And didn't they say that, although curiosity killed the cat, satisfaction brought the beast back?

Outside, a gusty October breeze was combing leaves from the trees and sending them across her backyard in colorful skitters.

Good description is a learned skill, one of the prime reasons why you cannot succeed unless you read a lot and write a lot. It’s not just a question of how-to, you see; it’s also a question of how much to. Reading will help you answer how much, and only reams of writing will help you with the how. You can learn only by doing.

we need ghost stories because we, in fact, are the ghosts.

The scariest, most terrifying thing that I fear? Yes. My Imagination. I thought you were going to say "Fear, itself." Then you have a small imagination.

When a man has died, he wants you to know about it.

It might be that the biggest division in the world isn't men and women but folks who like cats and folks who like dogs" - (L.T.'s Theory of Pets)