- Annie Simmons: All this time I've been blaming Jack. When I come to think on it I was the one wanted the farm. Jack wanted cattle. I wanted green grass and white pickets. He wanted open range. I guess what I wanted most was Jack. I pushed and prodded him like you shape a piece of baking dough. I wanted him but I wanted him like I wanted him. I wanted him my way. I'm beginning to wonder if all the things I wanted with him weren't the things I tried to twist out of him.
- Jennie Simmons: Is John Cannon your daddy?
- Buck Cannon: Sometimes he's my daddy, but most of the time he's my big brother.