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The Crucible
Quotes
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| "I have eleven children, and I am twenty-six times a grandma, and I have seen them all through their silly seasons, and when it come on them they will run the Devil bowlegged keeping up with their mischief." | Rebecca Nurse |
| "And, I say, 'You lie, Devil, you lie!' And then he come one stormy night to me, and he say, 'Look! I have white people belong to me.'" | Tituba |
| "You know yourself I must do as I'm told. You surely know that, Giles." And I'd as lief you'd not be sending me to Hell." | Ezekiel Cheever |
| "You drank blood, Abby! You didn't tell him that!" | Betty Parris |
| "And she may dote on it now--I am sure she does--and thinks to kill me, then take my place." | Elizabeth Proctor |
| "I will fall like an ocean on that court!" | John Proctor |
| "My wife is the very brick and mortar of the church, Mr Hale--Martha Corey, there cannot be a woman closer yet to God than Martha." | Francis Nurse |
| "I do not preach for children, Rebecca." | Reverend Parris |
| "You think it is God's work you should never lose a child, nor grandchild either, and I bury all but one?" | Ann Putnam |
| "Think you to be so might that the power of Hell may not turn your wits? Beware of it!" | Abigail Williams |
| "More weight." | Giles Corey |
| "Then can she pretend to faint now?" | Judge Hathorne |
| "He had no right to sell it. It stands clear in my grandfather's will that all the land between the river and..." | Thomas Putnam |
| "I may shut my conscience to it no more--private vengeance is working through this testimony." | Reverend Hale |
| "Have you tried beatin' her? I gave Ruth a good one and it waked her for a minute. Here, let me have her." | Mercy Lewis |
| "I have been thirty-two year at the bar, sir, and I should be confounded were I called upon to defend these people." | Danforth |
| "We must all love each other now, Goody Proctor." | Mary Warren |
| "I'd not refuse it, Tituba; it's the proper morning to fly into Hell." | Marshall Herrick |