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Shirley Jackson quotes: Journeys end in lovers meeting Journeys end in lovers meeting
Shirley Jackson quotes: I was not allowed to prepare food, nor was I allowed to gather mushrooms... I was not allowed to prepare food, nor was I allowed to gather mushrooms...
Shirley Jackson quotes: I would have to find something else to bury here and I wished it could be Charles. I would have to find something else to bury here and I wished it could be Charles.
Shirley Jackson quotes: So long as you write it away regularly nothing can really hurt you. So long as you write it away regularly nothing can really hurt you.
Shirley Jackson quotes: I suppose the mothers of most twelve-year-old boys live with the uneasy conviction that their sons are embarked upon a secret life of crime. I suppose the mothers of most twelve-year-old boys live with the uneasy conviction that their sons are embarked upon a secret life of crime.
Shirley Jackson quotes: She brought herself away from the disagreeably clinging thought by her usual method - imagining the sweet sharp sensation of being burned alive. She brought herself away from the disagreeably clinging thought by her usual method - imagining the sweet sharp sensation of being burned alive.
Shirley Jackson quotes: Today my winged horse is coming and I am carrying you off to the moon and on the moon we will eat rose petals. Today my winged horse is coming and I am carrying you off to the moon and on the moon we will eat rose petals.
Shirley Jackson quotes: Don't be so afraid all the time," she said and reached out to touch Eleanor's cheek with one finger. "We never know where our courage is coming from. Don't be so afraid all the time," she said and reached out to touch Eleanor's cheek with one finger. "We never know where our courage is coming from.
Shirley Jackson quotes: I delight in what I fear. I delight in what I fear.
Shirley Jackson quotes: All cat stories start with this statement: My mother, who was the first cat, told me this ... All cat stories start with this statement: My mother, who was the first cat, told me this ...
Shirley Jackson quotes: Good morning, Jonas. You are a furred lead, I think. Good morning, Jonas. You are a furred lead, I think.
Shirley Jackson quotes: The gap between the poetry she wrote and the poetry she contained was, for Natalie, something unsolvable The gap between the poetry she wrote and the poetry she contained was, for Natalie, something unsolvable
Shirley Jackson quotes: The food comes from the ground and cant' be permitted to stay there and rot; something has to be done with it. The food comes from the ground and cant' be permitted to stay there and rot; something has to be done with it.
Shirley Jackson quotes: To learn what we fear is to learn who we are. To learn what we fear is to learn who we are.
Shirley Jackson quotes: During all of dinner the singing went on upstairs, and no one said a word. During all of dinner the singing went on upstairs, and no one said a word.
Shirley Jackson quotes: Slowly the pattern of our days grew, and shaped itself into a happy life. Slowly the pattern of our days grew, and shaped itself into a happy life.
Shirley Jackson quotes: I am a kind of stray cat, aren't I? I am a kind of stray cat, aren't I?
Shirley Jackson quotes: I clear breakfast at ten o'clock. I set on lunch at one. Dinner I set on at six. It's ten o'clock. I clear breakfast at ten o'clock. I set on lunch at one. Dinner I set on at six. It's ten o'clock.
Shirley Jackson quotes: The great art of life is sensation, to feel that we exist, even in pain, said Lord Byron, The great art of life is sensation, to feel that we exist, even in pain, said Lord Byron,
Shirley Jackson quotes: People like answering questions about themselves, she thought; what an odd pleasure it is. I would answer anything right now. "What People like answering questions about themselves, she thought; what an odd pleasure it is. I would answer anything right now. "What
Shirley Jackson quotes: I live a mad, abandoned life, draped in a shawl and going from garret to garret. I live a mad, abandoned life, draped in a shawl and going from garret to garret.
Shirley Jackson quotes: Someday," she said evilly, rubbing her hands against her eyes, "I am going to get my eyes open all the time and then I will eat you and Lizzie both. Someday," she said evilly, rubbing her hands against her eyes, "I am going to get my eyes open all the time and then I will eat you and Lizzie both.
Shirley Jackson quotes: Duty and conscience were, for Theodora, attributes which belonged properly to Girl Scouts. Duty and conscience were, for Theodora, attributes which belonged properly to Girl Scouts.
Shirley Jackson quotes: That's wrong, Mrs. Winning was thinking, you mustn't ever talk about whether people like you, that's bad taste. That's wrong, Mrs. Winning was thinking, you mustn't ever talk about whether people like you, that's bad taste.
Shirley Jackson quotes: Hill House, not sane, stood by itself against its hills, holding darkness within; it had stood so for eighty years and might stand for eighty more. Hill House, not sane, stood by itself against its hills, holding darkness within; it had stood so for eighty years and might stand for eighty more.
Shirley Jackson quotes: It is only with the eyes open that a corporeal form returns, and assembles itself firmly around the hard core of sight. It is only with the eyes open that a corporeal form returns, and assembles itself firmly around the hard core of sight.
Shirley Jackson quotes: I dined upon a bird, and radishes from the garden, and homemade plum jam. I dined upon a bird, and radishes from the garden, and homemade plum jam.
Shirley Jackson quotes: Oh Constance, we are so happy. Oh Constance, we are so happy.
Shirley Jackson quotes: I made a rule for myself: Never think anything more than once... I made a rule for myself: Never think anything more than once...
Shirley Jackson quotes: Hill House, she thought, You're as hard to get into as heaven. Hill House, she thought, You're as hard to get into as heaven.
Shirley Jackson quotes: The least Charles could have done,' Constance said, considering seriously, 'was shoot himself through the head in the driveway. The least Charles could have done,' Constance said, considering seriously, 'was shoot himself through the head in the driveway.
Shirley Jackson quotes: Poor strangers, they have so much to be afraid of. Poor strangers, they have so much to be afraid of.
Shirley Jackson quotes: What are you reading, my dear? A pretty sight, a lady with a book. What are you reading, my dear? A pretty sight, a lady with a book.
Shirley Jackson quotes: There had not been this many words sounded in our house for a long time, and it was going to take a while to clean them out. There had not been this many words sounded in our house for a long time, and it was going to take a while to clean them out.
Shirley Jackson quotes: I hated them anyway, and wondered why it had been worth while creating them in the first place. I hated them anyway, and wondered why it had been worth while creating them in the first place.
Shirley Jackson quotes: Everything is worse ... if you think something is looking at you. Everything is worse ... if you think something is looking at you.
Shirley Jackson quotes: I think we are only afraid of ourselves," the doctor said slowly."No," Luke said. "Of seeing ourselves clearly and without disguise. I think we are only afraid of ourselves," the doctor said slowly.
"No," Luke said. "Of seeing ourselves clearly and without disguise.
Shirley Jackson quotes: We eat the year away. We eat the spring and the summer and the fall. We wait for something to grow and then we eat it. We eat the year away. We eat the spring and the summer and the fall. We wait for something to grow and then we eat it.
Shirley Jackson quotes: Elizabeth, Beth, Betsy, and Bess, they all went together to find a bird's nest ... Elizabeth, Beth, Betsy, and Bess, they all went together to find a bird's nest ...
Shirley Jackson quotes: On the moon we wore feathers in our hair, and rubies on our hands. On the moon we had gold spoons. On the moon we wore feathers in our hair, and rubies on our hands. On the moon we had gold spoons.
Shirley Jackson quotes: What was wrong with Mrs Blackwood doing her own cooking" "Please" (...) "I personally preferred the arsenic". What was wrong with Mrs Blackwood doing her own cooking"
"Please" (...) "I personally preferred the arsenic".
Shirley Jackson quotes: Why don't you grow up by yourself? Why don't you grow up by yourself?
Shirley Jackson quotes: Bow all your heads to our adored Mary Katherine. Bow all your heads to our adored Mary Katherine.
Shirley Jackson quotes: Wear your boots if you wander today Wear your boots if you wander today
Shirley Jackson quotes: I wonder if I could eat a child if I had the chance.''I doubt if I could cook one,' said Constance. I wonder if I could eat a child if I had the chance.'
'I doubt if I could cook one,' said Constance.
Shirley Jackson quotes: Say Morgyou mind if I use the rest of your bath salts? There's only a little left. Say Morg
you mind if I use the rest of your bath salts? There's only a little left.
Shirley Jackson quotes: When they were silent for a moment the quiet weight of the house pressed down from all around them. When they were silent for a moment the quiet weight of the house pressed down from all around them.
Shirley Jackson quotes: Why do women always look so funny alone at night? she thought. I guess you're so used to seeing them with someone. Why do women always look so funny alone at night? she thought. I guess you're so used to seeing them with someone.
Shirley Jackson quotes: She wants her cup of stars." Eleanor She wants her cup of stars." Eleanor
Shirley Jackson quotes: (an early dust-flap biography called her "a practicing amateur witch, (an early dust-flap biography called her "a practicing amateur witch,
Shirley Jackson quotes: although she shook her head. although she shook her head.
Shirley Jackson quotes: In delay there lies no plenty. In delay there lies no plenty.
Shirley Jackson quotes: I don't like the younger sister,' Theodora said. 'First she stole her sister's lover, and then she tried to steal her sister's dishes. I don't like the younger sister,' Theodora said. 'First she stole her sister's lover, and then she tried to steal her sister's dishes.
Shirley Jackson quotes: Although she would sooner have given up thinking than eating, she resented being pushed into depriving herself of either. Although she would sooner have given up thinking than eating, she resented being pushed into depriving herself of either.
Shirley Jackson quotes: Although the villagers had forgotten the ritual and lost the original black box, they still remembered to use stones. Although the villagers had forgotten the ritual and lost the original black box, they still remembered to use stones.
Shirley Jackson quotes: I can't help it when people are frightened," says Merricat. "I always want to frighten them more. I can't help it when people are frightened," says Merricat. "I always want to frighten them more.
Shirley Jackson quotes: Nothing," she said, "upsets me more than being hungry; I snarl and snap and burst into tears. Nothing," she said, "upsets me more than being hungry; I snarl and snap and burst into tears.
Shirley Jackson quotes: For plain and fancy worrying, give me a new mother every time. For plain and fancy worrying, give me a new mother every time.
Shirley Jackson quotes: Therefore it was not pride that took me into the village twice a week, or even stubbornness, but only the simple need for books and food. Therefore it was not pride that took me into the village twice a week, or even stubbornness, but only the simple need for books and food.
Shirley Jackson quotes: God! Whose hand was I holding? God! Whose hand was I holding?
Shirley Jackson quotes: In the country of the story the writer is king. In the country of the story the writer is king.
Shirley Jackson quotes: Anything you raise by the way of spirits you have to put back yourself. Anything you raise by the way of spirits you have to put back yourself.
Shirley Jackson quotes: February, when the days of winter seem endless and no amount of wistful recollecting can bring back any air of summer. February, when the days of winter seem endless and no amount of wistful recollecting can bring back any air of summer.
Shirley Jackson quotes: No live organism can continue for long to exist sanely under conditions of absolute reality. No live organism can continue for long to exist sanely under conditions of absolute reality.
Shirley Jackson quotes: An Eleanor, she told herself triumphantly, who belongs, who is talking easily, who is sitting by the fire with her friends. An Eleanor, she told herself triumphantly, who belongs, who is talking easily, who is sitting by the fire with her friends.
Shirley Jackson quotes: We are all measured, good or evil, by the wrong we do to others; We are all measured, good or evil, by the wrong we do to others;
Shirley Jackson quotes: It's not nice to think of children growing up like mushrooms, in the dark. It's not nice to think of children growing up like mushrooms, in the dark.
Shirley Jackson quotes: In all the world there is not someone who does not believe something. In all the world there is not someone who does not believe something.
Shirley Jackson quotes: Life Among the Savages is a disrespectful memoir of my children. Life Among the Savages is a disrespectful memoir of my children.
Shirley Jackson quotes: Insist on your cup of stars. Insist on your cup of stars.
Shirley Jackson quotes: Some of the people in the village had real faces that I knew and could hate individually; Jim Some of the people in the village had real faces that I knew and could hate individually; Jim
Shirley Jackson quotes: I would not forget my magic words; they were MELODY GLOUCESTER PEGASUS, but I refused to let them into my mind. I would not forget my magic words; they were MELODY GLOUCESTER PEGASUS, but I refused to let them into my mind.
Shirley Jackson quotes: It is not possible, I frequently think, to walk down the street as fast as you can and kick yourself at the same time. It is not possible, I frequently think, to walk down the street as fast as you can and kick yourself at the same time.
Shirley Jackson quotes: I assume then, that you have no real faith in the fondness any of the rest of us may feel for you?''None,' said Mrs. Halloran. I assume then, that you have no real faith in the fondness any of the rest of us may feel for you?'
'None,' said Mrs. Halloran.
Shirley Jackson quotes: this was a time and a land where enchantments were swiftly made and broken this was a time and a land where enchantments were swiftly made and broken
Shirley Jackson quotes: My dear, how can I make you perceive that there is no danger where there is nothing but love and understanding? My dear, how can I make you perceive that there is no danger where there is nothing but love and understanding?
Shirley Jackson quotes: All I could think of when I got a look at the place from the outside was what fun it would be to stand out there and watch it burn All I could think of when I got a look at the place from the outside was what fun it would be to stand out there and watch it burn down.
Shirley Jackson quotes: Our house was a castle, turreted and open to the sky. Our house was a castle, turreted and open to the sky.
Shirley Jackson quotes: It watches," he added suddenly. "The house. It watches every move you make. It watches," he added suddenly. "The house. It watches every move you make.
Shirley Jackson quotes: I came to believe that being a private detective was the work I was meant to do. I came to believe that being a private detective was the work I was meant to do.
Shirley Jackson quotes: When shall we live if not now? When shall we live if not now?
Shirley Jackson quotes: I am like a small creature swallowed whole by a monster, she thought, and the monster feels my tiny little movements inside. I am like a small creature swallowed whole by a monster, she thought, and the monster feels my tiny little movements inside.
Shirley Jackson quotes: Let him be wise, or let me be blind; don't let me, she hoped concretely, don't let me know too surely what he thinks of me. Let him be wise, or let me be blind; don't let me, she hoped concretely, don't let me know too surely what he thinks of me.
Shirley Jackson quotes: People who are all alone have every right to be friends with one another.("The Honeymoon Of Mrs. Smith" - Version 1) People who are all alone have every right to be friends with one another.
("The Honeymoon Of Mrs. Smith" - Version 1)
Shirley Jackson quotes: Merricat, said Connie, would you like to go to sleep? Down in the boneyard ten feet deep! Merricat, said Connie, would you like to go to sleep? Down in the boneyard ten feet deep!
Shirley Jackson quotes: ...you'd think my own face would know me... ...you'd think my own face would know me...
Shirley Jackson quotes: I am living on the moon, I told myself, I have little house all by myself on the moon. I am living on the moon, I told myself, I have little house all by myself on the moon.
Shirley Jackson quotes: I shall weave a suit of leaves. At once. With acorns for buttons. I shall weave a suit of leaves. At once. With acorns for buttons.
Shirley Jackson quotes: Bridge is a game for the undivided intellect. Bridge is a game for the undivided intellect.
Shirley Jackson quotes: The number of people who expected Mrs. Hutchinson to win a Bendix washer would amaze you. The number of people who expected Mrs. Hutchinson to win a Bendix washer would amaze you.
Shirley Jackson quotes: Fear and guilt are sisters; Fear and guilt are sisters;
Shirley Jackson quotes: We moved together very slowly toward the house, trying to understand its ugliness and ruin and shame. We moved together very slowly toward the house, trying to understand its ugliness and ruin and shame.
Shirley Jackson quotes: A pretty sight, a lady with a book. A pretty sight, a lady with a book.
Shirley Jackson quotes: The sight of one's own heart is degrading; people are not meant to look inward - that's why they've been given bodies, to hide their souls. The sight of one's own heart is degrading; people are not meant to look inward - that's why they've been given bodies, to hide their souls.
Shirley Jackson quotes: I think, for instance, that no one can really love a person who is not superior in every way. I think, for instance, that no one can really love a person who is not superior in every way.
Shirley Jackson quotes: Sister's gone to school," I said to Sally."Ah," said Sally. "And will she come home again? Sister's gone to school," I said to Sally.
"Ah," said Sally. "And will she come home again?
Shirley Jackson quotes: Why do people want to talk to each other? I mean, what are the things people always want to find out about other people? Why do people want to talk to each other? I mean, what are the things people always want to find out about other people?
Shirley Jackson quotes: Remember the metallic sound and taste of all of it. And the outrage. Remember the metallic sound and taste of all of it. And the outrage.
Shirley Jackson quotes: They walked over to it and Brad bent down gingerly: "It's a leg all right," he said. They walked over to it and Brad bent down gingerly: "It's a leg all right," he said.
Shirley Jackson quotes: I'm going to put death in all their food and watch them die. I'm going to put death in all their food and watch them die.

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