- Ilha Grande Prison Warden: I hope you understand my position.
- Graciliano Ramos: How?
- Ilha Grande Prison Warden: By not forgetting about me.
- Graciliano Ramos: I'll take some excellent memories from here, doctor. And I'll pay back for all the hospitality you people gave me.
- Ilha Grande Prison Warden: Pay? How?
- Graciliano Ramos: By telling everything what happens inside Ilha Grande.
- Ilha Grande Prison Warden: Telling?
- Graciliano Ramos: Yes, doctor. Writing. I'll put all of this on paper.
- Ilha Grande Prison Warden: Are you a journalist?
- Graciliano Ramos: No, doctor. I make books. And I'll write one about this correctional colony. You people gave me a wonderful subject.