How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Section.Paragraph)
Quote #4
It's just a bunch of Mexican drugrunners.
They were. They aint now.
I aint sure what you're sayin.
I'm just sayin that whatever they were the only thing they are now is dead. (3.3.95-3.3.99)
Bell and Wendell have a conversation about the drug runners, and about how death is great equalizer. It's a reminder that these men, who sometimes seem like violent monsters, are people, too. Getting involved in the drug biz made them the way they are. It's a bum rap for basically everybody.
Quote #5
I believe this one's died of natural causes.
Natural causes?
Natural to the line of work he's in. (3.3.147-3.3.150)
Oh, Sheriff Bell. What a card. Here, our old boy uses a bit of black humor to lighten the mood. And it's funny because it's true. We can't imagine that the lifespan of your average drug runner is a long one. Chigurh is the exception: he might never die. But he's almost more of a symbol than a real person.
Quote #6
I used to say they were the same ones we've always had to deal with. Same ones my grandaddy [sic] had to deal with. Back then they was rustlin cattle. Now they're runnin dope. (3.3.201)
Bell suspects that drug runners are the result of the natural evolution of cattle rustlers. If that's true, then what's the next step? Where will these guys go when the drug business is no longer profitable? Or will it always be profitable?