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Quote by Shirley Jackson

“Life Among the Savages is a disrespectful memoir of my children.”

Quote by Shirley Jackson

Book:The Lottery

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Shirley Jackson's chilling narrative delves into the dark side of small-town life, where an annual lottery serves as a ritualistic event with unsettling consequences. more

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Shirley Jackson

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. more

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“The first book is the book you have to write to get back at your parents; the book you always had in you. Once you get that out of your way, you can start writing books.”

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Author:Shirley Jackson

“I suppose, I hoped, by setting a particularly brutal ancient rite in the present and in my own village to shock the story's readers with a graphic dramatization of the pointless violence and general inhumanity in their own lives.”

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Book:The Lottery

Source: The Lottery

“Dad and I did not care at all for your story in The New Yorker … [I]t does seem, dear, that this gloomy kind of story is what all you young people think about these days. Why don't you write something to cheer people up?”

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Book:Come Along with Me: Classic Short Stories and an Unfinished Novel

Source: Come Along with Me: Classic Short Stories and an Unfinished Novel

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Author:Shirley Jackson

“If a person has lived through war, poverty and love, he has lived a full life”

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Author:O. Henry

“I've got some of my best yarns from park benches, lamp posts and newspaper stands.”

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Author:O. Henry

“Write what you like; there is no other rule.”

Author:O. Henry

“It ain't the roads we take; it's what's inside of us that makes us turn out the way we do.”

Book:Selected Stories

Source: Selected Stories

“Bohemia is nothing more than the little country in which you do not live. If you try to obtain citizenship in it, at once the court and retinue pack the royal archives and treasure and move away beyond the hills.”

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Book:The Complete Works Of O. Henry

Source: The Complete Works Of O. Henry

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Book:Delphi Complete Works of O. Henry (Illustrated)

Source: Delphi Complete Works of O. Henry (Illustrated)