- Thomas 'Doc' Durant: Mr. Gundersen, have you ever had your heart ripped out by a woman?
- The Swede: I was married once, sir, but she run off with a gypsy. Uh, my heart was not ripped out, but, she did steal my cuckoo clock.
- Town Sign: Hell on Wheels. Population: One less every day.
- Ruth Cole: [about her father] He wanted to be a Christian. But in the end, what he really wanted was to be a martyr.