- Hody Taylor: I brought my boys into town for a celebration.
- Sheriff Clay Hollister: Last time you celebrated, two citizens were shot and one of 'em died.
- Hody Taylor: That's too bad. Don't try to stop me - you may be next.
- Sheriff Clay Hollister: One thing I'll say for you people of Galeno - you sure know how to hate.
- Jess Caulfield: You're going to find out how much!
- Sheriff Clay Hollister: Mrs. Taylor, the town of Galeno is accusing me of murder.
- Blanche Taylor: Do you expect me to object?
- Sheriff Clay Hollister: You knew him best - his ways, his doings, the temper he had.
- Blanche Taylor: Are you asking the wife of the man you killed to justify your crime?
- Sheriff Clay Hollister: Who else can I ask?
- Blanche Taylor: Hody Taylor was not the man you knew him to be - except here in Galeno. But this town wasn't his home... it was his conscience. It was his way, his excuse, to forgive himself for everything he had done before. He used to boast about that - but only to me. He boasted of his conquests and his killings...