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- “To learn what we fear is to learn who we are. Horror defies our boundaries and illuminates our souls.” ― Shirley Jackson, The Haunting of Hill House
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Discover Shirley Jackson famous and rare quotes. Share Shirley Jackson quotations about house, children and books. "The sight of one's own heart is degrading..."
What are the most important quotations in Shirley Jackson’s well-known 1948 short story ‘The Lottery’? This deeply unsettling story about a village which annually selects a blood sacrifice from its inhabitants in the hope of bringing about a good harvest is widely studied and discussed, but it deals with some big ideas and moral questions.
- Shirley Jackson
- 1948
- “Although the villagers had forgotten the ritual and lost the original black box, they still remembered to use stones.” ― Shirley Jackson, The Lottery.
- “It isn't fair, it isn't right," Mrs. Hutchinson screamed, and then they were upon her.” ― Shirley Jackson, The Lottery.
- “Tessie Hutchinson was in the center of a cleared space by now, and she held her hands out desperately as the villagers moved in on her. "It isn't fair," she said.
- “It's not the way it used to be... people ain't the way they used to be.” ― Shirley Jackson, The Lottery.
Showing 1-30 of 769. “No live organism can continue for long to exist sanely under conditions of absolute reality.”. ― Shirley Jackson, The Haunting of Hill House. tags: escape, escapism, first-sentence, opening-lines, reality, sanity. 1244 likes.
Jun 21, 2017 · Quotes by Shirley Jackson, novelist and memoirist best known for the short story The Lottery. Her work featured horror as well as everyday family life.
52 of the best book quotes from Shirley Jackson. “It isn’t fair, it isn’t right,”. ″ People ain’t the way they used to be. “All right, folks. Let’s finish quickly.
Find the quotes you need in Shirley Jackson's We Have Always Lived in the Castle, sortable by theme, character, or chapter. From the creators of SparkNotes.
