [eyes closed] No, um... I never gave them a second thought.
- Teddy: [whispering] You ever given them a first thought?
- Arthur: [eyes widening] Teddy, angel, you don't have to be a killer.
- Teddy: At least I'm not an artist stiff.
- Arthur: I am stiff.
- Teddy: [smiling] You could be my favorite.
- Arthur: 'Favorite,' favorite?
- [takes Teddy's hat off of his head, put it on himself as they embrace]
- Suze: If I was a man I'd buy a leather jacket, nice and tough.
- Ida: Well I am definitely a woman and I certainly enjoy it. I especially enjoy female friendships. All that flattery and flirting, gushes of lies and lovely words that don't mean a thing. Thrilling sport.
- Suze: I mean what I say to you.
- Ida: When?
- Ida: We're smart. We like to get off. Don't gotta mince it whimper or hop around in high heeled shoes to get our way. We're choice.
- Suze: I should want a more important job than making Arthur happy.
- Ida: Your importance to Arthur has far more to do with how much you can hurt him then how happy you can make him.
- Suze: What is our marriage then? A strange sort of friendship that started out with a few sexual... privilege?
- Ida: [contemplative] Yeah. That's marriage.
- Suze: Well I'm through being sexy.
- Ida: Ugh. How long can anyone be sexy for anyway? Even men. Although they'll always have debonair. We'll never have debonair.