“You know, without my telling you, how sometimes a word or name eludes you, and you seek it through running ghosts of shadow -- leaping at it, lying in wait for it to spring upon it, spreading faint snares for it of sense or sound: until, of a sudden, as if in a phantom forest, you hear it, see it flash among the branches, and scarcely knowing how, suddenly have it.” IfsKnowsSometimesRunningLyingNamesWaitingSoundKnowingSpringShadowGhostForestsBranchesFlashPhantomsSnaresEludeElude You Book:Collected Poems Source: Collected Poems
“The last sin, the sin against the Holy Ghost - to lie to oneself. Lying to other people - that's a small thing in comparison.” PeopleLastsLyingSinHolyOneselfGhostComparisonSmall ThingsHoly Ghost Author:Rose Macaulay
“Ghost stories ... tell us about things that lie hidden within all of us, and which lurk outside all around us.” StoriesLyingGhostGhost Stories Book:Ghost stories Source: Ghost stories