- Captain Charles Vane: [to Idelle about Eleanor] You hate her. I hate her. They all hate her. Look what good it's done us. No captain on this island has ever known that kind of power. Power that doesn't care how many votes you can tally; who loves you, who hates you; power that just is.
- John Silver: [telling Eleanor about the danger of mob violence] Funny thing, the people most surprised when it happens are usually the ones that gave rise to it in the first place.