“For some offenses, there is only retribution." Nora Hawks, "One Woman's Vengeance.”

“Vengeance and retribution require a long time; it is the rule.”

“Was there any woman in the world quite like Nora? He was so glad she existed; even more glad there was only one of her.”

“There is no satisfaction in vengeance unless the offender has time to realize who it is that strikes him, and why retribution has come upon him.”

“Once a man saw heaven in one woman's arms, then nothing else would do. And that scared the shit out of him, the thought that no other woman but Lilly would do. - Travis/Black Jack about Lilly Belle/Night Hawk (Lady Hawk to him)”

“Vengeance, retaliation, retribution, revenge are deceitful brothers—vile, beguiling demons promising justifiable compensation to a pained soul for his losses. Yet in truth they craftily fester away all else of worth remaining.”