“Don't be so afraid all the time. We never know where our courage is coming from.” — Shirley Jackson Copy Share Image
“Luke,” she asked, going slowly for fear of ridicule, “why do people want to talk to each other? I mean, what are… — Shirley Jackson Copy Share Image
I have always loved to use fear, to take it and comprehend it and make it work and consolidate a situation where… — Shirley Jackson Copy Share Image
“When I am afraid, I can see perfectly the sensible, beautiful not-afraid side of the world, I can see chairs and tables… — Shirley Jackson Copy Share Image
“I have always been interested in witchcraft and superstition, but have never had much traffic with ghosts, so I began asking people… — Shirley Jackson Copy Share Image
“I must say, John, I never expected to find you all so nervous,” Mrs. Montague said. “I deplore fear in these matters.”… — Shirley Jackson Copy Share Image
Fear," the doctor said, "is the relinquishment of logic, the willing relinquishing of reasonable patterns. We yield to it or we fight… — Shirley Jackson Copy Share Image
“Fear is the relinquishment of logic, the willing relinquishing of reasonable patterns. We yield to it or we fight it, but we… — Shirley Jackson Copy Share Image
I can't help it when people are frightened," says Merricat. "I always want to frighten them more. — Shirley Jackson Copy Share Image
“She could not remember ever being truly happy in her adult life; her years with her mother had been built up devotedly around small… — Shirley Jackson Copy Share Image
“Upstairs Margaret said abruptly, 'I suppose it starts to happen first in the suburbs,' and when Brad said, 'What starts to happen?' she said… — Shirley Jackson Copy Share Image
“The beautiful clarity of all marked outlines occurred to her--there would be a deep satisfaction in strengthening fences, for instance, going along on the… — Shirley Jackson Copy Share Image
“And we held each other in the dark hall and laughed, with the tears running down our cheeks and echoes of our laughter going… — Shirley Jackson Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
Within, walls continued upright, bricks met neatly, floors were firm, and doors were sensibly shut; silence lay steadily against the wood and stone of… — Shirley Jackson Copy Share Image
“It was as though the people needed the ugliness of the village, and fed on it. The houses and the stores seemed to have… — Shirley Jackson Copy Share Image
“Eleanor—“I plan to stay up and read for a while.” “Are you still reading Pamela?” Eleanor asked the doctor. “Volume two. I have three… — Shirley Jackson Copy Share Image
February, when the days of winter seem endless and no amount of wistful recollecting can bring back any air of summer. — Shirley Jackson Copy Share Image
“it’s quite a hazard, quite a hazard indeed, people knocking you down. Still, it’s a genuine pleasure to find one as willing as you… — Shirley Jackson Copy Share Image
