Dr. Royer-Collard If you're going to martyr yourself, do it for God, not the chambermaid.
Played by Michael Caine 
Quills (2000) · 56 quotes
Quills (2000) · 56 quotes
3rd most-quoted character in Quills (2000): in 10 of its 56 quotes
Most scenes with: Madeleine LeClerc (10), Renee Pelagie (2)
Scenes with Dr. Royer-Collard
10 scenes Dr. Royer-Collard 
Desperation has driven me past etiquette, all the way to frenzy.
Dr. Royer-Collard My schedule is not the subject to the whims of lunatics.
I beg to differ, you work in a madhouse. Your every walking moment is governed by the insane.
Can I impart to you his cruelest trick?
Dr. Royer-Collard Of course.
Once, long ago in the folly of youth, he made me love him.
Dr. Royer-Collard You prefer a book to your husband's company? Well no wonder, I'm only flesh and blood - that's no match for the printed page!
Dr. Royer Collard We produce books for the discriminating collector. The compulsive inmates set the type, the listless ones do the binding and prepare the ink.
Dr. Royer-Collard Some men are beyond redemption.
Dr. Royer-Collard You know how I define idealism, Monsieur Delbenet? Youth's final luxury.
Dr. Royer-Collard I won't sully my hands with him.
Nor should you. That's the first rule of politics, isn't it? The man who drops the execution never drops the blade.
Dr. Royer-Collard Take this beast back to his cage!
Dr. Royer-Collard Will you sleep sound tonight?
No. Put frankly, I never expect to sleep again.
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