I suppose you know, Bob, if I ever see you again I'm just going to start shooting and figure it was self-defense.
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It's a hell of a thing, killin' a man. Take away all he's got, and all he's ever gonna have.
Will Munny: I ain't like that no more. I ain't the same, Ned. Claudia, she straightened me up, cleared me of drinkin' whiskey and all. Just 'cause we're goin' on this killing, that don't mean I'm gonna go back to bein' the way I was. I just need the money, get a new start for them youngsters. Ned, you remember that drover I shot through the mouth and his teeth came out the back of his head? I think about him now and again. He didn't do anything to deserve to get shot, at least nothin' I could remember when I sobered up.Ned Logan: You were crazy, Will.Will Munny: Yeah, no one liked me. Mountain boys all thought I was gonna shoot 'em out of pure meanness.Ned Logan: Well, like I said, you ain't like that no more.Will Munny: That's right. I'm just a fella now. I ain't no different than anyone else no more.
Ned Logan: Hell, Will. We ain't bad men no more. Shit, we're farmers.Will Munny: Should be easy killing them, supposing they don't go on down to Texas first.Ned Logan: How long has it been since you fired a gun at a man, Will? Nine, ten years?Will Munny: Eleven.Ned Logan: Easy, huh? Hell, I don't know that it was all that easy even back then. And we was young and full of beans. I mean, if you was mad at 'em, Will, I mean. If they'd done you some wrong, I could see shooting 'em.Will Munny: We done stuff for money before, Ned.Ned Logan: Yeah, we thought we did. All right, so what did these fellas do? Cheat at cards? Steal some strays? Spit on a rich fella? What?Will Munny: No, they cut up a woman.Ned Logan: What?Will Munny: Yeah, they cut up her face, cut her eyes out, cut her fingers off, cut her tits, everything but her cunty, I suppose.Ned Logan: I'll be dogg - Golly, I guess they got it comin'. 'Course, you know, Will, if Claudia was alive you wouldn't be doin' this.