- Josiah: Or would Chris Larabee ride again with the hard, complex men he had come to know? Gunmen like Buck Wilmington. And Vin Tanner, the bounty hunter with a price on his own head. The gambler Ezra. Or the greenhorn JD. Nathan, both healer and destroyer. And Josiah, placing his faith only in God and his gun.
- Jock Steele: I've never seen a man of the cloth carry a gun before.
- Nathan: Josiah can get very Old Testament on occasion.
- Jock Steele: You see, I've written about four hangings but I've never actually seen one. What's it like?
- Judge Oren Travis: Short rope, long drop.