"I came to believe that being a private……" — Shirley Jackson
"I came to believe that being a private detective was the work I was meant to do."
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61 Quotes by Shirley Jackson
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I very much dislike writing about myself or my work, and when pressed for autobiographical material can only give a…
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It has long been my belief that in times of great stress, such as a 4-day vacation, the thin veneer…
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February, when the days of winter seem endless and no amount of wistful recollecting can bring back any air of…
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Life Among the Savages is a disrespectful memoir of my children.
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The first book is the book you have to write to get back at your parents; the book you always…
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I suppose, I hoped, by setting a particularly brutal ancient rite in the present and in my own village to…
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Dad and I did not care at all for your story in The New Yorker … [I]t does seem, dear,…
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The number of people who expected Mrs. Hutchinson to win a Bendix washer would amaze you.
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It was one of those winter days that suddenly dream of spring, when the sky is blue and soft and…
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I never was a person who wanted a handout. I was a cafeteria worker. I'm not too proud to ask…
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I delight in what I fear.
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I have always loved to use fear, to take it and comprehend it and make it work and consolidate a…
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