Papillon
Papillon

Papillon: Hey you bastards, I'm still here.

Papillon
Papillon

Dega: Blame is for God and small children.

Papillon
Papillon

[Papillon is contemplating a daring leap from a cliff to escape]
Dega: [the plan] It seems so desperate. You think it will work?
Papillon: Does it matter?

Papillon
Papillon

Judge in Dream: I accuse YOU... of a WASTED LIFE!
Papillon: Guilty... guilty... guilty...

Papillon
Papillon

Dega: A temptation resisted is a true measure of character.

Papillon
Papillon

Toussaint: If you're going to catch leprosy, it's better to catch it from money than from people.

Papillon
Papillon

Papillon: We're something, aren't we? The only animals that shove things up their ass for survival.

Papillon
Papillon

Prisoner: I know you, you're Degas. You're a very intelligent man!
Dega: Thank you. I seem to be known in all the wrong places.

Papillon
Papillon

Toussaint: How did you know I have dry leprosy, that it isn't contagious?
Papillon: I didn't.

Papillon
Papillon

Warden Barrot: Put all hope out of your mind. And masturbate as little as possible, it drains the strength!

Papillon
Papillon

Camp Commandant: Make the best of what we offer you, and you will suffer less than you deserve.

Papillon
Papillon

Dega: If I stay - here in this place -I will die!

Papillon
Papillon

Papillon: [to Dega] Me they can kill... You they own!

Papillon
Papillon

Doctor: [Briefly examining Dega in a prefunctory manner] You're fine. NEXT!
Dega: [Walking away] Must be better than I feel.
Doctor: [Briefly examining Papillon] You're in wonderful shape.
Papillon: How do you fail an examination like this?
Doctor: NEXT!

Papillon
Papillon

Woman: [to Papillon as he is marched aboard ship bound for penal colony] Papillon! Papi! You'll be back, Papillon. Don't worry, you'll be back.
Julot: No, you won't.

Papillon
Papillon

Maturette: I'll do what you ask, on one condition: You keep your money and you take me with you.
Papillon: No.
Maturette: I'm the only one who can get you out of here.
Papillon: You're...
Maturette: I know. I'm a queer, a fairy, a poof, huh? But there's one thing you forgot. You may

have been framed, as you say you were... but I wasn't. Between the two of us... I'm the one who's killed a man, not you.
Papillon: Okay.

Papillon
Papillon

Dega: Remember what the chicken said to the weasel?
Papillon: If he was a healthy weasel, the chicken didn't get a chance to say anything.

Papillon
Papillon

Toussaint: We do a lot of smuggling here. We raid the mainland. We steal boats. When an outsider comes in we generally kill him, as a security measure.
Papillon: That makes sense.
Toussaint: Well... a man of Christian understanding.

Papillon
Papillon

Warden Barrot: Papillon made it to freedom. He lived out the rest of his natural born life. The Penal Colony did not.

Papillon
Papillon

Warden Barrot: [to Papillon upon his release from solitary confinement after five years following his second escape attempt] Your five years in solitary confinement are at an end. You've paid part of your debt to France.