Unhappy is he to whom the memories of childhood bring only fear and sadness.
Sometimes one feels that it would be merciful to tear down these houses, for they must often dream.
The appeal of the spectrally macabre is generally narrow because it demands from the reader a certain degree of imagination and a capacity for detachment from everyday life.
Life has never interested me so much as the escape from life.
The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear.
It is true that I have sent six bullets through the head of my best friend, and yet I hope to show by this statement that I am not his murderer.