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Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde quotes, in plain words
Every big quote from the book. Who says it, where, and what it means. Start with the twenty marked with a dot.
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Short. Easy to remember. Between them they cover every theme and every main character.
Mr. Utterson the lawyer was a man of a rugged countenance that was never lighted by a smile
Narrator · Chapter 1: Story of the Door · reputation · secrecy
Utterson is a serious lawyer who never smiles. He is our eyes for the story.
I incline to Cain's heresy
Utterson · Chapter 1: Story of the Door · secrecy · religion
Cain asked, am I my brother's keeper? Utterson says he lets people go their own way. He does not pry. Then he does.
If he be Mr. Hyde," he had thought, "I shall be Mr. Seek.
Utterson · Chapter 2: Search for Mr Hyde · secrecy
Utterson makes a joke of the name. He will hunt Hyde down.
the man seems hardly human! Something troglodytic, shall we say?
Utterson · Chapter 2: Search for Mr Hyde · evil · science
Hyde seems less than human. Like a cave man. A creature from before people.
Poor Harry Jekyll," he thought, "my mind misgives me he is in deep waters!
Utterson · Chapter 2: Search for Mr Hyde · secrecy · reputation
Utterson thinks his friend is in trouble. He guesses blackmail. He is wrong, but not far wrong.
My devil had been long caged, he came out roaring.
Jekyll · Chapter 10: Henry Jekyll's Full Statement of the Case · evil · violence
Jekyll stopped taking the potion for two months. When Hyde came back he killed a man.
I was slowly losing hold of my original and better self, and becoming slowly incorporated with my second and worse.
Jekyll · Chapter 10: Henry Jekyll's Full Statement of the Case · duality · evil
Hyde is winning. Jekyll can feel himself disappearing.
Hyde was pale and dwarfish, he gave an impression of deformity without any nameable malformation
Narrator · Chapter 2: Search for Mr Hyde · evil
Small, pale, and somehow wrong, but nothing you could point to.
This, too, was myself.
Jekyll · Chapter 10: Henry Jekyll's Full Statement of the Case · duality
Jekyll sees Hyde in the mirror and admits it. That is me too.
O God!" I screamed, and "O God!" again and again
Lanyon · Chapter 9: Dr Lanyon's Narrative · science · religion · duality
Lanyon watches Hyde drink the potion and turn into Jekyll. He cannot stop screaming.
Henry Jekyll stood at times aghast before the acts of Edward Hyde
Jekyll · Chapter 10: Henry Jekyll's Full Statement of the Case · duality · reputation
Jekyll is shocked by what Hyde does. But he made Hyde so he could do it.
the animal within me licking the chops of memory
Jekyll · Chapter 10: Henry Jekyll's Full Statement of the Case · evil · science
After the murder, part of Jekyll enjoys remembering it. Like an animal after a meal.
I bring the life of that unhappy Henry Jekyll to an end.
Jekyll · Chapter 10: Henry Jekyll's Full Statement of the Case · duality · secrecy
The last line. He does not know if Hyde will die or hang. He is done writing.
Every quote, in order
All 38, in the order they happen.
- Chapter 1: Story of the Door5 quotes
- Chapter 2: Search for Mr Hyde5 quotes
- Chapter 3: Dr Jekyll Was Quite at Ease2 quotes
- Chapter 4: The Carew Murder Case3 quotes
- Chapter 5: Incident of the Letter3 quotes
- Chapter 6: Incident of Dr Lanyon2 quotes
- Chapter 7: Incident at the Window3 quotes
- Chapter 8: The Last Night3 quotes
- Chapter 9: Dr Lanyon's Narrative2 quotes
- Chapter 10: Henry Jekyll's Full Statement of the Case10 quotes
Chapter 1: Story of the Door
Mr. Utterson the lawyer was a man of a rugged countenance that was never lighted by a smile
Narrator · Chapter 1: Story of the Door · reputation · secrecy
Utterson is a serious lawyer who never smiles. He is our eyes for the story.
I incline to Cain's heresy
Utterson · Chapter 1: Story of the Door · secrecy · religion
Cain asked, am I my brother's keeper? Utterson says he lets people go their own way. He does not pry. Then he does.
It was like some damned Juggernaut.
Enfield · Chapter 1: Story of the Door · violence · evil
Hyde walks over a small girl in the street and keeps going. Like a huge machine that crushes what is in its way.
There is something wrong with his appearance; something displeasing, something down-right detestable.
Enfield · Chapter 1: Story of the Door · evil
Enfield cannot say what is wrong with Hyde. He just knows something is.
I never saw a man I so disliked, and yet I scarce know why.
Enfield · Chapter 1: Story of the Door · evil
Everyone who meets Hyde hates him. Nobody can explain it.
Chapter 2: Search for Mr Hyde
If he be Mr. Hyde," he had thought, "I shall be Mr. Seek.
Utterson · Chapter 2: Search for Mr Hyde · secrecy
Utterson makes a joke of the name. He will hunt Hyde down.
the man seems hardly human! Something troglodytic, shall we say?
Utterson · Chapter 2: Search for Mr Hyde · evil · science
Hyde seems less than human. Like a cave man. A creature from before people.
Poor Harry Jekyll," he thought, "my mind misgives me he is in deep waters!
Utterson · Chapter 2: Search for Mr Hyde · secrecy · reputation
Utterson thinks his friend is in trouble. He guesses blackmail. He is wrong, but not far wrong.
Hyde was pale and dwarfish, he gave an impression of deformity without any nameable malformation
Narrator · Chapter 2: Search for Mr Hyde · evil
Small, pale, and somehow wrong, but nothing you could point to.
It is one thing to mortify curiosity, another to conquer it
Narrator · Chapter 2: Search for Mr Hyde · secrecy
Utterson tries not to be curious. He cannot help it.
Chapter 3: Dr Jekyll Was Quite at Ease
The large handsome face of Dr. Jekyll grew pale to the very lips, and there came a blackness about his eyes.
Narrator · Chapter 3: Dr Jekyll Was Quite at Ease · secrecy · duality
When Utterson mentions Hyde, Jekyll goes white. His face gives him away.
the moment I choose, I can be rid of Mr. Hyde.
Jekyll · Chapter 3: Dr Jekyll Was Quite at Ease · duality · science
Jekyll thinks he is in control. He can stop whenever he wants. He cannot.
Chapter 4: The Carew Murder Case
with ape-like fury, he was trampling his victim under foot
Narrator · Chapter 4: The Carew Murder Case · violence · evil
Hyde beats an old man to death with a stick. Like an animal, not a man.
a great chocolate-coloured pall lowered over heaven
Narrator · Chapter 4: The Carew Murder Case · setting · evil
London fog like a brown blanket over the sky. The city hides things.
like a district of some city in a nightmare
Narrator · Chapter 4: The Carew Murder Case · setting
Hyde's part of London looks like a bad dream. The place matches the man.
Chapter 5: Incident of the Letter
I have had a lesson
Jekyll · Chapter 5: Incident of the Letter · secrecy · reputation
After the murder, Jekyll says he has learned. He swears he is done with Hyde.
the two hands are in many points identical: only differently sloped
Guest · Chapter 5: Incident of the Letter · duality · secrecy
Hyde's handwriting is Jekyll's, leaning the other way. A clue nobody follows.
I swear to God I will never set eyes on him again.
Jekyll · Chapter 5: Incident of the Letter · religion · secrecy
Jekyll swears he is done with Hyde. He means it. It does not hold.
Chapter 6: Incident of Dr Lanyon
I have had a shock," he said, "and I shall never recover.
Lanyon · Chapter 6: Incident of Dr Lanyon · science · secrecy
Lanyon has seen something. He will not say what. He dies of it.
I wish to see or hear no more of Dr. Jekyll
Lanyon · Chapter 6: Incident of Dr Lanyon · reputation · secrecy
Lanyon cuts Jekyll off completely. Whatever he saw was too much.
Chapter 7: Incident at the Window
I am very low, Utterson," replied the doctor drearily, "very low. It will not last long, thank God.
Jekyll · Chapter 7: Incident at the Window · duality · secrecy
Jekyll at the window, sad and sick. He knows the end is coming.
an expression of such abject terror and despair, as froze the very blood of the two gentlemen below
Narrator · Chapter 7: Incident at the Window · duality · evil
Mid-sentence, Jekyll's face changes to horror. He slams the window. Hyde is coming out.
God forgive us, God forgive us
Utterson · Chapter 7: Incident at the Window · religion · evil
After they see Jekyll's face change at the window, Utterson can only pray. Twice.
Chapter 8: The Last Night
Sir, if that was my master, why had he a mask upon his face?
Poole · Chapter 8: The Last Night · secrecy · duality
Poole the servant has seen the thing in the lab. It wore a mask. It was not his master.
that thing was not my master, and there's the truth.
Poole · Chapter 8: The Last Night · duality
Poole cannot say what it was. Only what it was not.
the body of a man sorely contorted and still twitching
Narrator · Chapter 8: The Last Night · violence · evil
Hyde, dead on the floor, in Jekyll's clothes that are too big for him.
Chapter 9: Dr Lanyon's Narrative
O God!" I screamed, and "O God!" again and again
Lanyon · Chapter 9: Dr Lanyon's Narrative · science · religion · duality
Lanyon watches Hyde drink the potion and turn into Jekyll. He cannot stop screaming.
My life is shaken to its roots
Lanyon · Chapter 9: Dr Lanyon's Narrative · science
What Lanyon saw broke everything he believed. Science, God, all of it.
Chapter 10: Henry Jekyll's Full Statement of the Case
man is not truly one, but truly two
Jekyll · Chapter 10: Henry Jekyll's Full Statement of the Case · duality
The heart of the book. Every person has two selves.
I was slowly losing hold of my original and better self, and becoming slowly incorporated with my second and worse.
Jekyll · Chapter 10: Henry Jekyll's Full Statement of the Case · duality · evil
Hyde is winning. Jekyll can feel himself disappearing.
Edward Hyde, alone in the ranks of mankind, was pure evil.
Jekyll · Chapter 10: Henry Jekyll's Full Statement of the Case · evil · duality
Everyone else is a mix. Hyde is the only pure thing. Pure evil.
This, too, was myself.
Jekyll · Chapter 10: Henry Jekyll's Full Statement of the Case · duality
Jekyll sees Hyde in the mirror and admits it. That is me too.
My devil had been long caged, he came out roaring.
Jekyll · Chapter 10: Henry Jekyll's Full Statement of the Case · evil · violence
Jekyll stopped taking the potion for two months. When Hyde came back he killed a man.
the animal within me licking the chops of memory
Jekyll · Chapter 10: Henry Jekyll's Full Statement of the Case · evil · science
After the murder, part of Jekyll enjoys remembering it. Like an animal after a meal.
Henry Jekyll stood at times aghast before the acts of Edward Hyde
Jekyll · Chapter 10: Henry Jekyll's Full Statement of the Case · duality · reputation
Jekyll is shocked by what Hyde does. But he made Hyde so he could do it.
I bring the life of that unhappy Henry Jekyll to an end.
Jekyll · Chapter 10: Henry Jekyll's Full Statement of the Case · duality · secrecy
The last line. He does not know if Hyde will die or hang. He is done writing.
the powers of Hyde seemed to have grown with the sickliness of Jekyll
Jekyll · Chapter 10: Henry Jekyll's Full Statement of the Case · duality · evil
The weaker Jekyll gets, the stronger Hyde grows.
I concealed my pleasures
Jekyll · Chapter 10: Henry Jekyll's Full Statement of the Case · secrecy · reputation
Jekyll hid the things he enjoyed because he wanted to look respectable. That is why he wanted a second self.
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