- General Jouvet: How these Spanish love their moment of truth - to drench the ground with their blood - to die. Why?
- Sermaine: Probably because it is their ground, General.
- Miguel: In Ávila there is a general in Napoleon's army. General Henri Jouvet. His uniforms are beautiful. His wine comes from France, and his women from Morocco.
- Juana: Captain, I have an idea you'd like to act more like a man than a cold piece of English mutton.
- Juana: My father and brother were sentenced by General Jouvet to be hung. The general admired me. I went to him. He hung them anyway.
- Juana: You are young and brave and strong and handsome. All any woman could desire. And, besides, you're intelligent.
- Juana: For all my life I've been afraid. Nothing ever lasts. I'm afraid that tonight is just a dream and it won't last.
- Miguel: All right. Do you want me to tell you how it will be done? Do you want a miracle? There are no miracles. Only the gun.