ms. barrie

“As I turned to go I caught the glance that passed between father and son. Even then I knew somehow what it meant, and what it would mean for me.”
― Tracy Chevalier, Girl with a Pearl Earring

“They simply have a different standard of normality. And when you look at the state of the world, who’s really to say they’re wrong?”
― John Saul, Suffer the Children

“Often we find that the things our conscious minds refuse to take seriously our subconscious minds deal with in a very serious manner. Essentially, that is what dreams are all about, and, sometimes, neuroses and psychoses. One might say that mental illness results when our conscious minds and our unconscious minds try to do each other’s jobs.”
― John Saul, Suffer the Children

“The feeling which fell upon me was a shuddering awe, as upon a first glimpse of the truth that I was in a world of evil and strife.”
― Thomas de Quincey, Suspiria de Profundis