- Kitty Russell: I need some answers. The scales are getting out of whack. It's hard to throw away eighteen years.
- Marshal Matt Dillon: Yeah.
- Kitty Russell: I know what that badge means to you, to this town, to everyone, but I'm thinking of us. I was just a kid when we met, Matt, and I was gonna live forever. I knew how things had to be with us and it was all right, but I thought that someday, some far off someday, that things would change. Well, Matt, my somedays are almost gone. I guess what I'm asking is for you to tell me to say "no" to Will Stambridge.
- Marshal Matt Dillon: Kitty, you know how I feel, but that's a decision you're gonna have to make for yourself.
- Kitty Russell: You know something, I know a lady that could sure use a drink.
- Marshal Matt Dillon: Well, I know a man that's ready to buy.