Shea: That girl's startin' to ride like a Commanche!
Charlie: That is a compliment, James.

Sam: Now you know how to steal horse.
Elsa: Hm. It could come in handy someday.
Sam: [chuckles] You stick with me, it will.

Elsa: The side tore up.
Margaret: Mmm. You have another dress.
Elsa: I'd rather wear a bean sack than be choked by a damn dress.

I don't know where I'm goin', but I ain't goin' to Denver, and I sure as hell ain't going back.

James

Margaret: You know why he lets you run wild, don't you?
Elsa: Because he trusts me too.
Margaret: Because he knows dresses is your future. No matter where we go, you're wearin' dresses and raisin' babies and sweatin' over a garden and swallowin' every dream you ever had because that's all the world wants from you. We may find someplace where we can hold the world off for a while, but they'll find us there too, and bring all their rules with it.

Charlie: When we meet again, it will be on a trail if there's one left.
Shea: I think this is my last trail, Charlie.
Charlie: Well, then I guess this is audios.
Shea: Audios, my friend.

Got her some chaps! It's official. You're all cowboy now.

Wade

Everywhere you go, blessing follows. You know how to steal horses; now I'll teach you to hunt, Lightning with the Yellow Hair.

Sam

Thomas: It's gonna be hard enough with you. We ain't go no chance without you. I ain't never asked you for nothin', but I'm askin' you now. Don't leave us, Captain.
Elsa: Where you goin'?
Shea: What happened to you?
Elsa: I killed a buffalo. Ate its heart to keep its strength. Where ya goin'?
Shea: Oregon, honey. With you.
Elsa: I'm not goin' to Oregon. I'm stayin' here.

Margaret: She said she'd ride with us to Oregon and come back to him in the spring. Let's just hope she falls in love in Oregon.
James: With the pattern she's established, she'll fall in love again by Nebraska. [They both crack up]

James: I bet there's immigrant kids fallin' in love behind every bush along this creek. Ours just doesn't hide it. If she loves somethin', she'll hold its hand in front of the whole world.
Margaret: She gets that from you.
James: She gets racin' up that hill from me. But the way she loves? She gets that from you; that's why it scares you so bad.
Margaret: You're not scared?
James: My fear is selfish. I just want to be with her. Know her children when she has 'em. But I can't alter the course of her life just cause of how bad I'm gonna miss her.

1883 Season 1 Episode 8 Quotes

Sam: Now you know how to steal horse.
Elsa: Hm. It could come in handy someday.
Sam: [chuckles] You stick with me, it will.

Shea: That girl's startin' to ride like a Commanche!
Charlie: That is a compliment, James.