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Top 350 Shirley Jackson Quotes (2026 Update)
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Shirley Jackson Quote: “It was an unpleasant business, like all family quarrels, and as in all family quarrels incredibly harsh and cruel things were said on either side.”

351. “It was an unpleasant business, like all family quarrels, and as in all family quarrels incredibly harsh and cruel things were said on either side.”

— Shirley Jackson

Shirley Jackson Quote: “Now what was here, she wondered, what was here and is gone, or what was going to be here and never came?”

352. “Now what was here, she wondered, what was here and is gone, or what was going to be here and never came?”

— Shirley Jackson

Shirley Jackson Quote: “A man in Texas won a divorce from his wife because she tore out the last chapter of every mystery story he borrowed from the library.”

353. “A man in Texas won a divorce from his wife because she tore out the last chapter of every mystery story he borrowed from the library.”

— Shirley Jackson

Shirley Jackson Quote: “Era una sconosciuta in un mondo di sconosciuti ed erano sconosciuti anche quelli che si era lasciata alle spalle.”

354. “Era una sconosciuta in un mondo di sconosciuti ed erano sconosciuti anche quelli che si era lasciata alle spalle.”

— Shirley Jackson

Shirley Jackson Quote: “A change was coming, and nobody knew it but me.”

355. “A change was coming, and nobody knew it but me.”

— Shirley Jackson

Shirley Jackson Quote: “What are you laughing about now?” Constance asked me. “I am thinking that we are on the moon, but it is not quite as I supposed it would be.” “It is a very happy place, though.”

356. “What are you laughing about now?” Constance asked me. “I am thinking that we are on the moon, but it is not quite as I supposed it would be.” “It is a very happy place, though.”

— Shirley Jackson

Shirley Jackson Quote: “Nothing is hard to do unless you get upset or excited about it.”

357. “Nothing is hard to do unless you get upset or excited about it.”

— Shirley Jackson

Shirley Jackson Quote: “It is my hope to, one day, share my love for HPL with the world.”

358. “It is my hope to, one day, share my love for HPL with the world.”

— Shirley Jackson

Shirley Jackson Quote: “I think they want the same things you do, only you would... inherit them, so to speak, just by growing up. Things like excitement, and new experiences, and all kinds of strange and wonderful things happening; you get them anyway, just by the process of growing older, but for them... they’ve already outgrown all they know and they want to try it all over again. Even at my age, you keep thinking you’ve missed so much, and you get older all the time.”

359. “I think they want the same things you do, only you would... inherit them, so to speak, just by growing up. Things like excitement, and new experiences, and all kinds of strange and wonderful things happening; you get them anyway, just by the process of growing older, but for them... they’ve already outgrown all they know and they want to try it all over again. Even at my age, you keep thinking you’ve missed so much, and you get older all the time.”

— Shirley Jackson

Shirley Jackson Quote: “Materializations are often best produced in rooms where there are books.”

360. “Materializations are often best produced in rooms where there are books.”

— Shirley Jackson

Shirley Jackson Quote: “She is hysterical,” said Mrs. Halloran. “Slap her quite firmly in the face.”

361. “She is hysterical,” said Mrs. Halloran. “Slap her quite firmly in the face.”

— Shirley Jackson

Shirley Jackson Quote: “Now I want to say something about words artificially weighted; you can, and frequently must, make a word carry several meanings or messages in your story if you use the word right. This is a kind of shorthand.”

362. “Now I want to say something about words artificially weighted; you can, and frequently must, make a word carry several meanings or messages in your story if you use the word right. This is a kind of shorthand.”

— Shirley Jackson

Shirley Jackson Quote: “By changing the emphasis and angle on this little plot we can make it say almost anything we like. There is certainly no need to worry about whether any of this is true, or actually happened; it is as true as you make it. The important thing is that it be true in the story, and actually happen there.”

363. “By changing the emphasis and angle on this little plot we can make it say almost anything we like. There is certainly no need to worry about whether any of this is true, or actually happened; it is as true as you make it. The important thing is that it be true in the story, and actually happen there.”

— Shirley Jackson

Shirley Jackson Quote: “Everything is worse,” he said, looking at Eleanor, “if you think something is looking at you.”

364. “Everything is worse,” he said, looking at Eleanor, “if you think something is looking at you.”

— Shirley Jackson

Shirley Jackson Quote: “I dislike all the beginnings of conversations where people ask one another as subtly as possible how old they are, and what their names are, and how they are feeling these days.”

365. “I dislike all the beginnings of conversations where people ask one another as subtly as possible how old they are, and what their names are, and how they are feeling these days.”

— Shirley Jackson

Shirley Jackson Quote: “On the other hand,” the doctor continued behind her, “a Fielding novel comparable in length, although hardly in subject matter, would never do for very young children. I even have doubts about Sterne –.”

366. “On the other hand,” the doctor continued behind her, “a Fielding novel comparable in length, although hardly in subject matter, would never do for very young children. I even have doubts about Sterne –.”

— Shirley Jackson

Shirley Jackson Quote: “People like answering questions about themselves, she thought; what an odd pleasure it is. I would answer anything right now.”

367. “People like answering questions about themselves, she thought; what an odd pleasure it is. I would answer anything right now.”

— Shirley Jackson

Shirley Jackson Quote: “We bought the big white house, at last, by merely signing our names on a piece of paper. Mr. Gore and Mr. Andrews down at the bank arranged the financial transference with an almost invisible maneuver of figures on a card. When my husband asked if we could borrow our money right back again and use the house as security, everybody laughed.”

368. “We bought the big white house, at last, by merely signing our names on a piece of paper. Mr. Gore and Mr. Andrews down at the bank arranged the financial transference with an almost invisible maneuver of figures on a card. When my husband asked if we could borrow our money right back again and use the house as security, everybody laughed.”

— Shirley Jackson

Shirley Jackson Quote: “Once the accusation was made, evidence could easily be found.”

369. “Once the accusation was made, evidence could easily be found.”

— Shirley Jackson

Shirley Jackson Quote: “What place would be better for us than this? Who wants us, outside? The world is full of terrible people.”

370. “What place would be better for us than this? Who wants us, outside? The world is full of terrible people.”

— Shirley Jackson

Shirley Jackson Quote: “I used that sugar.” Uncle Julian shook his finger at her. “I used that sugar myself, on my blackberries. Luckily,” and he smiled blandly, “fate intervened. Some of us, that day, she led inexorably through the gates of death. Some of us, innocent and unsuspecting, took, unwillingly, that one last step to oblivion. Some of us took very little sugar.”

371. “I used that sugar.” Uncle Julian shook his finger at her. “I used that sugar myself, on my blackberries. Luckily,” and he smiled blandly, “fate intervened. Some of us, that day, she led inexorably through the gates of death. Some of us, innocent and unsuspecting, took, unwillingly, that one last step to oblivion. Some of us took very little sugar.”

— Shirley Jackson

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