The Fool: Maybe he loves you? Gelsomina: Me? The Fool: Why not? He is like dogs. A dog looks at you, wants to talk, and only barks.
The Fool: I am ignorant, but I read books. You won't believe it, everything is useful... this pebble for instance. Gelsomina: Which one? The Fool: Anyone. It is useful. Gelsomina: What for? The Fool: For... I don't know. If I knew I'd be the Almighty...
The Fool: What a funny face! Are you a woman, really? Or an artichoke?
Gelsomina: The Fool is hurt.
Zampanò: [reciting his act by rote before a crowd] Here we have a piece of chain that is a quarter of an inch thick. It is made of crude iron, stronger than steel. With the simple expansion of my pectoral muscles, or chest, that is, I'll break the h...
