- Esteban: The more time I spent at school, the less I understand the wind and the weather.
- Michaela Villegas: If we don't understand ourselves, how can we ever expect to understand anybody else?
- Uncle Pio: [to Michaelia] I warned His Excellency that the palace crows would peck at you but can't reach you across the footlights. You will always be safe there.
- Don Andre - The Viceroy: You know, you should have been a justice minister for I don't know even now whether or not you're tricking me.
- Uncle Pio: Have I ever tricked you except for your own good?
- Michaela Villegas: [to Uncle Pio] Don't try to make me feel sorry. I have no heart for the theater. I am what I am. I must be what I must be.
- Don Andre - The Viceroy: I had a few uncomfortable moments thinking about the future of Peru. Do you realize that you might have had to rule?
- Don Gonzalo: Heaven forbid!
- Don Andre - The Viceroy: [sarcastically] Fortunately Heaven did.