"Here it's stones atop o' the ground - stones atop o' stones - makin' stone walls - year atop o'year - him 'n' yew 'n' me 'n' then Eben - makin' stone walls fur him to fence us in!" Desire under the Elms, Part1, Scene 1, p. 4 - Peter to Simeon.

"Waal - thar's a star, an'somewhar's they's him, an' here's me, an' thar's Min up the road - in the same night ... I don't give a damn how many sins she's sinned afore mine or who she's sinned 'em with, my sin's as purty as any one of 'em". Ibid, Scene 2, p. 10 - Eben.

"I kin feel him comin' on like yew kin feel malaria chill afore it takes ye." Ibid, Scene 4, p. 14 - Eben.

"Hain't the sun strong an' hot? Ye kin feel it burnin' into the earth - nature - makin' thin's grow - bigger 'n'...