The Yellow Wall Paper - popular passages

... case for myself, for I was crying before I had finished. It is getting to be a great effort for me to think straight. Just this nervous weakness I suppose. And dear John gathered me up in his arms, and just carried me upstairs and laid me on the bed, and sat by me and read to me till it tired my head. He said I was his darling and his comfort and all he had, and that I must take care of myself for his sake, and keep well.‎ - Page 26
Appears in 65 books from 1901-2007

So I walk a little in the garden or down that lovely lane, sit on the porch under the roses, and lie down up here a good deal. I\'m getting really fond of the room in spite of the wallpaper. Perhaps because of the wallpaper. It dwells in my mind so! I lie here on this great immovable bed — it is nailed down, I believe — and follow that pattern about by the hour. It is as good as gymnastics, I assure you.‎ - Page 22
Appears in 71 books from 1901-2006

Of course not. I know well enough that a step like that is improper and might be misconstrued. I don\'t like to LOOK out of the windows even— there are so many of those creeping women, and they creep so fast.‎ - Page 52
Appears in 37 books from 1901-2007
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I really have discovered something at last. Through watching so much at night, when it changes so, I have finally found out. The front pattern does move — and no wonder! The woman behind shakes it!‎ - Page 42
Appears in 39 books from 1901-2007

... everything is green instead of yellow. But here I can creep smoothly on the floor, and my shoulder just fits in that long smooch around the wall, so I cannot lose my way. Why there\'s John at the door! It is no use, young man, you can\'t open it! How he does call and pound! Now he\'s crying for an axe.‎ - Page 54
Appears in 71 books from 1901-2006

... a toy-store. I remember what a kindly wink the knobs of our big old bureau used to have, and there was one chair that always seemed like a strong friend. I used to feel that if any of the other things looked too fierce I could always hop into that chair and be safe. The furniture in this room is no worse than inharmonious, however, for we had to bring it all from downstairs. I suppose when this was used as a playroom they had to take the nursery things out, and no wonder! I never saw such ravages...‎ - Page 16
Appears in 65 books from 1901-2007

And it is like a woman stooping down and creeping about behind that pattern. I don\'t like it a bit. I wonder — I begin to think — I wish John would take me away from here ! * * ***** It is so hard to talk with John about my case, because he is so wise, and because he loves me so.‎ - Page 29
Appears in 32 books from 1901-2006

IT is very seldom that mere ordinary people like John and myself secure ancestral halls for the summer. A colonial mansion, a hereditary estate, I would say a haunted house...‎ - Page 1
Appears in 44 books from 1901-2007

It was moonlight. The moon shines in all around just as the sun does. I hate to see it sometimes, it creeps so slowly, and always comes in by one window or another. John was asleep and I hated to waken him, so I kept still and watched the moonlight on that undulating wallpaper till I felt creepy.‎ - Page 29
Appears in 72 books from 1901-2007

I mustn\'t lose my strength, and has me take cod liver oil and lots of tonics and things, to say nothing of ale and wine and rare meat. Dear John! He loves me very dearly, and hates to have me sick. I tried to have a real earnest, reasonable talk with him the other day, and tell him how I wish he would let me go and make a visit to Cousin Henry and Julia. But he said I wasn\'t able to go, nor able to stand it after...‎ - Page 25
Appears in 64 books from 1901-2007