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Quotes from The Lottery — Shirley Jackson

1916–1965 United States

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Although the villagers had forgotten the ritual and lost the original black box, they still remembered to use stones.

The Lottery (1948)

"It isn't fair, it isn't right," Mrs. Hutchinson screamed, and then they were upon her.

The Lottery (1948)

"Some places have already quit lotteries." Mrs. Adams said.
"Nothing but trouble in that," Old Man Warner said stoutly. "Pack of young fools."

The Lottery (1948)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Shirley Jackson (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.