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Inspirational Quotes by Shirley Jackson
- I came to believe that being a private detective was the work I was meant to do.
- I delight in what I fear.
- 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…
- Hill House, she thought, You're as hard to get into as heaven.
- Oh Constance, we are so happy.
- Wear your boots if you wander today
- A pretty sight, a lady with a book.
- In the country of the story the writer is king.
- I shall weave a suit of leaves. At once. With acorns for buttons.
- So long as you write it away regularly nothing can really hurt you.
- 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…
- God! Whose hand was I holding?
- I would have to find something else to bury here and I wished it could be Charles.
- It watches," he added suddenly. "The house. It watches every move you make.
- Poor strangers, they have so much to be afraid of.
- I'm going to put death in all their food and watch them die.
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