Shirley Jackson cytaty

Shirley Jackson – amerykańska pisarka.

Studiowała na University of Rochester i Syracuse University, gdzie wydawała kampusowe pismo humorystyczne, po ukończeniu studiów w 1940 zamieszkała w Nowym Jorku. Zaczęła publikować w "New Yorkerze", "Redbooku", "The Saturday Evening Post" i "The Ladies' Home Journal", w 1948 wydała swoją pierwszą powieść, The Road Through The Wall. W tym samym roku opublikowała w "New Yorkerze" opowiadanie Loteria. Jej późniejsze powieści to m.in. Poskramianie demonów i Zawsze mieszkałyśmy w zamku - powieści grozy, których bohaterami są psychopaci, okultyści i mordercy. Jest również autorką scenariuszy, esejów i książek dla dzieci. Zmarła z powodu niewydolności serca.

✵ 14. Grudzień 1916 – 8. Sierpień 1965   •   Natępne imiona 雪莉·傑克森, شرلی جکسن, შირლი ჯექსონი
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Shirley Jackson cytaty

Shirley Jackson: Cytaty po angielsku

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

Shirley Jackson książka The Haunting of Hill House

Źródło: 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 książka We Have Always Lived in the Castle

Źródło: We Have Always Lived in the Castle

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

Shirley Jackson książka The Haunting of Hill House

Źródło: The Haunting of Hill House

“A pretty sight, a lady with a book.”

Shirley Jackson książka We Have Always Lived in the Castle

Źródło: 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 książka We Have Always Lived in the Castle

Źródło: 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 książka We Have Always Lived in the Castle

Źródło: 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 książka We Have Always Lived in the Castle

Źródło: We Have Always Lived in the Castle

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

Shirley Jackson książka We Have Always Lived in the Castle

Źródło: We Have Always Lived in the Castle

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

Shirley Jackson książka We Have Always Lived in the Castle

Źródło: We Have Always Lived in the Castle

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

Shirley Jackson książka We Have Always Lived in the Castle

Źródło: 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 książka We Have Always Lived in the Castle

Źródło: 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 książka The Haunting of Hill House

Źródło: The Haunting of Hill House (1959), Ch. 1
Kontekst: 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 książka We Have Always Lived in the Castle

Źródło: We Have Always Lived in the Castle

“When shall we live if not now?”

Shirley Jackson książka The Sundial

Źródło: The Sundial

“God! Whose hand was I holding?”

Shirley Jackson książka The Haunting of Hill House

Źródło: The Haunting of Hill House

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