- [as collateral, Diane hands over a book she bought for $500 of Sam's money]
- Sam Malone: [incredulously] God, it really is a book.
- Diane Chambers: It's a book, and a very valuable book. It's a first edition Hemingway.
- Sam Malone: [looks at the cover] 'The Sun Also Rises'. Boy, that's real profound.
- Diane Chambers: I purchased it for five hundred dollars, but I'm sure it's worth a great deal more. It's signed by Ernest Hemingway himself.
- Sam Malone: For five hundred bucks, you'd think Margaux Hemingway'd come over to your house and act it out for you.
- Diane Chambers: Sorry guys, I'm a little distracted tonight.
- Norm Peterson: Oh yeah, you got some problems Diane, or just the usual?
- Diane Chambers: What do you mean 'the usual'?
- Norm Peterson: Ah, you know, just how you usually are?
- Diane Chambers: How am I usually?
- Norm Peterson: So you're distracted, huh?
- Diane Chambers: [after Sam loans her $500] Even so, it was hard to come in here and ask for this given our past physical relationship.
- Sam Malone: Yeah, kind of feels like you should be giving me the money, doesn't it.
- Norm Peterson: All right, I know you guys think Cliff is pretty weird, but I'll say this much for him: he'll probably never reproduce.
- Woody Boyd: Well, I'll tell you something Mr. Clavin, whether you set the record or not, everyone here considers you a winner.
- Carla Tortelli: That's pronounced 'wiener'.
- Diane Chambers: What's taking you so long?
- Sam Malone: Well, ah, I was just thinking...
- Diane Chambers: Say no more.
- Norm Peterson: Hey, you're always giving the Hungry Heifer a bad rap. I don't get it. So, I've had a few bad meals there, but it's the best value in town. Woody, their steaks come by the pound.
- Woody Boyd: Boy, the steaks are that big?
- Carla Tortelli: No, that's where they get them.
- Sam Malone: [about the $500 he leant Diane] What did she spend it on?
- Carla Tortelli: A book.
- Sam Malone: A book.
- Carla Tortelli: A book.
- Sam Malone: One book?
- Carla Tortelli: One single, five hundred dollar book. And it's already been a movie.
- Diane Chambers: Sam, go get it from the safe.
- Sam Malone: Yeah, see, all right, this may take a minute. Ah, the safe's... the combination's kind of complex.
- Diane Chambers: Don't you remember? It's your birthday.
- Sam Malone: It is?! Hell, I should be out there celebrating.
- Diane Chambers: I know what everyone is thinking: Diane Chambers' sensitivities aligned with Hemingway?
- Woody Boyd: Wow, that's really close!