- [last lines]
- Sam Griffin: [to Adam Cramer] Boy, you're gonna get grass stains all over those trousers you don't get up. Come on. That's better. I figure your work in this town's about over. If you hurry, you can catch the bus to Farragut. They got trains there. If you're a little light on travelin' money, I'd be proud to... You're sure, now? Oh, I almost forgot. These belong to you. I wouldn't wanna steal from you, boy.
- Sam Griffin: She knew a lot of men. It was like a disease with her. Doctors got a name for it but they can't cure it.
- Sam Griffin: I've been studying your pitch. It's not bad... You've got technique. But do you know what's wrong? You're too clever, Adam. You've got no room in your head for intelligence. If you were intelligent, you would see you've started something you can't control. You think you're the boss now? Wake up, boy, that mob is the boss.
- Adam Cramer: No matter how much you hate me, blame me, and want to shoot me - it wasn't all my fault!
- [first lines]
- Adam Cramer: [to the little girl he helps out of the bus] There you go... Ma'am.
- Little Girl's Mother: Thank you... What do you say to the nice gentleman?