literature

“ Think you to be so mighty that the power of Hell may not turn your wits? Beware of it! ”

“ And mark this. Let either of you breathe a word, or the edge of a word, about the other things, and I will come to you in the black of some terrible night and I will bring a pointy reckoning that will shudder you. ”

“ Abigail: But we never conjured spirits. ”

“ I think people more often kill those they love, than those they hate. Possibly because only the people you love can really make life unendurable to you. ”

“ What life would be with Hori, she did not know. In spite of his gentleness, in spite of his love for her, he would remain in some respects incalculable and incomprehensible. They would share moments of great beauty and richness together - but what of their common daily life? ”

“ It's so much nicer to be a secret and delightful sin to anybody than to be a feather in his cap. ”

“ Love can be a very frightening thing. That is why most great love stories are tragedies. ”

“ Ive always believed in writing without a collaborator, because where two people are writing the same book, each believes he gets all the worry and only half the royalties. ”

“ But no artist, I now realize, can be satisfied with art alone. There is a natural craving for recognition which cannot be gain-said. ”

“ Why shouldn't I hate her? She did the worst thing to me that anyone can do to anyone else. Let them believe that they're loved and wanted and then show them that it's all a sham. ”