We have a story we want to tell you – about a play. A play that changed my life. Every night we tell this story – but somehow I can never remember the end.”
-- Lemml  (Section 1)

Importance: This quote is taken from what is essentially Indecent's prologue. The character who speaks it, Lemml, is at first a narrator, but then becomes a central character in Indecent's story. In many ways, he becomes the conscience of the play, an embodiment of many of its themes. This is what he means when he says the play changed his life. Meanwhile, the references to him and the company telling the story every night, and to him not remembering the end, foreshadow moments at the end of Indecent which, in fact, show the traumatizing end of the story.

It’s all in there. The roots of all evil: the money, the subjugation of women, the false piety – the terrifying...
-- Madje  (Section 1)