- Paladin: You know, until a few moments ago I was feeling very superior to a Chinese friend of mine. I forgot that he came by his superstitions honestly; he learned them from the cradle. I can't find any such excuse for you.
- Paladin: Ignorant and prejudiced people like to be deceived, and I think they deserve it when they are. Why confuse them with the truth?
- Paladin: It's no great tragic thing to remain a child. Theirs is the best age. Their world is mysterious, wonderful, half real, half make-believe. Mr Bella, the world we live in is not always so pleasant.
- Paladin: Hey Boy, your new country has a much stronger protection for driving off danger: Equal parts reason and daylight.
- Paladin: [First words] There's one thing I do know, Mr Bella, something is loose on Moon Ridge that's bigger than any man I've ever seen. And stronger. Before I leave I intend to find out what it is. And why.
- Sheriff Lundsy: There ain't nothing up on Moon Ridge! NOTHING! Except one drunken story piled on top of another. Just like the story you told with the whiskey bottle at your elbow.
- Jake Kelly: I was just as far away from it as I am from you now. I tell you, I saw it. Half-man, half-bear.
- Paladin: Any werewolves? Vampire bats? Unused broomsticks? I hate to hear just half a story.