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> [“Looking back, looking back and trying to figure what made you that way, several things stand out in your mind. There may have been more than several. Maybe there were a hundred. Maybe a thousand. Small events, little episodes, all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-bloch/looking-back-looking-back-and-trying-to-figure-what-made-you-that-way/)

[Robert Bloch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-bloch/)

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## More by Robert Bloch

> [So much for modern science and its wonderful discoveries that just about everything can kill you. Life is only a bedtime story before a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-bloch/so-much-for-modern-science-and-its-wonderful-discoveries-that-just/)

[Robert Bloch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-bloch/)

> [“She was the only one left, and she was real. To be the only one, and to know that you are real - that's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-bloch/she-was-the-only-one-left-and-she-was-real-to-be-the-only-one-and-to/)

[Robert Bloch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-bloch/)

> [“Murder was a terrible thing. Even if you’re not quite right in the head, you can realize that much. Mother must be suffering quite…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-bloch/murder-was-a-terrible-thing-even-if-you-re-not-quite-right-in-the/)

[Robert Bloch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-bloch/)

> [Sure God created man before woman, but then again you always make a rough draft before creating the final masterpiece.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-bloch/sure-god-created-man-before-woman-but-then-again-you-always-make-a/)

[Robert Bloch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-bloch/)

> [“Norman Bates heard the noise and a shock went through him. It sounded as though somebody was tapping on the windowpane. He looked up,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-bloch/norman-bates-heard-the-noise-and-a-shock-went-through-him-it-sounded/)

[Robert Bloch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-bloch/)

> [I haven't had this much fun since the rats ate my baby sister](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-bloch/i-haven-t-had-this-much-fun-since-the-rats-ate-my-baby-sister/)

[Robert Bloch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-bloch/)

> [“Looking back, looking back and trying to figure what made you that way, several things stand out in your mind. There may have been…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-bloch/looking-back-looking-back-and-trying-to-figure-what-made-you-that-way/)

[Robert Bloch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-bloch/)

> [“Nobody would be quite as surprised as my wife, when I killed her.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-bloch/nobody-would-be-quite-as-surprised-as-my-wife-when-i-killed-her/)

[Robert Bloch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-bloch/)

> [“That was still my meat—the true-detective yarn. I picked it up and started to read it over, wondering for the ten thousandth time why…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-bloch/that-was-still-my-meat-the-true-detective-yarn-i-picked-it-up-and/)

[Robert Bloch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-bloch/)

> [I have the heart of a child. I keep it in a jar on my shelf.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-bloch/i-have-the-heart-of-a-child-i-keep-it-in-a-jar-on-my-shelf/)

[Robert Bloch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-bloch/)

> [“She raised her face defiantly, and the sharp shadow line slashed across her neck. For a moment, it looked as though somebody had just…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-bloch/she-raised-her-face-defiantly-and-the-sharp-shadow-line-slashed/)

[Robert Bloch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-bloch/)

> [“Forget the past, let the dead bury the dead. Things were working out fine, and that was the only thing he had to remember.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-bloch/forget-the-past-let-the-dead-bury-the-dead-things-were-working-out/)

[Robert Bloch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-bloch/)

> [Norman Bates heard the noise and a shock went through him.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-bloch/norman-bates-heard-the-noise-and-a-shock-went-through-him/)

[Robert Bloch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-bloch/)

> [“All at once she could hear the sullen patter of the rain and sense the sigh of the wind behind it. She remembered the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-bloch/all-at-once-she-could-hear-the-sullen-patter-of-the-rain-and-sense/)

[Robert Bloch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-bloch/)

> [“I’VE never seen such a look of mortal agony on a human face before. She screamed quite a bit before she died, and the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-bloch/i-ve-never-seen-such-a-look-of-mortal-agony-on-a-human-face-before/)

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