- Charles Avery: Mexican! That's the way I size people up. The way I used to be, before Joe. Go ahead, say it.
- Paladin: No, you've obviously said it to yourself many times since then.
- Nita Garcia: Jose wants to live here. Manuel Garcia tried to change that with guns. He failed. I tried to change it with words. I failed.
- Paladin: There is no end to this, no cut and dried solution. That boy will grow up with a double heritage, one he'll get from you. And the other from Nita. Between the two of you, you could destroy him, or you could turn him into an exceptional human being. I wonder what you will do.