At the last moment, Rick makes Ilsa board the plane to Lisbon with Laszlo, telling her that she would regret it if she stayed—"Maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow, but soon and for the rest of your life."
U posljednjem trenutku, Rick ukrca Ilsu na avion za Lisabon s njezinim mužem, rekavši joj kako bi požalila da je ostala, "Možda ne danas, možda ne sutra, ali ubrzo i do kraja života."