Shirley Jackson
Shirley Jackson
Shirley Hardie Jacksonwas an American author. She was a popular writer in her time, and her work has received increased attention from literary critics in recent years. She influenced Neil Gaiman, Stephen King, Nigel Kneale, and Richard Matheson...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth14 December 1916
CitySan Francisco, CA
CountryUnited States of America
running running-away should
Am I walking toward something I should be running away from?
house trying together
We moved together very slowly toward the house, trying to understand its ugliness and ruin and shame.
wise thinking blind
Let him be wise, or let me be blind; don't let me, she hoped concretely, don't let me know too surely what he thinks of me.
selfish men interesting
He is altogether selfish, she thought in some surprise, the only man I have ever sat and talked to alone, and I am impatient; he is simply not very interesting.
distance ocean moving
We were going to the long field which today looked like an ocean, although I had never seen an ocean; the grass was moving in the breeze and the cloud shadows passed back and forth and the trees in the distance moved.
long house clean
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 them out.
running flower delight
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.
kindness people house
It was a house without kindness, never meant to be lived in, not a fit place for people or for love or for hope. Exorcism cannot alter the countenance of a house ; Hill House would stay as it was until it was destroyed.
people want helping
I can't help it when people are frightened," says Merricat. "I always want to frighten them more.
hands
God! Whose hand was I holding?
mother cat firsts
All cat stories start with this statement: "My mother, who was the first cat, told me this...
horse cat moon
On the moon we have everything. Lettuce, and pumpkin pie and Amanita phalloides. We have cat-furred plants and horses dancing with their wings. All the locks are solid and tight, and there are no ghosts.
moving house watches
It watches," he added suddenly. "The house. It watches every move you make.
book sight
A pretty sight, a lady with a book.