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Yvette: The truth is nobody here likes you. Even the trees wouldn't grow if they had a choice!
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Jean-Baptiste: At age ten one doesn't know the world needs to be changed.
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Eliane: And I didn't know... I hadn't wanted to see, that she was in love, the way one loves the first time. Nothing would stop her.
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Guy: Give me Le Guen.
L'Admiral: No.
Guy: What will you do with him?
L'Admiral: I'm awaiting orders from Paris.
Guy: Let me question him. What he knows about the communist networks and leaders is of major interest to us.
L'Admiral: Three points, Mr. Asselin. One: Le Guen doesn't talk. He hasn't spoken since his arrest. Not even to my chief of staff - his classmate. Two: If I hand him over to you, he might talk. But I'd rather not. We know your methods. Three: Le Guen is a sailor. His case will be tried by sailors. Any relevant information will be passed along to you.
Guy: Thanks. Another example of Navy-Police cooperation. That's what makes empires great.
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Mme. Minh Tam: You have to forget this man, Lili. I'll never understand French love stories. They're all about madness, fury, suffering... they're similar to our war stories. You know the secret. I've told you already.
Eliane: Yes, I know. Indifference.
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Yvette: Of course you are beautiful, but it is not beautiful to be so beautiful when you have no beauty
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