Philippe Pozzo di Borgo

— Sorry to bring this back, but I'm really curious about the ear thing. So if you have red ears, it means you're turned on?
— That's it. Sometimes I even wake up with hard lobes.

The pain sometimes goes away, but the thoughts are still here.

— She spent 6 months reading your goddamn poems. And she likes it. She's weird, don't worry. I'm sure she doesn't give a damn about the chair.
— That's true.
— Plus guys from the north drink so much they're all beating their ladies. She'll see there's no risk with you.
— Jerk.

— No. Please. No. No. No.
— Nein! Nein is what you mean.
— I'm not ok with that.
— Philippe, ach.
— So I'm your toy now. You know you're mental right? You have to get help.
— Don't you feel like invading countries right now?

— "Tom and Jerry," right?
— "Tom and Jerry." What a jerk. Someone help me. A masterpiece.

— Didn't you have a blast on the phone?
— I did.
— Is that all?
— I had a fucking blast.

I might be naive, but I still hope I have something more than my bank account.

— What was that?
— Nothing. Just a hole in the cabin.
— Philippe, tell me if something's wrong.
— It was very nice knowing you.

— You know guys from the suburbs have no mercy.
— That’s what I want. No mercy.

— Tell me, Driss, why do you think people are interested in art?
— I don’t know, it’s a business?
— No. That’s because it’s the only thing one leaves behind.

— So, Philippe. I'm not staying for lunch.
— Why?
— I'm not leaving you alone. You just happen to have a date.
— A date? What do you mean?
— Don't freak out. It'll be fine. Only this time you can't flee.

— It's intellectual. Emotional. It comes before the physical relationship for me.
— Intellectual alright, but what if she looks like a dog? You'd be having an intellectual relationship with a dog.

I’m a frozen steak thrown in a burning pan: I don’t feel anything, but it’s still painful.

— What about you? You know Chopin, Schubert, Berlioz?
— You’re asking me if I know Berlioz? I’d be surprised if YOU knew anything about Berlioz.
— I’m a specialist, though
— Oh really... Who do you know there? Which building?
— What do you mean which building? Berlioz was a famous composer before your residency was called after him.