- Sister Molly Finnister: I'm not who you want me to be. Well, I'll tell you, friend. I'm not who anyone wants me to be. I am only who I am and that woman needs you--needs you--to leave her in peace.
- Dottie Minter: But this is a gangster you're talking about.
- Lewis Michener: He's a Jew.
- Dottie Minter: You'd better hope he's a good Jew.
- Benny Berman: Amigo. That is a name which should never escape your lips with such felicity. There is no Mr. L. There is you, and there is me, and if you continue to waste my time, there won't be you much longer.
- Benny Berman: And this is what we're to converse about, you and me?
- Lewis Michener: You and I.
- Benny Berman: You and me.
- Lewis Michener: You and I.
- Benny Berman: Hey, Jane Austen, shut the fuck up.