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> [“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.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kathleen-kent/i-took-a-step-and-then-another-and-so-it-went-as-we-followed-father/)

[Kathleen Kent](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kathleen-kent/)

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## More by Kathleen Kent

> [“If I do not do this thing, then it may go on and on. Nothing of the greater good comes without struggle and sacrifice…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kathleen-kent/if-i-do-not-do-this-thing-then-it-may-go-on-and-on-nothing-of-the/)

[Kathleen Kent](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kathleen-kent/)

> [“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.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kathleen-kent/dr-tom-had-said-that-texas-was-the-only-place-he-had-ever-found-that/)

[Kathleen Kent](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kathleen-kent/)

> [“This history has for so long lived like a spider in my breast. The spider spins and spins, catching memories in its web, threatening…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kathleen-kent/this-history-has-for-so-long-lived-like-a-spider-in-my-breast-the/)

[Kathleen Kent](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kathleen-kent/)

> [“If we could see the fullness of our tomorrows, how many of us would take desperate action to change the future? What if our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kathleen-kent/if-we-could-see-the-fullness-of-our-tomorrows-how-many-of-us-would/)

[Kathleen Kent](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kathleen-kent/)

> [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kathleen-kent/men-are-always-the-last-to-ken-what-women-know-by-sniffing-the-air/)

[Kathleen Kent](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kathleen-kent/)

> [“I see the world, Sarah, and call it by what I feel it should be, not by what others who in their dull reveries…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kathleen-kent/i-see-the-world-sarah-and-call-it-by-what-i-feel-it-should-be-not-by/)

[Kathleen Kent](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kathleen-kent/)

> [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kathleen-kent/i-would-move-the-earth-to-save-your-mother-d-ye-hear-me-sarah-i-would/)

[Kathleen Kent](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kathleen-kent/)

> [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kathleen-kent/it-s-how-the-english-run-their-courts-they-sacrifice-innocents/)

[Kathleen Kent](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kathleen-kent/)

> [“There are winter evenings in Massachusetts when there is no wind and the crust on the snow seems to hold in the cold. And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kathleen-kent/there-are-winter-evenings-in-massachusetts-when-there-is-no-wind-and/)

[Kathleen Kent](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kathleen-kent/)

> [“We, all of us, must be left alone to make good on our own consciences. And no county magistrate or judge or deacon can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kathleen-kent/we-all-of-us-must-be-left-alone-to-make-good-on-our-own-consciences/)

[Kathleen Kent](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kathleen-kent/)

> [“I took a step. And then another. And so it went as we followed Father, who had come to take us forever away from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kathleen-kent/i-took-a-step-and-then-another-and-so-it-went-as-we-followed-father/)

[Kathleen Kent](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kathleen-kent/)

> [“He said that some people can live from birth to death and have no more thoughts in their heads about the reasons for living…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kathleen-kent/he-said-that-some-people-can-live-from-birth-to-death-and-have-no/)

[Kathleen Kent](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kathleen-kent/)

> [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kathleen-kent/you-ask-me-what-makes-a-woman-comely-he-tapped-one-finger-lightly/)

[Kathleen Kent](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kathleen-kent/)

> [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kathleen-kent/a-scarecrow-was-a-thing-of-bold-faced-tactics-out-in-the-full-light/)

[Kathleen Kent](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kathleen-kent/)

> [“She was too singular, too outspoken, too defiant against her judges, in defense of her innocence, and it was for this, more than for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kathleen-kent/she-was-too-singular-too-outspoken-too-defiant-against-her-judges-in/)

[Kathleen Kent](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kathleen-kent/)

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