That should answer any questions about how dangerous this journey will be. It will be that and worse, all the way to Oregon.

Shea

You've got no horses, no guns, you can't ride. You are a fuckin' fool thinkin' you can travel two thousand miles with no skills to survive it.

Shae

Elsa: Someday, I'll only ride in the front of the train.
Margaret: [chuckles] That's a child's goal. A woman's goal is to never ride the train again because she has a home she never wants to leave.
Elsa: I guess we're both a ways from our goal.

Margaret: Look after your brother.
Elsa: I will.
Margaret: Yes, mam.
Elsa: I said I will.
Margaret: I know what you said. What you didn't say was yes, mam.
Elsa: Women don't say that to each other.
Margaret: Oh, so you're a woman now?
Elsa: Far enough.
Margaret [to James] That child.
James: She ain't wrong.
Margaret: So you're ready for her to start courtin'?
James: [chuckles] Not a chance.

You don't think I hauled 40 gallons of water up those stairs just to get clean. I want you.

James

Shea: Do not drink water from the ground. When we can, we will choose a latrine away from the water source.
Josef: What is a latrine?
Shea: Powder room. Water closet. Thomas, help me.
Thomas: Toilet.
Shea: What in the hell is a toilet?
Thomas: It's French for shitter.
Shea: When'd you learn French?
Thomas: Don't know French. I know the French word for shitter.
Shea: How do you know the French word for shitter?
Thomas: I used to fuck a gal from France.
Shea: Fine. That's all you had to say. You don't need to get angry about it.

1883 Season 1 Episode 1 Quotes

You've got no horses, no guns, you can't ride. You are a fuckin' fool thinkin' you can travel two thousand miles with no skills to survive it.

Shae

That should answer any questions about how dangerous this journey will be. It will be that and worse, all the way to Oregon.

Shea