Shirley Jackson citations

Shirley Jackson, née le 14 décembre 1916 à San Francisco en Californie et morte le 8 août 1965 à North Bennington dans le Vermont, est une romancière américaine, spécialiste du récit fantastique et d'horreur, et auteure du roman policier Nous avons toujours vécu au château. Son livre Maison hantée est tenu par Stephen King pour l'un des meilleurs romans fantastiques du XXe siècle. Wikipedia  

✵ 14. décembre 1916 – 8. août 1965   •   Autres noms 雪莉·傑克森, شرلی جکسن, შირლი ჯექსონი
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Shirley Jackson: Citations en anglais

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

Shirley Jackson livre The Haunting of Hill House

Source: The Haunting of Hill House

“On the moon we wore feathers in our hair, and rubies on our hands. On the moon we had gold spoons.”

Shirley Jackson livre We Have Always Lived in the Castle

Source: We Have Always Lived in the Castle

“No live organism can continue for long to exist sanely under conditions of absolute reality.”

Shirley Jackson livre The Haunting of Hill House

Source: The Haunting of Hill House

“A pretty sight, a lady with a book.”

Shirley Jackson livre We Have Always Lived in the Castle

Source: We Have Always Lived in the Castle

“I can't help it when people are frightened," says Merricat. "I always want to frighten them more.”

Shirley Jackson livre We Have Always Lived in the Castle

Source: We Have Always Lived in the Castle

“We eat the year away. We eat the spring and the summer and the fall. We wait for something to grow and then we eat it.”

Shirley Jackson livre We Have Always Lived in the Castle

Source: We Have Always Lived in the Castle

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

Shirley Jackson livre We Have Always Lived in the Castle

Source: We Have Always Lived in the Castle

“I'm going to put death in all their food and watch them die.”

Shirley Jackson livre We Have Always Lived in the Castle

Source: We Have Always Lived in the Castle

“Poor strangers, they have so much to be afraid of.”

Shirley Jackson livre We Have Always Lived in the Castle

Source: We Have Always Lived in the Castle

“I shall weave a suit of leaves. At once. With acorns for buttons.”

Shirley Jackson livre We Have Always Lived in the Castle

Source: We Have Always Lived in the Castle

“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.”

Shirley Jackson livre We Have Always Lived in the Castle

Source: We Have Always Lived in the Castle

“Within, walls continued upright, bricks met neatly, floors were firm, and doors were sensibly shut; silence lay steadily against the wood and stone of Hill House, and whatever walked there, walked alone.”

Shirley Jackson livre The Haunting of Hill House

Source: The Haunting of Hill House (1959), Ch. 1
Contexte: No live organism can continue for long to exist sanely under conditions of absolute reality; even larks and katydids are supposed, by some, to dream. Hill House, not sane, stood by itself against its hills, holding darkness within; it had stood so for eighty years and might stand for eighty more. Within, walls continued upright, bricks met neatly, floors were firm, and doors were sensibly shut; silence lay steadily against the wood and stone of Hill House, and whatever walked there, walked alone.

“I wonder if I could eat a child if I had the chance.'
'I doubt if I could cook one,' said Constance.”

Shirley Jackson livre We Have Always Lived in the Castle

Source: We Have Always Lived in the Castle

“When shall we live if not now?”

Shirley Jackson livre The Sundial

Source: The Sundial

“God! Whose hand was I holding?”

Shirley Jackson livre The Haunting of Hill House

Source: The Haunting of Hill House

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