"Am I walking toward something I should be running away from?"

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Source : Shirley Jackson (2009). “Just an Ordinary Day: Stories”, p.161, Bantam

Shirley Jackson

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“I want to eat good Italian food and get better at their language. It seems so romantic too.”
“It's a long old road, but I know I'm gonna find the end.”
“I like to make all my characters interesting. Be they male, female or creatures unknown.”
“I now announce myself as candidate for the Presidency. I anticipate criticism; but however unfavorable I trust that my sincerity will not be called into question.”
“The duck swallows the worm, the fox kills the duck, the men shoot the fox, and the devil hunts the men.”
“The truth can set us free, but only if we're always in the process of discovering it.”
“You must learn how to hold a team together. You must lift some men up, calm others down, until finally they've got one heartbeat. Then you've got yourself a team.”
“I am not a morning person. I like to sleep in.”

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