Mr. Joe Summers Quotes

“Guess we better get started, get this over with, so we can go back to work.”

“All right, folks. Let’s finish quickly. ”

“Although Mr. Summers and everyone else in the village knew the answer perfectly well, it was the business of the official of the lottery to ask such questions formally.”

“No one liked to upset even as much tradition as was represented by the black box. ”

“Daughters draw with their husbands’ families, Tessie,”

“You didn’t give him time enough to take any paper he wanted. I saw you. It wasn’t fair!”