"Humility means one does not impose his conceptions upon others and he is fully dependent on the mercy of the Lord."

“But I'm aware of the fact that I'm working in a commercial venue where I'm producing something that I wouldn't normally be approaching the way I'm doing it”

“In the country of the story the writer is king.”

Source : Shirley Jackson (2013). “Come Along with Me: Classic Short Stories and an Unfinished Novel”, p.128, Penguin

“I don't remember any dream. All I remember is waking up and feeling that there had been a change while I was sleeping.”

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“Happiness is always a by-product. It is probably a matter of temperament, and for anything I know it may be glandular.”

“All in Dali is indeed contrived, a brilliant illustration of his own psyche as he understands it, as opposed to how it truly may have been.”

“Each new situation requires a new architecture.”

“I hadn't said goodbye. It had been easier, like always, to just disappear, sparing myself the messy details of another farewell. Now, my fingers hovered over my track pad, moving the cursor down to his comment section before I stopped myself. What was the point? Anything I said now would only be an afterthought. Elizabeth who goes by her middle name”

“But please remember: this is only a work of fiction. The truth, as always, will be far stranger.”