“The bank, Mr. Van Buren, is trying to kill me, but I will kill it.”

“Eli Willard just looked at her for a long moment, and then he announced, 'Lady of the Lake strikes iceberg in mid-Atlantic; 215 drown. New York City fire destroys 700 buildings. Japanese earthquake kills 12,000. Worldwide cholera epidemic kills millions. Wages rise, but prices rise faster. Financial crash occurs on Van Buren's 36th day in office. Nation begins first great depression. Bank failures and closings spread like plague. 200,000 are unemployed. Business bankrupt; only pawnbrokers prosper. Van Buren declares ten-hour days on all federal jobs. There. Does that make you feel any better?”

“Je kon brood krijgen van de Liefdadigheid, een boterham van je buren, maar niks smaakte zo goed als een kruimel uit de hand van een familielid.”

“I got out of the elevator and confronted Mr. Wexler. “Killing is wrong.” “We kill chickens,” Mr. Wexler said. “We kill cows. We kill trees. So big deal, we kill some drug dealers.”It was hard to argue with that kind of logic because I like cows and chickens and trees much better than drug dealers.”

“I want to kiss you so very badly, Rose. But I can't. And its killing me"-Mr. Stone”

“Fanny! You are killing me!""No man dies of love but on the stage, Mr. Crawford.”