"And what shall I say to them? That my daughter and my niece I discovered dancing like heathen in the forest?"
"Uncle, we did dance; let you tell them I confessed it—and I’ll be whipped if I must be. But they’re speakin’ of witchcraft. Betty’s not witched."
Betty
Abigail
"I’ll lead them in a psalm, but let you say nothing of witchcraft yet. I will not discuss it."
Mr. Putnam
Mrs. Putnam
"She’s [Ruth] improved a little, I think—she give a powerful sneeze before."
"She ails as she must—she never waked this morning, but her eyes open and she walks, and hears naught, sees naught, and cannot eat. Her soul is taken, surely."
Mercy
"You did, you did! You drank a charm to kill John Proctor’s wife! You drank a charm to kill Goody Proctor!"(Abigail slaps her hard)
Proctor
Abby: "Oh, I marvel how such a strong man may let such a sickly wife be—"Proctor: "You’ll speak nothin’ of Elizabeth!"
"I’d best be off. I have my Ruth to watch. Good morning, Mr. Proctor."
Mary
"What’s got her? Abby, she’s going to die! It’s a sin to conjure, and we—"
Proctor: "Your grandfather had a habit of willing land that never belonged to him"Giles: "He nearly willed away my north pasture but he knew I’d break his fingers before he’d set his name to it."
"I have eleven children, and I am twenty-six times a grandma, and I have seen them all through their silly seasons..."
"You think it God’s work you should never lose a child, nor grandchild either, and I bury all but one"
Rebecca
"It stands clear in my grandfather’s will that all the land between the river and—"
Giles
Tituba: "And I look—and there was Goody Good."Abby: "I saw Goody Osburn with the Devil! I saw Bridget Bishop with the Devil!"Betty: "I saw George Jacobs with the Devil! I saw Goody Howe with the Devil!"
Tituba
"You will confess yourself or I will take you out and whip you to your death, Tituba!"
Hale
You have confessed yourself to witchcraft, and that speaks a wish to come to Heaven’s side. And we will bless you, Tituba.