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And Then There Were None Good vs. Evil Quotes

How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)

Quote #1

The little elderly spinster was no longer slightly ridiculous to Vera.

Suddenly—she was terrible. (7.75-76)

Everyone who comes to the island looks pretty harmless, and Miss Brent most of all: aw, she’s nothing other than a little old church lady! But they’re all total Monets: up close, they’re morally a mess.

Quote #2

“I reiterate my positive belief that of the seven persons assembled in this room one is a dangerous and probably insane criminal.” (9.365)

LOL irony. Here, Justice Wargrave is actually referring to himself as the dangerous and probably insane criminal. And oh boy, is he right.

Quote #3

“You’ve admitted, you know, that you don’t hold human life particularly sacred, but all the same I can’t see you as—as the man who dictated that gramophone record.” (10.28)

Even though Lombard is clearly a racist and a bit of a jerk (he did leave a bunch of native men to die), that doesn’t necessarily him evil or a lunatic. We guess. In fact, Vera can even relate to his flawed nature.