What did Shirley Jackson mean by: All cat stories start with this statement: “My mother, who was the first cat, told me this… Shirley Jackson Writer · USA Copy
in all the world there is not someone who does not believe something. Author, January 3, 2024January 1, 2025, Shirley Jackson, Belief, Diversity, Universalism, 0 Shirley Jackson Writer · USA
It watches,” he added suddenly. “The house. It watches every move you make. Author, January 3, 2024January 1, 2025, Shirley Jackson, Control, Paranoia, Surveillance, 0 Shirley Jackson Writer · USA
No live organism can continue for long to exist sanely under conditions of absolute reality. Author, January 3, 2024January 1, 2025, Shirley Jackson, Escapism, Reality, Sanity, 0 Shirley Jackson Writer · USA
For plain and fancy worrying, give me a new mother every time. Author, January 3, 2024January 1, 2025, Shirley Jackson, Motherhood, Support, Worry, 0 Shirley Jackson Writer · USA
I came to believe that being a private detective was the work I was meant to do. Author, January 3, 2024January 1, 2025, Shirley Jackson, Destiny, Purpose, Vocation, 0 Shirley Jackson Writer · USA
So long as you write it away regularly nothing can really hurt you. Author, January 3, 2024January 1, 2025, Shirley Jackson, Coping, Expression, Resilience, 0 Shirley Jackson Writer · USA
Statues to great men are made of the stones thrown at them in their lifetime. Jean Cocteau Artist · France
Every time an artist dies, part of the vision of mankind passes with him. Franklin D. Roosevelt 32nd U.S. President · USA
A well-born man is fortunate, but so is the man about whom people no longer ask, ‘is he well-born?’ Read explanation Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
Avant-garde art jousts with propriety, but takes care never to unseat it. Read explanation Mason Cooley Professor · USA
