- Paladin: [opening line] Gentlemen, the symbol on my holster is a chess knight. It's an attack piece, the most versatile on the board. It can move eight ways; over barriers; always unexpected.
- Susan Evans: I'm going to take a bath. I got about three years of Blue Bell to wash out of my skin. If you so much as look my way, I'll kill you
- [with his Derringer]
- Susan Evans: .
- [He laughs]
- Susan Evans: What's so funny? You think you're different from other men?
- Paladin: You pull that trigger and you'll show four rifles our hiding place.
- [He laughs again and takes back his Derringer]
- Paladin: There's an old saying: Trust no one with your life that ou cannot trust with your virtue.
- Paladin: I came into this town this morning, I had $1,000, a horse, and a gun. I intend to leave Blue Bell the same way.
- Susan Evans: My floor's a bit dirty for wrestling. Now you'll probably ask me something stupid like where am I.
- Paladin: The question had occurred to me.
- Susan Evans: He pretends to be such a gentleman. I can see right through him all the time.
- Peter Keystone: That's odd. I had the feeling he was looking right through you.
- Susan Evans: Men! They're always making excuses. They think they're still handsome, so clever. They've been everywhere, all around the world, break a hundred hearts, and still have the same high opinion of themselves.