- One of many female admirers: [farewell speech] The heart breaks, tears well up. Desire burns, tonsils swell up. So take your leave in peace. You have served us well.
- Leutnant Alexis: I did what I could.
- Letter from General von Unweitpiffkaneiro: To the commander of the Border Fortress! Lieutenant Alexis has been sent to your unit as punishment. Alexis, who is known by all the women here as "smart Alex," is to be treated very firmly.
- Kommandant der Festung Tossenstein: [upon first meeting Lt. Alexis] But what delightful underclothes.
- Leutnant Alexis: [in Rischka's dream] Do you hear my heart flutter?
- [Rischka listens, Lt. Alexis reaches in his uniform, pulls our his heart, throws it to Rischka, she begins to eat it]