Lou Salome: Fascinating lecture to fall on so few ears. Why are people so afraid of you, Professor?
Nietzsche: Oh, Truth is a fearsome thing.
Lou Salome: Why do you say, 'God is dead', and not that He never existed?
Nietzsche: What do you think?
Lou Salome: That God has ceased to be a reckoning force in people's lives.
Nietzsche: An interesting interpretation.
Lou Salome: But if God is dead, then everything is permissible. No morals, no rules. Without God, who will organise our society? What is the solution to your 'Godless' proposition?
Nietzsche: [laughs] Well, from what stars have we dropped down to each other here? [kisses her hand] Auf wiedersehen!