Papillon
Papillon

Clusiot: You're Louis Dega. I'm Clusiot. How come you ended up in a place like this?
Dega: Favouritism.

Papillon
Papillon

Dega: Well, it now seems quite possible that until we get to a decent jail with bribeable guards, I may stand in some need of... rather close physical protection.
Papillon: That depends on how long you want to live.
Dega: For a long time.
Papillon: Then you got a problem.
Dega: Well, I

presume that you have some, uh, goals, some particular need that outrates all the others. I mean, if so... may I aslk what it is?
Papillon: Money!
Dega: For what?
Papillon: Escape.
Dega: Very good. You keep me alive until we land in Guyana, and I'll underwrite any escape you care to arrange.

Papillon: Escape for me, not for us!
Dega: Oh, of course. I, I, I...
[laughs]
Dega: . I have no intention, uh, of even attempting to escape - ever!
Papillon: Done!

Papillon
Papillon

Maturette: We all have sensitive spots.

Papillon
Papillon

Sergeant: Darkness does wonders for a bad memory.

Papillon
Papillon

Papillon: If your wife was here and you were in Paris with all of that money how much would you pay to get her back?
Dega: Everything I have.
Papillon: And how much would she pay to get you back?

Papillon
Papillon

Warden Barrot: Forget France and put your clothes on.

Papillon
Papillon

Dega: Do you realize that the first man who carved a wheel out of stone used it as an ornament?

Papillon
Papillon

Warden Barrot: [to Papillon upon his release from solitary confinement after two years following his first escape attempt] Your term is completed.

Papillon
Papillon

Dega: [as Papillon is going to jump from the cliff to escape] You'll be killed. You know that?
Papillon: Maybe.