Quills (2000)

Jane Menelaus: Renee Pelagie

Quotes 

• Renee Pelagie : Desperation has driven me past etiquette, all the way to frenzy.

  Dr. Royer-Collard : My schedule is not subject to the whim of lunatics.

  Renee Pelagie : I beg to differ, you work in a madhouse. Your every waking moment is governed by the insane.

• Renee Pelagie : If you cure him, I mean really cure him, harness the beast that rages in his soul.

• Renee Pelagie : Can I impart to you his cruellest trick.

  Dr. Royer-Collard : Of course.

  Renee Pelagie : Once, long ago in the folly of youth, he made me love him.

• Renee Pelagie : I've brought you chocolate pastilles.

  Marquis de Sade : Filled with cream, yes?

  [advancing on Renee] 

  Marquis de Sade : You know I shan't touch them unless they're positively bursting - erupting - with cream.