“For poetry exists to break through to below the level of reason where the angels and monsters that the amenities keep in the cellar may come out to dance, to rove and roar, growling and singing, to bring life back to the enclosed rooms where too often we are only 'living and partly living.” MayReasonLevelsRoomsBreakSingingAngelMonstersBreak ThroughCellarsAmenitiesGrowling Book:Writings on Writing Source: Writings on Writing
“We've forgotten what it's like not to be able to reach the light switch. We've forgotten a lot of the monsters that seemed to livein our room at night. Nevertheless, those memories are still there, somewhere inside us, and can sometimes be brought to the surface by events, sights, sounds, or smells. Children, though, can never have grown-up feelings until they've been allowed to do the growing.” ChildrenStillsSometimesFeelingsLightAbleNightSoundMemoriesRoomsGrowingEventsSightForgottenSmellSurfaceMonstersNevertheless Author:Fred Rogers
“If at age 10 I say there are monsters in the basement and they don't believe it, I would have stayed in that house. My father would have said "Shut up and get to your room." So I thought the only sanctioned tyranny in the world is parenthood and everybody goes "Yeah." It's a dictatorship - parenthood.” IfsWorldBelieveSaidAgeFatherHouseRoomsYeahDon't BelieveMonstersTyrannyParenthoodDictatorshipShut UpBasementsYour Room Author:Guillermo del Toro
“I've always been a horror fan! Ever since I can vastly remember, and I think it's because I was so terrified of monsters and ghosts as a kid that I had to sleep in front of my parents room until I was 12.” ThinkingI CanKidsRememberParentSleepRoomsFansFrontsHorrorMonstersGhostTerrifiedHorror Fans Author:Matthew Gray Gubler