A Matter of Time (1976)

Charles Boyer: Count Sanziani

Quotes 

• Contessa Sanziani : Oh, I thank God for Gabriele d'Orazio. He's given me strength. He's given me life! He's unveiled the sun to me. And when we make love, it's never dark, it's open - and free. To the sound of the sea and the wind.

  Count Sanziani : Really, Lucretia, how can you speak of such things?

  Contessa Sanziani : Because I'm alive. I'm alive!

• Contessa Sanziani : Of course, I knew you'd come.

  Count Sanziani : Someone told me, well, I forget who it was, that you were staying here. That you were not well or very happy. I know 40 years ago I swore never to see you again. But, now - now that we've lived so long.

  Contessa Sanziani : I was expecting you.

  Count Sanziani : Really? Well, I must say, I find that surprising. But, your reactions always surprise me.

  Contessa Sanziani : There is nothing you can say that's going to alter anything. Nothing! I will not come back to live with you.

• Contessa Sanziani : When I tell you that I am miserable - you take me to the theater. When I tell you I intend to be unfaithful - you stroke my cheek and smile. Never a moment of passion! Never - never a burst of jealousy!

  Count Sanziani : All the same, I never forgive you for betraying me with a man older than myself or walking out of our life when - is it possible - here we are still quarreling - when it's all so - unimportant any more.