The Mark of Zorro Quotes

Lolita Pulido: Why do wear a mask?

Zorro: Perhaps to hide the features of a Bergerac.

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Theresa: [shuts door as uncle leaves, turns and sees Diego there] You?

Don Diego/Zorro: Yes.

Theresa: How... how did you get here?

Don Diego/Zorro: Well, a man can do many things if he must.

Theresa: [gasps and smiles] I must be dreaming, you are Zorro!

Don Diego/Zorro: [puts finger to lips] I'm sorry I had to decieve you tonight but to accomplish what I must I had to decieve many people.

Theresa: And I suppose you came to tell me that asking for my hand was merely part of the game?

Don Diego/Zorro: Oh no. It is the one real thing in the whole masquerade.
[they kiss]

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Undetermined role: We never let business interfere with drinking!

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"Don Diego/Zorro: Why is it that the scoundrels of the world are always remembered and the well-bred men completely forgotten?

Theresa: Perhaps it's because there is nothing particularly memorable about scented bathtubs.

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Captain Esteban Pasquale: His Excellency will never forgive me if I let you go without a word of welcome from him. I'm quite sure that you'll save me a reprimand.

Don Diego Vega: How could I refuse a man anything with a naked sword in his hand?

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Don Diego Vega: [speaking to his father] I went directly from the ship to our old home. I met Senor Quintero and his charming wife. I found them very pleasant and agreeable.

Fray Felipe: Pleasant scorpions! Agreeable rattlesnakes!

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Don Diego Vega: I must please ask you to change the subject. His Excellency objects to talk of throat-cutting.
Captain Esteban Pasquale: Quiet you Poppy-Jay! I have no reason to letting you live either.
Don Diego Vega: What a pleasant coincidence. I feel exactly the same way about you Capitan.
Captain Esteban Pasquale: You wouldn't care to translate that feeling into action would you?
Don Diego Vega: I might be tempted. If I had a weapon.
Captain Esteban Pasquale: Would you.

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Don Diego/Zorro: Why is it that the scoundrels of the world are always remembered and the well-bred men completely forgotten?
Theresa: Perhaps it's because there is nothing particularly memorable about scented bathtubs.

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Don Diego Vega: [Explaining why he's late to dinner] They heated the water from my bath too early. It was positively tepid! By the time more was carried and properly scented... Life can be trying, don't you think?
Don Luis B. Quintero: Yes. [Laughs]
Lolita Quintero: [Disappointed in Diego] Oh, Maria!
Maria de Lopez: Courage, courage!
Don Luis B. Quintero: Well, shall we dine? Come, Diego.
Captain Esteban Pasquale: [to Inez] His bath was tepid? Poor Lolita! I'm afraid her married life will be the same!

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Don Luis B. Quintero: My dear Esteban is forever thrusting at this and at that. He used to be a fencing instructor in Barcelona.

Don Diego Vega: How exhausting.

Captain Esteban Pasquale: I didn't find it so.

Don Luis B. Quintero: Then why did you give it up?

Don Diego Vega: I had the misfortune to kill a man of influence.

Captain Esteban Pasquale: A lady was involved, I believe.

Don Diego Vega: The gentleman's wife, no doubt?

Captain Esteban Pasquale: Just how did you mean that, Señor?

Don Diego Vega: I had hoped to be amusing... Have I failed?

Captain Esteban Pasquale: Somewhat. With me.

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Inez Quintero: [after Lolita expresses an interest in love] You have the blood of the Hidalgos in your veins! Keep it cool, my girl, or I'll whisk you off into a convent!

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Lolita Pulido: Why do wear a mask?
Zorro: Perhaps to hide the features of a De Bergerac.

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Theresa: [shuts door as uncle leaves, turns and sees Diego there] You?
Don Diego/Zorro: Yes.

Theresa: How... how did you get here?
Don Diego/Zorro: Well, a man can do many things if he must.

Theresa: [gasps and smiles] I must be dreaming, you are Zorro!
Don Diego/Zorro: [puts finger to lips] I'm sorry I had to decieve you tonight but to accomplish what I must I had to decieve many people.

Theresa: And I suppose you came to tell me that asking for my hand was merely part of the game?
Don Diego/Zorro: Oh no. It is the one real thing in the whole masquerade.
[they kiss]

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Undetermined role: We never let business interfere with drinking!

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Zorro: I give you a safe rule, good landlady. Never do anything on an empty stomach - but eat!

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Zorro: I give you a safe rule, good landlady. Never do anything on an empty stomach - but eat!

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[last lines]
Inez Quintero: Oh, Diego, when may we expect you and our dear little Lolita in Madrid?
Don Diego Vega: Not for some time I'm afraid. We're going to follow the customs of California.
Inez Quintero: What do you mean?
Don Diego Vega: Well, we're going to marry and raise fat children and watch our vineyards grow.

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[Diego is apathetically wooing the woman his father commanded him to marry]

Zorro: I have a servant -- a wonder at the guitar. Tonight I shall order him to come out and play beneath your window.

Lolita Pulido: I have a maid -- passionately fond of music!

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[last lines]

Inez Quintero: Oh, Diego, when may we expect you and our dear little Lolita in Madrid?

Don Diego Vega: Not for some time I'm afraid. We're going to follow the customs of California.

Inez Quintero: What do you mean?

Don Diego Vega: Well, we're going to marry and raise fat children and watch our vineyards grow.

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[Zorro is passionately wooing Lolita]

Zorro: If this could be The high Sierras I would level to your feet. The wild waves on Capistrano's shore would pay you homage-- I'd make the desert a million roses yield--to die in shame before your beauty. If this could be!

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