Quotes by Shirley Jackson

Shirley Jackson

[L]et my reader who is puzzled by my awkward explanations close his eyes for no more than two minutes, and see if he does not find himself suddenly not a compact human being at all, but only a consciousness on a sea of sound and touch . . .

Eye

Sea

Two

All cat stories start with this statement: “My mother, who was the first cat, told me this…

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All I could think of when I got a look at the place from the outside was what fun it would be to stand out there and watch it burn down.

Fun

Thinking

Watches

Am I walking toward something I should be running away from?

Running

Running Away

Should

Bridge is a game for the undivided intellect.

Bridges

Games

Intellect

Can’t you make them stop?’ I asked her that day, wondering if there was anything in this woman I could speak to, if she had ever run joyfully over grass, or had watched flowers, or known delight or love.

Delight

Flower

Running

Certainly there are spots which inevitably attach to themselves an atmosphere of holiness and goodness; it might not then be too fanciful to say that some houses are born bad.

Atmosphere

Holiness

House

February, when the days of winter seem endless and no amount of wistful recollecting can bring back any air of summer.

Air

Summer

Winter

For plain and fancy worrying, give me a new mother every time.

Giving

Mother

Worry

God! Whose hand was I holding?

Hands

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Detectives

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Doors

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Eye

Fake People

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Fun

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Girl

Giving

Gossip

Hair

Hands

Heart

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Horse

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Hurt

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Quotes by Shirley Jackson

Shirley Jackson

[L]et my reader who is puzzled by my awkward explanations close his eyes for no more than two minutes, and see if he does not find himself suddenly not a compact human being at all, but only a consciousness on a sea of sound and touch . . .

All cat stories start with this statement: “My mother, who was the first cat, told me this…

All I could think of when I got a look at the place from the outside was what fun it would be to stand out there and watch it burn down.

Am I walking toward something I should be running away from?

Bridge is a game for the undivided intellect.

Can’t you make them stop?’ I asked her that day, wondering if there was anything in this woman I could speak to, if she had ever run joyfully over grass, or had watched flowers, or known delight or love.

Certainly there are spots which inevitably attach to themselves an atmosphere of holiness and goodness; it might not then be too fanciful to say that some houses are born bad.

February, when the days of winter seem endless and no amount of wistful recollecting can bring back any air of summer.

For plain and fancy worrying, give me a new mother every time.

God! Whose hand was I holding?

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