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Shirley Jackson (December 14, 1916 – August 8, 1965) was an American author whose dark and unsettling stories have left a lasting impact on the horror genre. Known for her psychological insights and the way she intertwines the supernatural with everyday life, Jackson's work has been widely celebrated for its originality and depth.

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Famous Shirley Jackson Quotes

“The literary effect we call horror turns on the dissolution of boundaries, between the living and the dead, of course, but also, at the crudest level, between the outside of the body and everything that ought to stay inside.”

Horror Living Boundaries Dead Inside Outside

Book:The Haunting of Hill House

Source: The Haunting of Hill House

“God has given me blood to drink.”

Blood Horror Dark Humor Dentist Shirley Jackson

Book:The Tooth

Source: The Tooth

“Everything is worse...if you think something is looking at you.”

Fear Horror Monsters Ghosts Haunting

Author:Shirley Jackson

“En el interior, las paredes seguían erguidas, los ladrillos se reunían ordenadamente, los pisos eran firmes y las puertas estaban cerradas sensiblemente; el silencio yacía firmemente contra la madera y la piedra de Hill House y todo lo que caminaba allí, caminaba solo.”

Horror Book Quotes Argentina Hill House

Book:The Haunting of Hill House

Source: The Haunting of Hill House

“It’s not nice to think of children growing up like mushrooms, in the dark.”

Horror The Haunting Of Hill House Dark Similies

Author:Shirley Jackson

“No live organism can continue for long to exist sanely under conditions of absolute reality; even larks and katydids are supposed, but some, to dream.”

Reality Horror Sanity

Book:The Haunting of Hill House

Source: The Haunting of Hill House

“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.”

Years Long Dream Reality Might House Silence Darkness Doors Conditions Wall Mets Horror Stones Absolutes Lays Woods Hills Firm Sane Organisms Bricks Eighty Larks Darkness Within

Book:The Haunting of Hill House

Source: The Haunting of Hill House

About the Author

Born: December 14, 1916
Died: August 8, 1965
Known for: Author
Quotes: 165

Books & Sources

The Haunting of Hill HouseRelated source material

Novels and Stories: The Lottery, The Haunting of Hill House, We Have Always Lived in the Castle, Other Stories and SketchesRelated source material

The SundialRelated source material

We Have Always Lived in the CastleRelated source material

Just an Ordinary Day: The Uncollected StoriesRelated source material

Raising DemonsRelated source material

The Magic of Shirley JacksonRelated source material

Come Along with Me: Classic Short Stories and an Unfinished NovelRelated source material

HangsamanRelated source material

Let Me Tell You: New Stories, Essays, and Other WritingsRelated source material

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