- Adolphe: [to his father who wants to exile Ellénore, for separate her from Adolphe] Believing to move away me from her, you could bind me her forever.
- Ellénore: [talking to Adolphe about her adolescence] My only friends was my novel's heroines. They always found the strenght to give up. For to give up, it was necessary that I start by falling in love. It's what I did, I was sixteen. Except that I didn't have the strenght to give up.