- Mort Rifkin: Nobody wants to die. Not even for love.
- Jo Rojas: You wouldn't die for love?
- Mort Rifkin: I'd frankly prefer not to die for anything. And that includes sickness, old age or choking on a bagel.
- [Death from "The Seventh Seal" appears on the beach Mort is walking]
- Mort Rifkin: Why are you here?
- Death: To have our final chess game.
- Mort Rifkin: I don't have a chess set.
- Death: [approaching Mort] I never leave home without mine.
- Mort Rifkin: Why are you suddenly being so kind? You're usually ruthless.
- Death: I'm not ruthless, I'm indifferent. I just hate to see a poor schmuck ruin his life over the inevitable.