Devlin Tay

“Sigmund Freud notably saw in the Oedipus myth a playing out of his theory that infant sons long for a close and exclusive relationship with their mothers, including an (unconscious) sexual one, and hate their fathers for coming between this perfect mother–son union. It is an oft-noted irony that, of all men in history, Oedipus was the one with the least claim to an Oedipus Complex. He left Corinth because the idea of sex with his mother Merope (as he thought) was so repugnant. Not only was his attraction to Jocasta adult (and the incestuous element wholly unwitting), but it came after the killing of his father Laius, which itself was accidental and entirely unconnected to any infant sexual jealousy. None of which put Freud off his stride.”
― Stephen Fry, Heroes: Mortals and Monsters, Quests and Adventures

“Having a unique culture in a closed off village such as that is terrifying,” my grandfather told me. “In places like that, common sense isn’t common sense. The children grow up brainwashed and become just like their parents. That’s why you should make lots of friends, hear their different opinions, and always question whether what you are doing is right or wrong.”
― Tara A. Devlin, Kowabana: 'True' Japanese scary stories from around the internet: Volume Nine

“So, as with everything, from the practice of medicine and scholarship to political service, the genuine and the fraudulent coexist and blur into each other. What should one do then? Simply this: be skeptical of what you hear. Yet also have enough humility to accept the world contains more than what you can see or imagine.”
― Yun Ji, The Shadow Book of Ji Yun: The Chinese Classic of Weird True Tales, Horror Stories, and Occult Knowledge

“fully three-quarters of life’s great & bounteous cornucopia consists of parasites, battening furtively on the flesh of the few productive species that grace creation.”
― Paula Guran, New Cthulhu 2: More Recent Weird