Pretender

''You must pay for everything in this world, one way and another. There is nothing free except the grace of God.''

''I'm the one who's fighting. Not you, not you, and not you. ''

''The only person standing in your way is you. ''

''If I am King, where is my power? Can I declare war? Form a government? Levy a tax? No! And yet I am the seat of all authority because they think that when I speak, I speak for them.''

''I will see you, this side or the other. ''

''Sometimes I wonder... will God ever forgive us for what we've done to each other? Then I look around and I realize... God left this place a long time ago.''

''You ever read the bible, Dan? I read it one time. I was eight years old. My daddy just got hisself killed over a shot of whiskey and my mama said "we're going back East to start over". So she gave me a bible, sat me down in the train station, told me to read it. She was gonna get our tickets. Well, I did what she said. I read that bible from cover to cover. It took me three days. She never came back.''

''I have long feared that my sins would return to visit me, and the cost is more than I can bear.''

''From the moment I slapped eyes on this hombre, I smelled trouble. And re-fried beans.''

''Honey? I'm going to tear your heart out. ''