A pretty sight, a lady with a book.

Poor strangers, they have so much to be afraid of.

Gossip says she hanged herself from the turret on the tower, but when you have a house like Hill House with a tower and a turret, gossip would hardly allow you to hang yourself anywhere else.

I have often thought that with any luck at all I could have been born a werewolf, because the two middle fingers on both my hands are the same length, but I have had to be content with what I had.

I'm going to put death in all their food and watch them die.

I wonder if I could eat a child if I had the chance.' 'I doubt if I could cook one,' said Constance.

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