— Killing a man can turn him into a martyr. Letting him live... tells the world he's a coward or a turncoat.
— So what are you?
— Aggrieved.
After all, a man has to look his best when it's time to get married. Or buried.
My father used to say, "How you do anything is how you do everything."
— Saying goodbye?
— Saying hello.
— You think your wife can hear you?
— No.
— Then why bother?
— Maybe I'm wrong.
Coyness, Mr. Nobody, is a pathetic trait. A miscalculation, in which by trying to hide our ego, we let it appear stark naked.
And it is the killing that gives you purpose. A man without purpose... is nothing.
— Ned Kelly's final words as the hangman slipped the noose around his neck were "Such is life." "Such is life." Can you imagine the acceptance, the defiance?
— Today is not the day you will die.
— Of that, I am sure. You have the unshakeable faith of David, my friend, but you shouldn't be here. This will not be pleasant.
— Such is life, sir.
