Horror was rooted in sympathy, after all, in understanding what it would be like to suffer the worst.


“If hell was anything, it was talk radio—and family.”
― Heart-Shaped Box
― Heart-Shaped Box

“Mum and Dad didn’t hear the tears I cried at night; they didn’t see me at all after that. I became the invisible daughter.”
― Sometimes I Lie
― Sometimes I Lie

“She told me I needed to find a new way of living in the world now.”
― The Push
― The Push

“Maybe God was a demon – that would explain much of the misery of earth life.”
― A Short Stay in Hell
― A Short Stay in Hell

“After all, to the well-organised mind, death is but the next great adventure.”
― Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
― Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

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