Casablanca Sacrifice Quotes

How we cite our quotes: All quotations are from Casablanca.

Quote #4

ANNINA: If someone loved you very much, so that your happiness was the only thing that she wanted in the whole world, but she did a bad thing to make certain of it, could you forgive her?

Annina's wondering if she sacrificed her body (to Renault…blech) so that she and her husband could escape, would it be worth it? It also comes pretty close to detailing exactly the dilemma Rick is faced with later on. Oh, foreshadowing, you saucy wench.

Quote #5

ILSA: I know how you feel about me, but I'm asking you to put your feelings aside for something more important.

This is where Ilsa flat out asks Rick to make a sacrifice of gigantic proportions. He's still hurt that she abandoned him and has seemingly no good reason to make her happy. In spite of that, she asks that he consider what good Victor could do if he had his freedom, and to overlook their own unfortunate history. Fortunately, he is able to make that sacrifice, or else the movie might have ended with Ilsa hurling leather-bound books and various knickknacks at Rick's head.