"It's a hell of a thing, killing a man. You take away all he's got and all he's ever gonna have."

"Deserve's got nothing to do with it."

"I'll see you in hell, William Munny."

"Yeah. I'll see you there."

"I was scared too, kid. I was scared. But you know what? Being scared ain't no excuse."

"All right, I'm coming out. Any man I see out there, I'm gonna shoot him. Any sumbitch takes a shot at me, I'm not only gonna kill him, but I'm gonna kill his wife, all his friends, and burn his damn house down."

"You just shot an unarmed man!"

"I'm not threatening you, mister. I'm just pointing out the facts."

"Well, sir, you are a cowardly son of a bitch! You just shot an unarmed man!"

"I don't deserve this... to die like this. I was building a house."

"Deserve's got nothing to do with it."

"I've killed women and children. I've killed just about everything that walks or crawled at one time or another."

"Well, I guess they had it coming."

"We all got it coming, kid."

"I was lucky in the order, but I always had the bullets."

"You'd be William Munny out of Missouri. Killer of women and children."

"That's right. I've killed women and children. I've killed just about everything that walks or crawled at one time or another."

"I'm here to kill you, Little Bill, for what you did to Ned."

"I don't want to kill you, Bill. But you got to understand, I'm not going to let you shoot me."

"Who's the fellow that owns this shithole?"

"Now, I'm going to kill you, Little Bill. For what you did to Ned."

"I was just frightened. That's all. I was just frightened."

"It's my turn to buy the whiskey."

"You know, Bob, it's just a woman's vanity."

"I ain't like that no more. I ain't the same, Ned. Claudia... she straightened me out. She cured me of that."

"The hell with them. They don't pay my wages."

"You're a mean fucker, Bill. You know that?"

"I'm mean because I'm old. That's what old men do. I get mean and you get mean."

"I'm not afraid to die. I've done it a thousand times."

"He's just ornery. That's all. Just ornery."

"Them that's got the money make the rules."

"I'm not going to kill you. I'm just going to make you wish you were dead."

"You know, I've never killed a man before. I thought it would be different."

"It's a hell of a thing, ain't it? Killing a man. You take away everything he's got and everything he's ever going to have."

"I guess he had it coming."

"We all got it coming, kid."

"You think I'm going to let you walk out of here? After what you did?"

"I'm not asking for your permission."

"You're a lying dog, Bob. You always were."

"I may be old, but I'm not dead."

"The hell with them. They don't pay my wages."

"I've got a reputation, you know."

"Your reputation's about to take a beating, Bob."

"I'm not the man I used to be."

"That's what they all say."

"I'm here for the money. That's all."

"There's no money in killing whores, Bill."

"Whores? I'm not killing whores. I'm killing the man who cut up a whore."

"It's the same thing."

"You don't get it, do you? I'm not like you. I've changed."

"People don't change, Will. They just get older."

"Maybe you're right. Maybe I haven't changed at all."

"I can still shoot straight. That's all that matters."

"You're a dead man, Munny. You just don't know it yet."

"I've been dead for years, Bill. I just keep moving."

"You think you're better than me?"

"I don't think about you at all, kid."

"That's the problem with you old timers. You think you're above it all."

"No, kid. The problem is we've been through it all. That's the difference."

"I've seen men die. Lots of them. It ain't pretty."

"Nothing's pretty when you're dead."

"You want to die for a whore?"

"I'm not dying for anyone. I'm living for my kids."

"Then why are you here?"

"Because I need the money. Because Ned's dead. Because you're here."

"That's not a reason. That's an excuse."

"It's all I've got."

"You know, I've killed a lot of men. I don't remember most of them."

"But you remember some?"

"Yeah. I remember some."

"Which ones?"

"The ones that didn't deserve it."

"But you just said deserve's got nothing to do with it."

"It don't. But that don't mean I don't remember."

"I don't understand."

"You will. When you're older."

"I ain't gonna make it to old, am I?"

"None of us are, kid."

"Then why do we do it?"

"Because we're stupid. Because we're mean. Because we're men."

"I don't want to be a man anymore."

"Too late for that, kid. Much too late."

"You ever kill a woman, Will?"

"Yeah. A long time ago. I don't like to think about it."

"Then why'd you do it?"

"I was drunk. And mean. That's all the reason there was."

"That's not much of a reason."

"It's the only kind there is, Ned. The only kind there ever was."

"I thought you changed."

"I did. But that don't mean I forgot."

"Maybe forgetting is the only way to change."

"Maybe. But I ain't that lucky."

"You're the most unforgiving son of a bitch I ever met."

"I'm not unforgiving, Bill. I just don't forget."

"Same thing."

"No, it ain't. Forgiving is forgetting. And I can't do that. But I can let go. That's different."

"You're a philosopher now?"

"No. I'm just an old man with a gun and a lot of regrets."

"That's the most dangerous kind."

"I know."