- Father Rank: Well you've done the right thing for her, Scobie.
- Harry Scobie: Oh, I hope so, Father. You see I feel responsible for what Louise has... for what she's become.
- Father Rank: Don't develop too strong a sense of responsibility, will you?
- Harry Scobie: Can one?
- Father Rank: God may like to be a part of it, you know.
- Harry Scobie: You're not a bad chap, but goodbye.
- Yusef: You're wrong Mr Scobie. I am a bad chap. My friendship for you is the only good thing in this black heart. I cannot give it up.
- Father Rank: Sometimes I don't think I'm a working man at all.
- Harry Scobie: No-one works harder than you do, Father.
- Father Rank: The dying, that's all I'm here for. They send for me when they're dying. I've never been much use to the living, Scobie.
- Harry Scobie: Come up and have a drink.
- Wilson: Another time, if I may, sir.
- Harry Scobie: I've told you before, you're not a policeman. You don't have to "sir" me you know?
- Wilson: Sorry - I do it instinctively.
- Harry Scobie: Silly of you.