“ We read the pagan sacred books with profit and delight. With myth and fable we are ever charmed, and find a pleasure in the endless repetition of the beautiful, poetic, and absurd. We find, in all the… Robert G. Ingersoll
“ The splendor of that moment, its transcendent glory and aliveness, haunted him. He could thrust it aside by day, but it poisoned his dreams by night, calling to him and pleading with him to unlock the… David Weber
“ The initial trauma of a young child may go underground but it will return to haunt us. James Garbarino
“ He stood in a room, looking around, seeing thousands of himself. He banged the walls made of mirrors, but they wouldn't break. Thier laugh filled his heart and with fear, he curled up and sat there. A… Akshay Vasu
“ Night-time is being brushed aside like so much cobweb. The day is wound up and begins even before the last haunted dreams, the last of the fog, those spectral and evanescent residues, have faded away. Gregory Maguire
“ I am stupid, am I not? What more can I want? If you ask them who is brave--who is true--who is just--who is it they would trust with their lives?--they would say, Tuan Jim. And yet they can never know… Joseph Conrad
“ And yet is not mankind itself, pushing on its blind way, driven by a dream of its greatness and its power upon the dark paths of excessive cruelty and of excessive devotion. And what is the pursuit of… Joseph Conrad
“ She had said he had been driven away from her by a dream,--and there was no answer one could make her--there seemed to be no forgiveness for such a transgression.And yet is not mankind itself, pushing… Joseph Conrad
“ I still feel haunted,' she said. 'I thought it would go away. I thought if I faced it, it would all go away.''It doesn't go away. Ever. But you get better at it.''At what?''At being haunted,' Avasaral… James S.A. Corey
“ But walking through it all was one thing; walking away, unfortunately, has proved to be quite another, and though once I thought I had left that ravine forever on an April afternoon long ago, now I am… Donna Tartt
“ I have only to glance over my shoulder for all those years to drop away and I see it behind me again, the ravine, rising all green and black through the saplings, a picture that will never leave me. Donna Tartt
“ Alone in my room, I don’t feel alone. It’s as if I have two shadows instead of one, and this second shadow doesn’t conform to my movements. It follows me, it gives the impression it will never leave m… Christopher Pike
“ So you're gone and i'm hauntedAnd i bet you are just fineDid i make it that easy to walkRight in and out of my life A Fine Frenzy
“ Why weren't we born in the same era?" he lamented. She eased past him neither here nor there, looked over her shoulder and whispered, "How mundane and cliche would that be? Donna Lynn Hope
“ Maybe these whole woods are haunted with crushed girl ghosts and that's what I'm hearing. They're coming to check me out, make sure I'm cool. Which I'm not, so they'll be disappointed. Ainslie Hogarth
“ She says, I'll swear by the rose tattooed on my ass, that old man raped me.Here, the funeral parade stops. At this point, Comrade Snarky is a victim among victims. The rest of us — just her supporting… Chuck Palahniuk
“ There are worse things than having behaved foolishly in public.There are worse things than these miniature betrayals,committed or endured or suspected; there are worse thingsthan not being able to sle… Fleur Adcock
