Blood on the River Quotes

Some would say I am lucky. Others would say I’m doomed.

• Captain John Smith

• Captain Newport

• Master Wingfield

• Samuel

• Reverend Hunt

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

“‘I know these gentlemen. They’ll expect to have everything done for them, expect it to be easy. They won’t lift a finger to work.’”

• Captain John Smith

• Captain Newport

• Master Wingfield

• Samuel

• Reverend Hunt

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

But I know there is no peace inside Master Wingfield. I know it is only a matter of time before he strikes. It will not be with his fists, as we commoners do. It will be with his...

• Captain John Smith

• Captain Newport

• Master Wingfield

• Samuel

• Reverend Hunt

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CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

“Instead of trying to decipher which of the men are to be trusted and which are not, I have made it simple for myself: Trust no one. It is a philosophy that worked for me in the poorhouse, on the streets of London, and at the orphanage.”

• Captain John Smith

• Captain Newport

• Master Wingfield

• Samuel

• Reverend Hunt

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

He somehow makes a fragile peace, somehow convinces the gentlemen who wait just a little longer for an East wind. But I know there is no peace inside Master Wingfield. I know it is only a matter of time before he strikes…  It will be with his power, and it will be worse than fists. 

• Captain John Smith

• Captain Newport

• Master Wingfield

• Samuel

• Reverend Hunt

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

"By my authority as captain of this fleet, I hereby place you under arrest."

• Captain John Smith

• Captain Newport

• Master Wingfield

• Samuel

• Reverend Hunt

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

"You are a commoner! You cannot level charges against your betters."

• Captain John Smith

• Captain Newport

• Master Wingfield

• Samuel

• Reverend Hunt

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

"Stand on one foot!"

• Captain John Smith

• Captain Newport

• Master Wingfield

• Samuel

• Reverend Hunt

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

"I'm sorry for punching you last night. Bring me a bucket, would you?"

• Captain John Smith

• Captain Newport

• Master Wingfield

• Samuel

• Reverend Hunt

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

"I want to live here forever, I'd never go back to my stepmum ever. She would think I'd died, and that would make her happy."

• Captain John Smith

• James

• Master Wingfield

• Samuel

• Reverend Hunt

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3