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There are wheels within wheels in this village, and fires within fires!
The Crucible (1953)
I have seen too many frightful proofs in court — the Devil is alive in Salem, and we dare not quail to follow wherever the accusing finger points!
The Crucible (1953)
He have his goodness now, God forbid I take it from him!
The Crucible (1953)
Theology, sir, is a fortress; no crack in a fortress may be accounted small.
The Crucible (1953)
We burn a hot fire here; it melts down all concealment.
The Crucible (1953)
You're pulling heaven down, and raising up a whore!
The Crucible (1953)
Who weeps for these, weeps for corruption!
The Crucible (1953)
We cannot look to superstition in this. The Devil is precise; the marks of his presence are definite as stone.
The Crucible (1953)
I'll plead no more! I see now your spirit twists around the single error of my life, and I will never tear it free!
The Crucible (1953)
A child's spirit is like a child, you cannot catch it by running after it; you must stand still, and, for love, it will soon itself come back.
The Crucible (1953)
Abby, I may think of you softly from time to time. But I'll cut off my hand before I ever reach for you again.
The Crucible (1953)
Is the accuser always holy now?
The Crucible (1953)
Now hell and heaven grapple on our backs and all our old pretense is ripped away. Aye, and God's icy wind will blow.
The Crucible (1953)
A fire, a fire is burning! I hear the boot of Lucifer, I see his filthy face! And it is my face, and yours, Danforth!
The Crucible (1953)
I like it not that Mr. Parris should lay his hand upon my baby. I see no light of God in that man. I'll not conceal it.
The Crucible (1953)
John, I counted myself so plain, so poorly made, no honest love could come to me! Suspicion kissed you when I did; I never knew how I should say my love. It were a cold house I kept!
The Crucible (1953)
A person is either with this court or he must be counted against it, there be no road between. This is a sharp time, now, a precise time — we live no longer in the dusky afternoon when evil mixed itself with good and befuddled the world.
The Crucible (1953)
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! How may I live without my name? I have given you my soul; leave me my name!
The Crucible (1953)
I have trouble enough without I come five mile to hear him preach only hellfire and bloody damnation. Take it to heart, Mr. Parris. There are many others who stay away from church these days because you hardly ever mention God any more.
The Crucible (1953)
I do think I see some shred of goodness in John Proctor. Not enough to weave a banner with, but white enough to keep it from such dogs. Give them no tear! Tears pleasure them! Show honor now, show a stony heart and sink them with it!
The Crucible (1953)