“Some are haunted by ghosts. I am haunted by stories.”
Gene Wolfe (1931–2019) American science fiction and fantasy writer
The Best of Gene Wolfe (2009), afterword to "Kevin Malone", p. 355
Nonfiction
“I am haunted by humans.”
— Markus Zusak, book The Book Thief
Source: The Book Thief
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Charles Kingsley (1819–1875) English clergyman, historian and novelist
In a letter written from Markree Castle, Sligo to his wife dated July 4th 1860. Charles Kingsley: His Letters and Memoirs https://archive.org/details/charleskingsleyh00kingiala/page/308 (1877)
“Am I that imagine this angel less-satisfied?
Are the wings his, the lapis-haunted air?”
Wallace Stevens (1879–1955) American poet
Notes Toward a Supreme Fiction (1942), It Must Give Pleasure
Context: What am I to believe? If the angel in his cloud,
Serenely gazing at the violent abyss,
Plucks on his strings to pluck abysmal glory, Leaps downward through evening’s revelations, and
On his spredden wings, needs nothing but deep space,
Forgets the gold centre, the golden destiny,Grows warm in the motionless motion of his flight,
Am I that imagine this angel less-satisfied?
Are the wings his, the lapis-haunted air?
“May you not rest, as long as I am living. You said I killed you - haunt me, then.”
Emily Brontë book Wuthering Heights
Source: Wuthering Heights
“I feel as if I am an ad
for the sale of a haunted house:
18 rooms
$37,000
I’m yours
ghosts and all.”
Richard Brautigan (1935–1984) American novelist, poet, and short story writer
“Inscribe all human effort with one word,
Artistry's haunting curse, the Incomplete!”
Robert Browning The Ring and the Book
Book XI, line 1560.
The Ring and the Book (1868-69)
Source: Demon Princes (1964-1981), The Palace of Love (1967), Chapter 6 (p. 346)
