- Paladin: What would ever cause them to do that to a boy?
- Doroteo: I am a man, Senor! Don't ever forget that.
- Paladin: Well, I suppose that justifies it! I beg your pardon. What's your name?
- Doroteo: You talk too much.
- Paladin: Oh, I'm very sorry to have disturbed you. Would you like me to cover you up again?
- [that is, back with the tortuous ants]
- Tall Rancher: You are lucky, Senor. That boy kills with no more thought of mercy than a scorpion.
- Paladin: Unlike you whose tortures are slow and full of thought.
- Soledad Ortega: Even the dog has the right to dream about the sun.
- Paladin: Well, the sun shines equally on all. It doesn't smile at one, or wink an eye, or toss its hair.
- Doroteo: Senor, all my life I have been running away in this country. I know exactly where there is to go. When I saw your horses go in the river, I let you come exactly here.