Plays by Susan Glaspell Quotes

“They wonder if she was going to quilt it or just knot it! (The men laugh, the women look abashed.)”
― Susan Glaspell, Plays

“No, Wright wouldn't like the bird—a thing that sang. She used to sing. He killed that, too.”
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“She—come to think of it, she was kind of like a bird herself—real sweet and pretty, but kind of timid and—fluttery.”
― Susan Glaspell, Plays

“But he was a hard man, Mrs Peters. Just to pass the time of day with him—(shivers) Like a raw wind that gets to the bone,”
― Susan Glaspell, Plays

“I—I've never liked this place. Maybe because it's down in a hollow and you don't see the road.”
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“All the rest of it has been so nice and even. And look at this! It's all over the place! Why, it looks as if she didn't know what she was about! (After she has said this they look at each other, then start to glance back at the door. After an instant MRS HALE has pulled at a knot and ripped the sewing.)”
― Susan Glaspell, Plays

“I wonder if she was goin' to quilt it or just knot it?”
― Susan Glaspell, Plays

“She used to wear pretty clothes and be lively, when she was Minnie Foster, one of the town girls singing in the choir. But that—oh, that was thirty years ago.”
― Susan Glaspell, Plays

“this is cherries, too. (looking again) I declare I believe that's the only one.”
― Susan Glaspell, Plays

“You're convinced that there was nothing important here—nothing that would point to any motive. SHERIFF: Nothing here but kitchen things.”
― Susan Glaspell, Plays

“She moved from that chair to this one over here (pointing to a small chair in the corner)”
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“though I said to Harry that I didn't know as what his wife wanted made much difference to John—”
― Susan Glaspell, Plays