Quotes from True Grit (1969)

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Kim Darby
Ned Pepper: [laughs] They will do it. Most girls like little play pretties, but you like guns, don't you?
Mattie Ross: If I did I'd have one that worked.
- Kim Darby (as Mattie Ross) in True Grit (1969)

Kim Darby
Ned Pepper: Now, what are you doin' here?
Mattie Ross: Tom Chaney shot my father to death in Fort Smith. I was told that Rooster Cogburn has grit. I hired him to go after the murderer. I found him myself and I shot him. If I killed him I would not be in this fix. My revolver misfired.
- Kim Darby (as Mattie Ross) in True Grit (1969)

Kim Darby
LaBoeuf: A little earlier I gave some thought to stealin' a kiss from you, although you are very young... and you're unattractive to boot. But now I'm of a mind to give you five or six good licks with my belt.
Mattie Ross: Well, one would be as unpleasant as the other.
- Kim Darby (as Mattie Ross) in True Grit (1969)

Kim Darby
Mattie Ross: [Rooster and LaBoeuf gallop away from the ferry, leaving Mattie behind] Those horses can't get away from Little Blackie - they're loaded down with fat men and iron.
- Kim Darby (as Mattie Ross) in True Grit (1969)

John Wayne
Mattie Ross: [watching Rooster load his revolver] Why do you keep that one chamber empty?
Rooster Cogburn: So I won't shoot my foot off.
- John Wayne (as Rooster Cogburn) in True Grit (1969)

Strother Martin
Mattie Ross: Do you know a Marshal Rooster Cogburn?
Col. G. Stonehill: Most people around here have heard of Rooster Cogburn and some people live to regret it. I would not be surprised to learn that he's a relative of yours.
- Strother Martin (as Col. G. Stonehill) in True Grit (1969)

Robert Duvall
Mattie Ross: Do you need a good lawyer?
Ned Pepper: I need a good judge!
- Robert Duvall (as Ned Pepper) in True Grit (1969)

Kim Darby
Mattie Ross: I have no regard for you, but I'm sure you have enough for yourself to go around.
- Kim Darby (as Mattie Ross) in True Grit (1969)

John Wayne
Mattie Ross: I hope you don't think I'm going to keep you in whiskey?
Rooster Cogburn: I don't buy that, I confiscate it. And a touch of it wouldn't do you any harm against the night air!
Mattie Ross: I would not put a thief in my mouth to steal my brains!
Rooster Cogburn: Well, it's the real article! Genuine, double-rectified bust head. Aged in the keg.
- John Wayne (as Rooster Cogburn) in True Grit (1969)

Kim Darby
Mattie Ross: I won't rest until Tom Chaney's barking in hell.
- Kim Darby (as Mattie Ross) in True Grit (1969)

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