I'm a dying man scared of the dark.

— J.B. Books (John Wayne)

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3 seconds sound clip from the The Shootist movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 01:08:49.259 in the DVD version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- You reprimand me for making judgments with a gun barrel poked in my face, but it's all right for you to judge me on hearsay.

- But the hearsay fits.

- Maybe I'm better than you've already decided. Maybe I'm no worse than that good reverend you're always bragging about.

- Maybe you just like being a gunman. Oh, I suppose you prefer the word shootist.

- I don't think of myself as either.

- Oh, no. You're some godlike creature of infinite knowledge, aren't you?

- I'm a dying man scared of the dark.

- Damn you! Damn you for the pain you've brought into this house.

- There we are, sir.

- Mr. Books.

- Yes, sir?

- I'm Hezekiah Beckum, the undertaker, sir.

- How do you do?

[...]

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