“I took a step. And then another. And so it went as we followed Father, who had come to take us forever away from Salem. And with every step I thought of my mother's courage as she faced her judges.… — Kathleen Kent Copy Share Image
“If I do not do this thing, then it may go on and on. Nothing of the greater good comes without struggle and sacrifice… — Kathleen Kent Copy Share Image
“Dr. Tom had said that Texas was the only place he had ever found that, when it killed you, it didn't forget about you.” — Kathleen Kent Copy Share Image
“This history has for so long lived like a spider in my breast. The spider spins and spins, catching memories in its web, threatening… — Kathleen Kent Copy Share Image
“If we could see the fullness of our tomorrows, how many of us would take desperate action to change the future? What if our… — Kathleen Kent Copy Share Image
“Men are always the last to ken what women know by sniffing the air. That's why God gave bodily might to Adam, to balance… — Kathleen Kent Copy Share Image
“I see the world, Sarah, and call it by what I feel it should be, not by what others who in their dull reveries… — Kathleen Kent Copy Share Image
“I would move the earth to save your mother. D'ye hear me, Sarah? I would tear down the walls of her jail and carry… — Kathleen Kent Copy Share Image
“It's how the English run their courts. They sacrifice innocents, thinking to keep evil at bay, and call it a kind of justice. But… — Kathleen Kent Copy Share Image
“There are winter evenings in Massachusetts when there is no wind and the crust on the snow seems to hold in the cold. And… — Kathleen Kent Copy Share Image
“We, all of us, must be left alone to make good on our own consciences. And no county magistrate or judge or deacon can… — Kathleen Kent Copy Share Image
“I took a step. And then another. And so it went as we followed Father, who had come to take us forever away from… — Kathleen Kent Copy Share Image
“He said that some people can live from birth to death and have no more thoughts in their heads about the reasons for living… — Kathleen Kent Copy Share Image
“You ask me what makes a woman comely?" He tapped one finger lightly against her temple and said, "Thoughts, missus. It's thoughts that make… — Kathleen Kent Copy Share Image
“A scarecrow was a thing of bold-faced tactics, out in the full light of day. A "murmet," the "r" softly rolling against the tongue… — Kathleen Kent Copy Share Image
“She was too singular, too outspoken, too defiant against her judges, in defense of her innocence, and it was for this, more than for… — Kathleen Kent Copy Share Image
