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The children find the man with the red eyes waiting for them on Camazotz, once they enter the CENTRAL Central Intelligence building and are sent to speak with whoever is in authority. Like all those under IT's control, it is never really him who is speaking to the children, but IT. He (or rather, IT) manages to bring Charles' mind under the control of IT, but after the IT-controlled Charles then takes Meg and Calvin to see Mr. Murry's prison cell, the man with the red eyes is seen no more.
The Man with the Red Eyes Quotes in A Wrinkle in Time
The A Wrinkle in Time quotes below are all either spoken by The Man with the Red Eyes or refer to The Man with the Red Eyes. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 7
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"For why should you wish to fight someone who is here only to save you pain and trouble? For you, as well as for the rest of all the happy, useful people on this planet, I, in my own strength, am willing to assume all the pain, all the responsibility, all the burdens of thought and decision."
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Now the red eyes and the light above seemed to bore into Charles, and again the pupils of the little boy's eyes contracted. When the final point of black was lost in blue he turned away from the red eyes, looked at Meg, and smiled sweetly, but the smile was not Charles Wallace's smile.
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The Man with the Red Eyes Quotes in A Wrinkle in Time
The A Wrinkle in Time quotes below are all either spoken by The Man with the Red Eyes or refer to The Man with the Red Eyes. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 7
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"For why should you wish to fight someone who is here only to save you pain and trouble? For you, as well as for the rest of all the happy, useful people on this planet, I, in my own strength, am willing to assume all the pain, all the responsibility, all the burdens of thought and decision."
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Now the red eyes and the light above seemed to bore into Charles, and again the pupils of the little boy's eyes contracted. When the final point of black was lost in blue he turned away from the red eyes, looked at Meg, and smiled sweetly, but the smile was not Charles Wallace's smile.
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