William Smith: Brodie Hollister

Quotes 

• [examining the "corpse" on her slab] 

  Alice Freeze : Well, if that doesn't take the milk from the kitty cat!

  Brodie Hollister : What's wrong?

  Alice Freeze : I opened a bottle of my best formaldehyde - not that cheap stuff from Amarillo, but the real pure stuff all the way from Italy

  Brodie Hollister : What are you sayin', Alice?

  Alice Freeze : When you open a bottle and break the seal, you might as well throw it out. You can't very well embalm a live person.

  Brodie Hollister , Bannister Sparks : Alive!

  Elliot Thogmorton : [sticking his head in the window]  Alive!

  Alice Freeze : Yeah. Look for yourself.

  Bannister Sparks : Prometheus! Bring some water. Hurry!

  Brodie Hollister : You sure he's not dead, Alice?

  Alice Freeze : If it's one thing I know, it's dead people.

• Brodie Hollister : Rileback? Is that you, Rileback? It's been twenty years...

  Rileback : I've been countin' 'em, too, on my fingers.

  [holds up a gloved hand showing a missing digit] 

  Rileback : Thanks to you and your gun, I only get to nine and a half.

• [last lines] 

  Brodie Hollister : Let's go home. I got a chair that need some sittin' in.

  Cally Oaks : Well, horsebutter! Let's look around. I bet this town has a plethora of desperado hideouts.

  Prometheus Jones : Cali, a good reporter knows when a story is over.

  Bannister Sparks : But not so fast, Prometheus. As an impoverished actor said to me recently...

  Cally Oaks , Prometheus Jones , Bannister Sparks , Brodie Hollister , Sutton Hollister , Varges De La Cosa : The opera ain't over till the fat lady sings!