Josefine ✨

“I wondered about going down to the creek, but I had no reason to suppose that the creek would even be there, since I never visited it on Tuesday mornings.”
― Shirley Jackson, We Have Always Lived in the Castle

“When Jim Donell thought of something to say he said it as often and in as many ways as possible, perhaps because he had very few ideas and had to wring each one dry.”
― Shirley Jackson, We Have Always Lived in the Castle

“Men snälla lilla hjärtat, jag är jude, jag firar inte heller jul, men nu pratar vi om att dekorera lägenheten och då är jag helt med. Du kan sätta dig där. Jag heter Paul. Du hette Benjamin. Vanvettigt vackert namn förresten.”
― Jonas Gardell, Kärleken

“All our land was enriched with my treasures buried in it, thickly inhabited just below the surface with my marbles and my teeth and my colored stones, all perhaps turned to jewels by now, held together under the ground in a powerful taut web which never loosened, but held fast to guard us.”
― Shirley Jackson, We Have Always Lived in the Castle