- Azur: Doesn't it concern you to have me in your home with my eyes so... pale?
- Jénane: You mean the superstition about blue eyes? Listen, my son. I know two countries, two tongues, two religions; and so what others know, I know twice over. While others may shrink before eyes that are blue, or black cats, I press on, and I WIN! So never mention that miserable nonsense about blue eyes again!
- [last lines]
- Crapoux: Yes, it's the answer for the future. I myself am free, and ready to enter such a union... With a strong woman.