- Thomas 'Doc' Durant: No carpetbagger will take my railroad.
- Cullen Bohannan: Yeah. That's what I thought about my farm back in Mississippi.
- Naomi Bohannon: [about Ruth] She doesn't like Mormons.
- Cullen Bohannan: I doubt she's met many before you. But, uh, she really speaks her mind. But she's a good woman, and she can help you make your way here.
- Naomi Bohannon: That's my husband's job.
- Eva: I'll take your money, Mr. Durant. For a poke.
- Thomas 'Doc' Durant: [choking on his food] No, no, you misunderstand. No, I... that was *not* a condition of my offer.
- Eva: Look, I know I ain't so pretty right now, but I clean up good.
- Thomas 'Doc' Durant: No, I... it's not... Eva, you're beautiful. Well then, why not take a ride? It's no trouble. Don't mean nothin' to be no mores anyway.
- Eva: That, my dear, is a tragedy.