“Don't be so afraid all the time. We never know where our courage is coming from.” — Shirley Jackson Copy Share Image
“Eleanor felt the room rock madly, and time as she had always known time, stop.” — Shirley Jackson Copy Share Image
“I looked at the clock with the faint unconscious hope common to all mothers that time will somehow have passed magically away… — Shirley Jackson Copy Share Image
“It was the first genuinely shining day of summer, a time of year which brought Eleanor always to aching memories of her… — Shirley Jackson Copy Share Image
“It was the first time the chief of police, a kindly family man whose name was Hook, had ever been required to… — Shirley Jackson Copy Share Image
“She had never driven far alone before. The notion of dividing her lovely journey into miles and hours was silly; she saw… — Shirley Jackson Copy Share Image
It has long been my belief that in times of great stress, such as a 4-day vacation, the thin veneer of family… — Shirley Jackson Copy Share Image
There had not been this many words sounded in our house for a long time, and it was going to take a… — Shirley Jackson Copy Share Image
“When they were silent for a moment the quiet weight of the house pressed down from all around them.” — Shirley Jackson Copy Share Image
Materializations are often best produced in rooms where there are books. I cannot think of any time when materialization was in any… — Shirley Jackson Copy Share Image
“this was a time and a land where enchantments were swiftly made and broken” — 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
