Home / Quotes / Quote by Shirley Jackson

Quote by Shirley Jackson

“Why do women always look so funny alone at night? she thought. I guess you're so used to seeing them with someone.”

Quote by Shirley Jackson

Book:Let Me Tell You: New Stories, Essays, and Other Writings

Work

Let Me Tell You: New Stories, Essays, and Other Writings

Browse quotes and source details for this work. more

Author

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

You May Also Like

“Still I rise, not as who I was, but as who I was always meant to be.”

Book:Mind Your Business: Power Moves

Source: Mind Your Business: Power Moves

“Admire and appreciate your man and he will be happy on your side”

Love Couples Relationship Advice Marriage Advice Long Lasting Love

Book:The Art of Loving & The Peaceful Wristband: How to Keep The Atraction Alive and His Love Growing For You

Source: The Art of Loving & The Peaceful Wristband: How to Keep The Atraction Alive and His Love Growing For You

“To have loved, to have lost and to be so empty when love is forgotten and not shared is an empty heart that's always whispering "fill me"~bns”

Love Heart Sadness Broken Heart Couples Partner Bluenscottish

Author:Bluenscottish

“The late-afternoon light was thick and orange and she passed four different couples taking photos of themselves on the same cobblestoned block, all their loves endlessly recorded and reviewed, ever and ever, a little archive of two.”

Description Couples Commentary Digital Age Catherine Lacey The Answers Basic Nauseating

Book:The Answers

Source: The Answers

“I'm disgusted when I see some old guy with a younger woman. Or a younger guy with a younger woman. Just couples. Or groups. Any person.”

Love Life Humor Relationships Bitterness Couples

Author:Joss Whedon

“I just never noticed how little of me existed before. I was a shadow without a person.”

Love Loneliness Couples

Book:The Death of Dulgath

Source: The Death of Dulgath

“A thousand fireworks explode inside me, and I feel them in him too, in his lips on mine, and his hands in my hair, and he way we pull each other closer. Everything else falls away, and in this moment, when we touch, we are light.”

Love Romance Couples Young Love Things We Know By Hear

Book:Things We Know by Heart

Source: Things We Know by Heart

“If someone doesn't like what you bring to the table in a relationship, let them eat alone.”

Love Marriage Relationship Couples Break Up Couples Therapy

Author:Karen Salmansohn

“So, if there are any couples here this evening having a secret extramarital affair, I encourage you to breed.”

Humor Sex Secret Comedy Affair Evening Couples Affairs Breed Extramarital Affair Extramarital Extramarital Affairs

Book:The English American

Source: The English American

“There are many types of marriage relationships and all of them can work, but none is sadder than the one that doesn't represent peace in your heart.”