- Dr. Schifflen: My boy, there are two kinds of men in our profession. Some are gifted with the spark of genius; some of us are... just doctors.
- [walks to the door and opens it, then turns back toward Felix]
- Dr. Schifflen: Felix Klauber, you're more capable than I, but if you don't go through with this operation, I will.
- Jessica: When Felix lost the ghetto, he lost himself. His ideals, he lost his love of life, of work, real work, he lost his his love of people, tender, human people who paid him back with more than money, he lost his soul.