Lottery Shirley Jackson Quotes & Sayings

I am the call of love ...
Can you hear me in the full grasses, in the scented winds ?
It is I who makes the garden smile. — Rumi

But behind all your stories is always your mother's story, because hers is where yours begins. — Mitch Albom

Recognising our own mistakes helps us to empathise non-judgementally with others and helps enable us to understand their issues. — Jay Woodman

I thank God for His infinite blessings. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Anyone have a pen and paper?"
There was a moment of stillness as the four of us looked around, totally clueless. The only things any of us ever wrote with were our phones. And there was no way this was going to be a vote via group text. — Goldy Moldavsky

The morning of June 27th was clear and sunny, with the fresh warmth of a full-summer day; the flowers were blossoming profusely and the grass was richly green. The people of the village began to gather in the square, between the post office and the bank, around ten o'clock; in some towns there were so many people that the lottery took two days and had to be started on June 2th. but in this village, where there were only about three hundred people, the whole lottery took less than two hours, so it could begin at ten o'clock in the morning and still be through in time to allow the villagers to get home for noon dinner. — Shirley Jackson

Forgive your past to make peace with your present. — Debasish Mridha