- [first lines]
- [Grisham shoots a hole in a cactus]
- Col. Luis Montoya: Shall I have it stuffed and mounted, or would you rather feast on its heart?
- Carlotta: You're Montoya.
- Col. Luis Montoya: And you are a thief.
- Carlotta: My choices were wife, nun or whore and, to tell you the truth, they just didn't appeal to me very much.
- Col. Luis Montoya: Might I suggest you add 'actress' to the that list.
- [the Queen of Swords catches Carlotta, disguised as the Queen, stealing from the church's offering box]
- The Queen of Swords: That'll cost you at least a dozen Hail Marys.
- The Queen of Swords: I can tell you haven't spent much time at church.
- Carlotta: [pointing her pistol at the Queen] Only for funerals.
- [with the impostor Queen's help, Montoya has stolen the Viceroy's gold and blames the real Queen of Swords]
- Marta: Tessa, the whole town is against you. This is not the time to be the Queen of Swords.
- Maria Teresa Alvarado: Of course not - but it's a wonderful time to be Tessa Alvarado.
- [awakens to find the Queen of Swords holding a sword to his throat]
- Col. Luis Montoya: You wouldn't...
- [the "Queen" whips of her mask, revealing herself to be Carlotta]
- Carlotta: Maybe she wouldn't, but I would!
- Col. Luis Montoya: Carlotta, please calm down. I'm sure we can work out some sort of arrangement.
- Carlotta: As long as it involves your head on a pike!
- Carlotta: You know, I admire you, but you're just one woman against the world.
- The Queen of Swords: You gotta start somewhere.
- [during their swordfight]
- Carlotta: You're almost as good as I am.
- The Queen of Swords: Don't flatter yourself.
- [Carlotta has been morally wounded]
- Carlotta: Luis...
- Col. Luis Montoya: Yes?
- Carlotta: I'll see you in hell.
- [Tessa walks towards the church]
- Marta: Where are you going?
- Maria Teresa Alvarado: To light a candle.
- Marta: [referring to Carlotta] For her?
- Maria Teresa Alvarado: For all of us.