All cat stories start with this statement: "My mother, who was the first cat, told me this...
Shirley JacksonI am like a small creature swallowed whole by a monster, she thought, and the monster feels my tiny little movements inside.
Shirley JacksonI can't help it when people are frightened," says Merricat. "I always want to frighten them more.
Shirley JacksonHe is altogether selfish, she thought in some surprise, the only man I have ever sat and talked to alone, and I am impatient; he is simply not very interesting.
Shirley Jackson