“Eh bien ! Oui, c’est mon vice. Déplaire est mon plaisir. J’aime qu’on me haïsse.”

“Oui, je veux être aimé moi-même, ou pas du tout!”

“Ah non ! C'est un peu court jeune hommeOn pourrait dire, O Dieu, bien des choses en sommeEn variant le ton, par exemple, tenez: Agressif: moi monsieur, si j'avais un tel nezIl faudrait sur le champ que je me l'emputasse !Amical: mais il doit tremper dans votre tassePour boire faîtes-vous donc fabriquer un hanap.Descriptif: c'est un roc ! c'est un pic ! c'est un cap !Que dis-je, c'est un cap ? c'est une péninsule !”

“Speak to me...be eloquent, be brilliant for me. Improvise! Rhapsodize!... I ask for cream and you give me milk and water... Please gather your dreams together into words. - Roxanne, Cyrano de Bergerac”

“Proclaim your pride and bitterness loudly to the world, but to me speak softly, and tell me simply that she doesn't love you.”

“You must believe me when I believe, and not when I doubt.”

“ROXANE: Live, for I love you!CYRANO: No, In fairy tales When to the ill-starred Prince the lady says 'I love you!' all his ugliness fades fast-- But I remain the same, up to the last!ROXANE: I have marred your life--I, I!CYRANO: You blessed my life! Never on me had rested woman's love. My mother even could not find me fair: I had no sister; and, when grown a man, I feared the mistress who would mock at me. But I have had your friendship--grace to you A woman's charm has passed across my path.”