- Paladin: [First words] There was never anything between your wife and me except her need for a man. I'm sorry, sir, that you wish to die and I don't.
- Paladin: Well, unfortunately, nobody has yet invented a machine to remove the fear from a man.
- Marion Sutter: A wife has to respect her husband. Without that, there's nothing. Can you honestly say that you respect John Sutter?
- Paladin: Well, I don't judge him. Can you say as much? He's a frail man, a weak man. Those rows of cotton out there,m he planted those. Barn, house, he built those, and they didn't come easy. That took some kind of courage, some kind of strength.
- Marion Sutter: Would you meet me halfway? Must I beg?
- Paladin: Mrs Sutter, if that's all you want from me, you're overpaying me.