Benoit Blanc Quotes

It’s a dangerous thing to mistake speaking without thought for speaking the truth.

I’m very bad at dumb things. My Achilles’ heel.

You have a regurgitative reaction to mistruthing.[to Marta]

The complexity and the gray lie not in the truth, but what you do with the truth once you have it.

You’ve taken seven people, each of whom has a real-life reason to wish you harm, gathered them together on a remote island and placed the idea of your murder in their heads. It’s like putting a loaded gun on the table and turning off the lights![to Miles]

You won, not by playing the game Harlan’s way, but yours. You’re a good person.[to Marta]

Why is grief the providence of youth? I don’t know. But I’d imagine that age deepens all feelings. Including grief.

Strange case from the start. A case with a hole in the middle. A doughnut.

Physical evidence can tell a clear story with a forked tongue.

Oh my God, it’s full of stars! 2010, the year we made contact. [while looking into the icosahedron kaleidoscope]

My presence will be ornamental. You will find me a respectful, quiet, passive observer of the truth.

I’ve learned through bitter experience that an anonymous invitation is not to be trifled with.[to Miles]