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“No live organism can continue for long to exist sanely under conditions of absolute reality; even larks and katydids are supposed, by some, to dream. Hill House, not sane, stood by itself against its hills, holding darkness within; it had stood so for eighty years and might stand for eighty more. Within, walls continued upright, bricks met neatly, floors were firm, and doors were sensibly shut; silence lay steadily against the wood and stone of Hill House, and whatever walked there, walked alone.”
― Shirley Jackson, The Haunting of Hill House

“I will go," said Lorenzo. And Lorenzo stayed, where he was.”
― Matthew Gregory Lewis, The Monk

“If knowledge is not put into practice, it does not benefit one.”
― Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri

“Better to reign in Hell, than to serve in Heaven.”
― John Milton, Paradise Lost