Trifles Quotes

“Well, women are used to worrying over trifles.”

“I’d hate to have men coming into my kitchen, snooping around and criticizing.” “Of course it’s no more than their duty.”

“They say it was such a—funny way to kill a man, rigging it all up like that.”
“That’s just what Mr. Hale said. There was a gun in the house. He says that’s what he can’t understand.”

“Mr. Henderson said coming out that what was needed for the case was a motive; something to show anger, or—sudden feeling.”

“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.”

“When I was a girl—my kitten—there was a boy took a hatchet, and before my eyes—and before I could get there—[Covers her face an instant] If they hadn’t held me back I would have—[Catches herself, looks upstairs where steps are heard, falters weakly]—hurt him.”

“Oh, I wish I’d come over here once in a while! That was a crime! That was a crime! Who’s going to punish that?”

“We all go through the same things—it’s all just a different kind of the same thing.”

“No, Mrs. Peters doesn’t need supervising. For that matter, a sheriff’s wife is married to the law.”

“Well, Henry, at least we found out that she was not going to quilt it. She was going to—what is it you call it, ladies?”
“We call it—knot it, Mr. Henderson.”