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title: "2 Dining room Quotes By Shirley Jackson"
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> [I took my coffee into the dining room and settled down with the morning paper. A woman in New York had had twins in a taxi. A woman in Ohio had just had her seventeenth child. A twelve-year-old girl in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shirley-jackson/i-took-my-coffee-into-the-dining-room-and-settled-down-with-the/)

[Shirley Jackson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shirley-jackson/)

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> [“Poor Dr. Montague, Eleanor thought, standing aside to let the doctor take his wife into the dining room; he is so uncomfortable; I wonder how long she is going to stay. “I wonder how long she is going to stay?”…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shirley-jackson/poor-dr-montague-eleanor-thought-standing-aside-to-let-the-doctor/)

[Shirley Jackson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shirley-jackson/)

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## Other authors on Dining room

## More by Shirley Jackson

> [I can't help it when people are frightened," says Merricat. "I always want to frighten them more.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shirley-jackson/i-can-t-help-it-when-people-are-frightened-says-merricat-i-always/)

[Shirley Jackson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shirley-jackson/)

> [“She could not remember ever being truly happy in her adult life; her years with her mother had been built up devotedly around small…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shirley-jackson/she-could-not-remember-ever-being-truly-happy-in-her-adult-life-her/)

[Shirley Jackson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shirley-jackson/)

> [“Upstairs Margaret said abruptly, 'I suppose it starts to happen first in the suburbs,' and when Brad said, 'What starts to happen?' she said…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shirley-jackson/upstairs-margaret-said-abruptly-i-suppose-it-starts-to-happen-first/)

[Shirley Jackson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shirley-jackson/)

> [“The beautiful clarity of all marked outlines occurred to her--there would be a deep satisfaction in strengthening fences, for instance, going along on the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shirley-jackson/the-beautiful-clarity-of-all-marked-outlines-occurred-to-her-there/)

[Shirley Jackson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shirley-jackson/)

> [“And we held each other in the dark hall and laughed, with the tears running down our cheeks and echoes of our laughter going…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shirley-jackson/and-we-held-each-other-in-the-dark-hall-and-laughed-with-the-tears/)

[Shirley Jackson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shirley-jackson/)

> [“Why do people want to talk to each other? I mean, what are the things people always want to find out about other people?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shirley-jackson/why-do-people-want-to-talk-to-each-other-i-mean-what-are-the-things/)

[Shirley Jackson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shirley-jackson/)

> [Within, walls continued upright, bricks met neatly, floors were firm, and doors were sensibly shut; silence lay steadily against the wood and stone of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shirley-jackson/within-walls-continued-upright-bricks-met-neatly-floors-were-firm-and/)

[Shirley Jackson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shirley-jackson/)

> [“It was as though the people needed the ugliness of the village, and fed on it. The houses and the stores seemed to have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shirley-jackson/it-was-as-though-the-people-needed-the-ugliness-of-the-village-and/)

[Shirley Jackson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shirley-jackson/)

> [“Eleanor—“I plan to stay up and read for a while.” “Are you still reading Pamela?” Eleanor asked the doctor. “Volume two. I have three…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shirley-jackson/eleanor-i-plan-to-stay-up-and-read-for-a-while-are-you-still-reading/)

[Shirley Jackson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shirley-jackson/)

> [“Is everyone really crazy but me?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shirley-jackson/is-everyone-really-crazy-but-me/)

[Shirley Jackson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shirley-jackson/)

> [February, when the days of winter seem endless and no amount of wistful recollecting can bring back any air of summer.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shirley-jackson/february-when-the-days-of-winter-seem-endless-and-no-amount-of/)

[Shirley Jackson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shirley-jackson/)

> [“it’s quite a hazard, quite a hazard indeed, people knocking you down. Still, it’s a genuine pleasure to find one as willing as you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shirley-jackson/it-s-quite-a-hazard-quite-a-hazard-indeed-people-knocking-you-down/)

[Shirley Jackson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shirley-jackson/)

> [On the moon we have everything. Lettuce, and pumpkin pie and Amanita phalloides. We have cat-furred plants and horses dancing with their wings. All…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shirley-jackson/on-the-moon-we-have-everything-lettuce-and-pumpkin-pie-and-amanita/)

[Shirley Jackson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shirley-jackson/)

> [She walked quickly around her one-room apartment. After more than four years in this one home she knew all its possibilities, how it could…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shirley-jackson/she-walked-quickly-around-her-one-room-apartment-after-more-than-four/)

[Shirley Jackson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shirley-jackson/)

> [I very much dislike writing about myself or my work, and when pressed for autobiographical material can only give a bare chronological outline which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shirley-jackson/i-very-much-dislike-writing-about-myself-or-my-work-and-when-pressed/)

[Shirley Jackson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shirley-jackson/)

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