"I wore it seriously, me hero's sash of green and gold - proof that I'd saved a life as well."

"What I best recall is riding alone with the sun behind me, seeing me own shadow cantering ahead against the roadside …"

"I've never shot a man, but if I do, so help me God, you'll be the first!"

"They said I'd lost what it meant to be human, maybe never had it in the first place, but wasn't this about protecting…"

"And wasn't this the challenge of your whole life, Superintendent? A feather in your cap? You can't catch me. You don'…"

"There's a certain type of black tribesman that bends in the wind. Blends into the background. Mostly he employs the h…"

"They say the trouble with the Irish is that they rely too much on dreams and not enough on gunpowder. Whereas the Eng…"

"So our plans were set. One, the traitor, Aaron Sherritt; dead, as arranged. Two; the police special from Benalla comi…"

"[last words] Such is life."

"I was the hero of Hughes Creek. I can still see the glint in me Da's eye as he looked down at me, his hand on me shou…"