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Shirley Jackson Quotes

I have always loved to use fear, to take it and comprehend it and make it work and consolidate a situation where I was afraid and take it whole and work from there Picture Quote #1

I very much dislike writing about myself or my work, and when pressed for autobiographical material can only give a bare chronological outline which contains no pertinent facts Picture Quote #1

February, when the days of winter seem endless and no amount of wistful recollecting can bring back any air of summer Picture Quote #1

We moved together very slowly toward the house, trying to understand its ugliness and ruin and shame Picture Quote #1

We were going to the long field which today looked like an ocean, although I had never seen an ocean; the grass was moving in the breeze and the cloud shadows passed back and forth and the trees in the distance moved Picture Quote #1

He is altogether selfish, she thought in some surprise, the only man I have ever sat and talked to alone, and I am impatient; he is simply not very interesting Picture Quote #1

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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 Picture Quote #1

All our land was enriched with my treasures buried in it, thickly inhabited just below the surface with my marbles and my teeth and my colored stones, all perhaps turned to jewels by now, held together under the ground in a powerful taut web which never loosened, but held fast to guard us Picture Quote #1

On the moon we wore feathers in our hair, and rubies on our hands. On the moon we had gold spoons Picture Quote #1

I have often thought that with any luck at all I could have been born a werewolf, because the two middle fingers on both my hands are the same length, but I have had to be content with what I had Picture Quote #1

You will be wondering about that sugar bowl, I imagine, is it still in use? You are wondering, has it been cleaned? You may very well ask, was it thoroughly washed? Picture Quote #1

Materializations are often best produced in rooms where there are books. I cannot think of any time when materialization was in any way hampered by the presence of books Picture Quote #1

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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 Picture Quote #1

I remember that I stood on the library steps holding my books and looking for a minute at the soft hinted green in the branches against the sky and wishing, as I always did, that I could walk home across the sky instead of through the village Picture Quote #1

I am like a small creature swallowed whole by a monster, she thought, and the monster feels my tiny little movements inside Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

Journeys end in lovers meeting; I have spent an all but sleepless night, I have told lies and made a fool of myself, and the very air tastes like wine. I have been frightened half out of my foolish wits, but I have somehow earned this joy; I have been waiting for it for so long Picture Quote #1

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I’ve been a fan of vampire fiction since way, way back - I loved Stephen King, Anne Rice, Peter Straub, Robert McCammon, Shirley Jackson, lots of great horror and paranormal fiction Picture Quote #1

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I have always loved to use fear, to take it and comprehend it and make it work and consolidate a situation where I was afraid and take it whole and work from there (Shirley Jackson Quotes) I very much dislike writing about myself or my work, and when pressed for autobiographical material can only give a bare chronological outline which contains no pertinent facts (Shirley Jackson Quotes) February, when the days of winter seem endless and no amount of wistful recollecting can bring back any air of summer (Shirley Jackson Quotes) We moved together very slowly toward the house, trying to understand its ugliness and ruin and shame (Shirley Jackson Quotes) We were going to the long field which today looked like an ocean, although I had never seen an ocean; the grass was moving in the breeze and the cloud shadows passed back and forth and the trees in the distance moved (Shirley Jackson Quotes) He is altogether selfish, she thought in some surprise, the only man I have ever sat and talked to alone, and I am impatient; he is simply not very interesting (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 (Shirley Jackson Quotes) All our land was enriched with my treasures buried in it, thickly inhabited just below the surface with my marbles and my teeth and my colored stones, all perhaps turned to jewels by now, held together under the ground in a powerful taut web which never loosened, but held fast to guard us (Shirley Jackson Quotes) On the moon we wore feathers in our hair, and rubies on our hands. On the moon we had gold spoons (Shirley Jackson Quotes) I have often thought that with any luck at all I could have been born a werewolf, because the two middle fingers on both my hands are the same length, but I have had to be content with what I had (Shirley Jackson Quotes) You will be wondering about that sugar bowl, I imagine, is it still in use? You are wondering, has it been cleaned? You may very well ask, was it thoroughly washed? (Shirley Jackson Quotes) Materializations are often best produced in rooms where there are books. I cannot think of any time when materialization was in any way hampered by the presence of books (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 down (Shirley Jackson Quotes) I remember that I stood on the library steps holding my books and looking for a minute at the soft hinted green in the branches against the sky and wishing, as I always did, that I could walk home across the sky instead of through the village (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 (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 (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 (Shirley Jackson Quotes) Journeys end in lovers meeting; I have spent an all but sleepless night, I have told lies and made a fool of myself, and the very air tastes like wine. I have been frightened half out of my foolish wits, but I have somehow earned this joy; I have been waiting for it for so long (Shirley Jackson Quotes) I’ve been a fan of vampire fiction since way, way back - I loved Stephen King, Anne Rice, Peter Straub, Robert McCammon, Shirley Jackson, lots of great horror and paranormal fiction (Shirley Jackson Quotes)

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