- [discussing the man Vivian shot]
- Alex: He's very rich, Mike. He might try blackmail.
- Mike Hammer: Not with her packin' a rod. Her aim could improve.
- Mike Hammer: [narrating] Joe Sale and Rick Stoner knew how to work a man over - inside stuff - low, no scars. A beautiful operation... my recovery room was an alley down by the river, but they'd three fatal mistakes. One: trying to hook Vivian the very first night she got her wings; two: thinking I'd let her give me the slip, and three: not killing me dead when they had their chance.
- Norman Sheridan: You're intelligent; you've been around. You know that anything in the world can be chaned for a price.
- Mike Hammer: I'l make that your epitaph.
- Norman Sheridan: Hammer, what do you want?
- Mike Hammer: I want to kill you, but you won't go for your gun. I'll just have to settle for watching you burn.