1. "Can you offer us any kind of security?"
2. "Well, I've got a head on my shoulders and a good pair of hands."
3. "Unless you don't trust me, that's security, isn't it?"
4. "The old tunes have so much more melody."
5. "This modern stuff seems to be quite discordant."
这些台词体现了小说中的幽默、讽刺以及对当时社会的批判。