- Festus: When it comes to dying, I reckon everybody feels about the same way.
- Dr. Henry S. Rand: What would that be?
- Festus: They'd just rather do it tomorrow.
- Festus: [thinking he has been bit by a rabid dog and has hydrophobia] How much time do I have left?
- Dr. Henry S. Rand: Well, ten days, two weeks at the outside.
- Festus: That hydrophobia, it's a pretty sorry way to die ain't it doc? You know, a fellow gets shot why he'll just fall flat on his face, o he might kick a couple of times, that what makes the crowds turn out. But what I mean is he won't go just snatching off his clothes and sashaying around trying to bite folks.
- Dr. Henry S. Rand: [after getting in a fist fight with Festus] Did he bite you?
- Pinto Watson: He did but I bit him back.