Jimmy 'Dodge' ConnellyYou're the kind of cocktail that comes on like sugar but gives you a kick in the head. The only thing you hate worse than a guy making a play is when a guy *doesn't* make a play.
Lexie LittletonOh, were you making a play? I hadn't realized. It might work on my Aunt Lurleen. She's a little near-sighted.
Jimmy 'Dodge' Connelly[about his "Ladies Home Journal"]You know, there's an article on peach canning in here that I'm dying to get back to.
Lexie LittletonWell I know you, too, Dodge Connelly. You think you're the slickest operator in Duluth, and maybe you are, but being the slickest operator in Duluth is kinda like being the world's tallest midget, if you ask me.
Jimmy 'Dodge' ConnellyIt's too bad we know each other so well. We might have gotten along.
C.C. FrazierYou know, there are many qualities I admire about you, not the least of which is intelligence. If you print that story, I will have your job.
Lexie Littleton[as Dodge is hiding behind a magazine]And don't think just 'cause you haven't said anything that I don't know what you're up to. I'm talking to you, behind the magazine. Don't you know I could have you arrested for eavesdropping?
LeonardHonestly, Miss Littleton, we're in public. The rules of etiquette apply.
Lexie LittletonOh, Leonard, it's 1925. There are no rules. Except that boys like you are tedious until they're forty, at which point they become *unbearably* tedious.
Carter RutherfordIf you just wanted a story, then why didn't the Trib send one of their hacks with a cigar stuffed in their snout. But, no, they sent you to snuggle up and play nice.
Lexie LittletonI never was much for cigars, but if it'd make you feel better...
Carter RutherfordMaybe I should just leave twenty bucks on the bed stand!
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Lexie LittletonWhat I want to know is why you chose to come in here from the lobby, where you obviously had business, to sit next to me and listen to my conversation. Tell me, or are you afraid to say?
Jimmy 'Dodge' ConnellyI'm not afraid to say it. I'm in love with Leonard. Go ahead and laugh, everyone does. We had something beautiful until you came along. You think you can just toss him away like a sack of flour?