- Chang: We are not in Truckee, Mr. Bohannon. Merely passengers on a train. A small alcove of civilization. Surely, we can put our differences aside and enjoy the ride together.
- Cullen Bohannan: [train whistle blowing] Mmm-hmm...
- Chang: Tin Hau Don, the Heavenly Empress Festival, is upon us. Each year I throw a celebration because my men, though far from home, long for China and its traditions. A shopping expedition to San Francisco seems a small price to pay to bring it to them. Don't you think?
- Cullen Bohannan: I think San Francisco's a long way to go for fireworks, Mr. Chang. I never was much for tradition.
- Chang: Such a western notion that the past does not matter. That the past can be forgotten.
- Cullen Bohannan: [to Phineas] Brother Gundersen is Norwegian. He's fooled a lot of folks. Most of 'em dead now. He told me you'd say as much. Don't confuse a confession for prediction, son. Thor Gundersen's a liar. And a murderer.
- Thomas 'Doc' Durant: You, my dear, will profit astronomically. Though hand-in-hand with me.
- Maggie Palmer: Why risk it? It's bacon over butter. You already own all you could ever desire. I am beginning to think that you *want* to get caught.
- Thomas 'Doc' Durant: Oh, hardly.
- Maggie Palmer: Almost caught. You wanna taste death without swallowing it.
- [last lines]
- Cullen Bohannan: [arriving after the shooting] Who did this?
- Chang: The assassin was a white man, Mr. Bohannon. Ask anyone. Pity the only witnesses were Chinese.