| You drank a charm to kill Goody Proctor. | Betty Parris |
| I may think of you softly from time to time, but I will cut off my hand before I reach for you again. We never touched. | John Proctor |
| He have his goodness now. God forbid I take it away from him! | Elizabeth Proctor |
| There is a prodigious danger in the seeking out of loose spirits. | Rebecca Nurse |
| Let either of you breathe a word, or the edge of a word, about the other things, and I will come to you in the black of some terrible night and I will bring a pointy reckoning that will shudder you. And you know I can do it | Abigail Williams |
| I do not judge you. The magistrate that sits in your heart judges you. | Elizabeth Proctor |
| You think that is God’s work that you should never lose a child and I bury all but one? | Ann Putnam |
| “Life, woman, life is God’s most precious gift; no principle, however glorious, may justify the taking of it… it may well be God damns a liar less than he that throws his life away for pride” | Reverend Hale |
| You are not God Elizabeth! Can you not look for some goodness in me and judge me not? | John Proctor |
| Until an hour before the Devil fell, God thought him beautiful in Heaven. | Reverend Hale |
| Let Rebecca go like a saint, for me it is a fraud. | John Proctor |
| No Abby! Dat be a bad Thing! | Tituba |
| I mean to crush him utterly if he has shown his face. | Reverend Hale |
| Because it is my name! Because I cannot have another in my life! Because I lie and sign myself to lies! Because I am not worth the dust on the feet of them that hang | John Proctor |
| I must tell you, sir, I will be gone every day now. I am amazed you do not see what mighty work we do. | Mary Warren |
| Adultery, John. | Elizabeth Proctor |
| Come now. You say your only purpose is to free your wife. Good then, she is saved at least this year, and a year is long… will you drop this charge? | Danforth |
| But you must understand, sir, that a person is either with this court or he must be counted against it. There will be no road between. | Danforth |
| I cannot give you his name. | Giles Corey |
| (In response to a serious court question, this person said) No, sir. | Elizabeth Proctor |
| You will confess yourself or you will hang. | Danforth |
| My niece, sir, my niece- I believe she has vanished. | Reverend Parris |
| Postponement means a floundering on my part. | Danforth |
| Suspicion kissed you when I did. | Elizabeth Proctor |
| And there’s your first marvel, that I can. You have made your magic now for I do think I see some shred of goodness in John Proctor. | John Proctor |
| You will confess yourself or I will take you out and whip you to your death. | Reverend Parris |
ENGLISH 3A The Crucible Quotes
February 29, 2020