"It was one of the laws of the veselija that no one goes hungry; and, while a rule made in the forests of Lithuania is…"

"The little person who leads this trio is an inspired man. His fiddle is out of tune, and there is no rosin on his bow…"

"It is very imprudent, it is tragic — but, ah, it is so beautiful! Bit by bit these poor people have given up everythi…"

"The veselija is a compact, a compact not expressed, but therefore only the more binding upon all."

"They were divided in their opinions about it. It was an elemental odor, raw and crude; it was rich, almost rancid, se…"

"The line of the buildings stood clear-cut and black against the sky; here and there out of the mass rose the great ch…"

"Meantime, heedless of all these things, the men upon the floor were going about their work. Neither squeals of hogs n…"

"One could not stand and watch very long without becoming philosophical, without beginning to deal in symbols and simi…"

"This was the first time in his life that he had ever really worked, it seemed to Jurgis; it was the first time that h…"

"What," asks the prophet, "is the murder of them that kill the body, to the murder of them that kill the soul?"