"I delight in what I fear." — Shirley Jackson

"I delight in what I fear."

— Shirley Jackson

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61 Quotes by Shirley Jackson

Shirley Jackson has 61 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

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

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More Delight Quotes

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Dedicate yourself to the good you deserve and desire for yourself. Give yourself peace of mind. You deserve to be… — Hannah Arendt
The true delight is in the finding out rather than in the knowing. — Isaac Asimov
Every one knows, that the mind will not be kept from contemplating what it loves in the midst of crowds… — Mary Astell
Loss is nothing else but change, and change is Nature's delight. — Marcus Aurelius
To look almost pretty is an acquisition of higher delight to a girl who has been looking plain for the… — Jane Austen
Mental prayer in my opinion is nothing else than an intimate sharing between friends; it means taking time frequently to… — Teresa of Avila
Music is an agreeable harmony for the honor of God and the permissible delights of the soul. — Johann Sebastian Bach
Studies serve for delight, for ornaments, and for ability. — Francis Bacon
Just as we would have no need of the farmer's labor and toil if we were living amid the delights… — Saint Basil
The unique and supreme voluptuousness of love lies in the certainty of committing evil. And men and women know from… — Charles Baudelaire
That he delights in the misery of others no man will confess, and yet what other motive can make a… — Joseph Addison
And I pray thee, loving Jesus, that as Thou hast graciously given me to drink in with delight the words… — Venerable Bede

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