Mark Twain

“I did not attend his funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it.”― Mark Twain

Emily Dickinson

 “One need not be a chamber to be haunted, One need not be a house; The brain has corridors surpassing Material place.”— Emily Dickinson – Poems by Emily Dickinson 

 

Neil Gaiman

“Fear is contagious. You can catch it. Sometimes all it takes is for someone to say they’re scared for the fear to become real”- Neil Gaiman, The Graveyard Book

 

Percy Bysshe Shelley

“The mind is its own place, and of itself can make a heaven of hell, a hell of heaven.” — Percy Bysshe Shelley – Poems by Percy Shelley

 

Lord Byron

 “Love will find a way through paths where wolves fear to prey.” – Lord Byron – Lord Byron Major Works

 

Thomas Harris – Hannibal Lecter

“I do wish we could chat longer, but… I’m having an old friend for dinner.” – Thomas Harris – Hannibal Lecter, Silence of the Lambs

 

Mary Oliver

“Someone I loved once gave me a box full of darkness. It took me years to understand that this too, was a gift.”— Mary Oliver, The Uses Of Sorrow, a Poem from her first book Thirst. 

 

 Margaret Atwood

“A rat in a maze is free to go anywhere, as long as it stays inside the maze.” –  Margaret Atwood –  The Handmaid’s Tale

 

 Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

“Beware; for I am fearless, and therefore powerful” – Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Frankenstein

 

Robert Bloch

“Despite my ghoulish reputation, I really have the heart of a small boy. I keep it in a jar on my desk.”— Robert Bloch – Works by Rober Bloch

 

Leonardo Da Vinci

“A painter should begin every canvas with a wash of black, because all things in nature are dark except where exposed by the light.”— Leonardo da Vinci

 

Helen Keller

“I would rather walk with a friend in the dark, than alone in the light.”— Helen Keller, Story of My Life

 

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