- Victor: [looks at cigarette he had taken out, referring to the Nazi captors] Ohh... let you keep your cigarettes and take away your matches.
- [to Paul]
- Victor: Maybe you can figure out a way to get me a light.
- Father Sebastian: You might use the heat of your... indignation.
- Major Bruhl: [to Paul, referring to Victor, who has been tortured] A few weeks in the infirmary, and he'll be himself again. Well, not quite himself... you see, we amputated his enthusiasm.