"Exactly what I was telling you just now. And is it so wonderful considering that all men think the same, or at any rate say the same thing? Well, what do you find in it of any great depth?"
"I can't explain in words...."
"Don't you think it a very commonplace piece of sarcastic oratory? One expresses exactly the reverse of one's meaning, and if the points are sharpened, they are bound to sting. But have you ever come across anything more beautiful than the dialogue between Juliet and Romeo after their wedding night?"
"Ah! You mean where he says, 'It is the nightingale and not the lark'...."
"What other passage could I mean? Doesn't every one quote that? It is a wonderful poetical conception on which the effect depends. Do you think Shakespeare's greatness depends on poetical conceptions?"
"Why do you break up everything I admire? Why do you take away my supports?"
"I am throwing away your crutches so that you may learn to walk without them. But let me ask you to keep to the point."
"You are not asking, you are compelling me to do so."
"Then you should steer clear of me. Your parents are against your taking this step?"
"Yes! How do you know?"