Hysterical Quote by Shirley Jackson Download Open image ““She is hysterical,” said Mrs. Halloran. “Slap her quite firmly in the face.”” — Shirley Jackson ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.0 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare Halloran Slap Hysterical Hysterical Said Slap Slap Quite
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“She flinched when I did it, and that involuntary response of hers satisfied me in some small, cheap way. I never claimed I was… — Wally Lamb Copy Share Image
“Funny, how accustomed I’d become to visiting her here; how it gave me a strange sense of comfort to know that she and I… — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“Her face brightened with a sudden flash of mischief, and without warning she punched him, surprisingly hard, in the ribs. “There!” she said. “Now… — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
“Jackie, shut up,” Annabelle said, and threw a roll, hard, at Jackie’s face. It bounced off her nose and thumped onto the table.” — Gillian Flynn Copy Share Image
“However…know that if you hurt her I’ll shove a beer bottle up your ass, use your sphincter to twist the top off, and laugh… — Suzanne Wright Copy Share Image
“the hallway and into her room. We ran after her, “Rach, what happened?” I asked coming to a halt as she was about to… — Laura Keysor Copy Share Image
“…the way she reacts to me and how she doesn’t put up with my bullshit. That slap. Fuck. I just need to see her… — Ella Dominguez Copy Share Image
“I wonder why I still want to slap her. I must be a very mean and unforgiving person.” — Cathy Cassidy Copy Share Image
“He tilted his head in such gracious acknowledgment that she felt churlish. 'I can assure you I've not yet squished a lady. Not even… — Victoria Dahl 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
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“Blaming therapy, social work and other caring professions for the confabulation of testimony of 'satanic ritual abuse' legitimated a programme of political and social… — Michael Salter Copy Share Image
Saiman picked up a coffee mug, stared at it, and hurled it against the wall. It shattered into a dozen pieces. We looked at… — Ilona Andrews Copy Share Image
I think that 'Family Guy' is hysterical. It's edgy and hip - and they can do whatever they want to do because it's animated… — Zachary Levi Copy Share Image
The hysterical find too much significance in things. The depressed find too little. — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
Anyways, trying to express yourself to the press is often like arguing with a hysterical person. — Ezra Koenig Copy Share Image
I have no faith in our hypocritical, false, hysterical, uneducated and lazy intelligentsia when they suffer and complain: their oppression comes from within. I… — Anton Chekhov Copy Share Image
What I had mastered was fly-fishing Rule # 1: Remove all hooks from soft tissue under water, where near-freezing temperatures anesthetize exposed nerve endings… — Jessica Maxwell Copy Share Image
I became hysterical and frightened and begged for sedation. And that was just the first prenatal visit. — Erma Bombeck Copy Share Image
Everyone in a position of authority is hysterical, and everyone else is pretending to be asleep. — Samuel R. Delany Copy Share Image
I watched 'The Neighbors' when it first came on, and I thought it was hysterical. And every time I think something just tickles my… — Rhea Perlman Copy Share Image
You want the vote so badly that you think it worth while to become hysterical over it.' 'There is not much hysteria in the… — Stella Benson Copy Share Image
