- Larry Ballentine: [referring to Verna] She looked like a very special kind of dynamite, neatly wrapped in nylon and silk. Only I wasn't having any. I'd been too close to one explosion already. I was powder shy.
- Larry Ballentine: [Greta is helping Larry pack a suitcase] I guess I'd better tell you, Greta. This is more than just a trip to Montreal.
- Greta Ballentine: I know.
- Larry Ballentine: I'm leaving... for good.
- Greta Ballentine: [continues packing, unfazed by Larry's revelation] Did you remember to pack your gold cuff links?
- Cahill: Mr. Ballentine, you're the defendant in this case, are you not?
- Larry Ballentine: I am.
- Cahill: Charged with the brutal murder of Verna Carlson.
- Larry Ballentine: That's right.
- Cahill: Are you willing to describe for the jury - to describe truthfully - the events which led to the placement of that charge?
- Larry Ballentine: I certainly am.
- Cahill: To the jury, please.
- Larry Ballentine: You were a good sport about that, Greta.
- Greta Ballentine: Maybe that's my trouble. To be a good sport you always have to lose.