Don José Lizarabengoa: What are those Gypsies doing here?
Old Man: They've come to entertain. The colonel sent his own carriage after them. When he gives a party, he does things handsomely. I'll say that for him.
Don José Lizarabengoa: That girl, the one who's dancing. How can she be so bold as to come to the colonel's party? She's in hiding from the police.
Old Man: That's Carmen. And the colonel is a man just like any other man, I suppose. But it won't last. She never likes anybody very long.

Don José Lizarabengoa: What's the matter with me? Why don't I go away from here? It's driving me crazy knowing you're married to another man. Why don't I go away where I can't see it?
Carmen García: I wouldn't be married to another man... if you used your head yesterday. Would I?

Don José Lizarabengoa: Where did you get that dress?
Carmen García: That's my affair.
Don José Lizarabengoa: [He slaps her] Where'd you get that dress?
[Slaps her again, and holds her in front of him]
Don José Lizarabengoa: I'll kill you, as heaven is my witness, I'll kill you if you don't tell me!
Carmen García: Joseíto, my little soldier.
Don José Lizarabengoa: [She kisses him all over his face, as they struggle] Who is he? Who gave it to you?
Carmen García: [Continues to kiss him] Look, Joseíto. Look how Carmen loves you. Look!
Don José Lizarabengoa: I know you. I know what you are! Who is it now? Who is it now?
[He starts to choke her]
Don José Lizarabengoa: Who is it now?

Don José Lizarabengoa: You didn't take anyone to them? For them to rob?
Carmen García: No.
Don José Lizarabengoa: Why not?
Carmen García: Oh. Maybe because... Maybe because I had a feeling you didn't want me to do those things anymore.
[He smiles]

Dancaire: [about José and Carmen getting married] You will be a fine pair, you two. Payo and Gypsy, the tame and the untamed, the dog and wolf. Dog and wolf weren't created to live together. It won't work, Navarrés. You'll see.

Dancaire: [to José] You don't like us, do you? We fill you with disgust. We're the symbol of your degradation.

Dancaire: Was the colonel's party successful, Carmen?
Carmen García: No, it was very stupid.
Dancaire: Was it successful?
Pablo: We need another 200 duros to get García out of jail.
Carmen García: Let him stay where he is.
Dancaire: Is that a way for a loving wife to feel about her husband?
Carmen García: Let him rot.
Pablo: No money for García? We'll tell him.
Carmen García: [She takes a bag of money out from the inside of her skirt] There, thief. And be welcome to it.
Dancaire: Is that all?
Carmen García: [Pablo pats her skirt] I left the party early.
[She walks towards the stairs, and money fall out of her skirt. She glares at the men and kicks it towards them, and spits at them]

Pablo: [They are in the middle of robbing a stagecoach] We have company.
Don José Lizarabengoa: [Carmen comes over and takes a man's watch] What are you doing here? I told you I want you to stay away from this!
Carmen García: I was bored! I won't sit on my haunches and wait for you like the wife of a payo, stirring a pot of stew. I've been my own woman and a Gypsy too long, my friend.
Don José Lizarabengoa: I told you to leave these matters to me. I want no more of this.
Carmen García: You told me you wanted no more. I'm not your slave. I'm Carmen and nobody tells me what to do, I do as I please. If you're ashamed of what I am, find another woman. Get yourself a payo wife! You and your payo honor. I spit on your honor!
Don José Lizarabengoa: [She spits at him] Get back to camp.
Carmen García: I always used to ride with García.
Don José Lizarabengoa: I'm not García.
Carmen García: No, you're not. In many ways, you're not.

Andrés: [about Carmen] Gypsies will always steal anything they can get their hands on. I don't know why I bother with that girl. She's bad all the way through. She lies as easily as other people drink water. She's a liar, a thief and a cheat. Has no more manners than my great aunt's cat. She's really awful. And I'd sell my soul to hear her say just once that she loves me.

Andrés: [Sees Carmen standing by a cart, and runs over to her] Carmencita! Carmencita! Carmen, I've been looking for two days for you. For two days, Carmen, I inquired at the factory and you were absent. You weren't at Lillas Pastia's. What have you been doing?
Carmen García: Sunning myself.