- Mauriri Lepau: This Blanchard is a politician, nothing more.
- David Grief: I hate politics.
- Mauriri Lepau: And here I was about to nominate you for governor.
- David Grief: Don't think I couldn't win, man.
- Mauriri Lepau: On a platform of bigger dice, faster horses and no limits in poker!
- David Grief: I could swear I saw all your girls downstairs hard at work.
- Lavinia Timoto: Good.
- David Grief: What did it cost you?
- Lavinia Timoto: I have nothing against unions, especially when the workers are being exploited.
- David Grief: Which, of course, would *never* apply to your girls.
- Lavinia Timoto: I had my own list of demands. In return for the minimum wage, there'd be set hours - none of this come in when you feel like it, leave when you want. No afternoon naps, no socializing with the customers...
- David Grief: Ohhh-ho-ho.
- Lavinia Timoto: And, in the interest of a democratic system, I proposed they pool all their tips and divide them equally. After they all stopped screaming, "Unfair!" we decided things were just fine the way they are.
- David Grief: I had no idea you were such a talented negotiator.
- Lavinia Timoto: You're not the only one with secrets.
- [last lines]
- [discussing David's former lover, Sarah Blanchard]
- David Grief: She was ancient history, Lavinia.
- Lavinia Timoto: She was someone you could make a commitment to.
- David Grief: Then why am I here with you?
- Lavinia Timoto: Then come in closer.
- [Lavinia drags David into her bubble bath and they kiss passionately]