Devlin Tay

“There was nothing to be gathered from her letter, more than that he was low and nervous. In those words, of which healthy people think so lightly, what a world of suffering is sometimes hidden!”
― Mike Ashley, Fighters of Fear: Occult Detective Stories

“Good is always inherently stronger than evil. If, for instance, health were not, broadly speaking, stronger than disease, the poisonous germs floating about the world would kill off the human race inside twelve months.”
― H. Hesketh-Prichard, Ghosts: Being the Experiences of Flaxman Low

“Both of these give the mountain’s name as Okiyama, and say that on the top of it from time immemorial there has been a shrine dedicated to Fudo-myo-o (Achala, in Sanskrit, which means ‘immovable’, and is the god always represented as surrounded by fire and sitting uncomplainingly on as an example to others; he carries a sword in one hand, and a rope in the other, as a warning that punishment awaits those who are unable to overcome with honour the painful struggles of life).”
― Hiroko Yoda, Japanese Ghost Stories

“wells in old Japan used to be popular locations for people to end their own lives. But the ground at the bottom of a well is soft, so you don’t die instantly. Instead, you die slowly and in great pain. That’s why it’s so easy for grudges to accumulate in them.”
― Tara A. Devlin, Kowabana: 'True' Japanese scary stories from around the internet: Volume Thirteen