- Illya Kuryakin: Humor is the gadfly on the corpse of tragedy.
- Napoleon Solo: Pushkin?
- Illya Kuryakin: My grandmother.
- Napoleon Solo: Well, we're not dead yet.
- Illya Kuryakin: [through a mouth gag] I'm overcome with awe at your grasp of the situation.
- Ellipsis Zark: There's no more vain creature in the world than one with its name on the cover of a cheap book.