Robert Fordyce Aickman (27 June 1914 – 26 February 1981) was an English writer and conservationist. As a writer, he is best known for his supernatural fiction, which he described as "strange stories".
It was, in any case, quite useless, and, like most useless things, useless almost immediately.
I don’t spend all day reading the newspapers. It can get hold of you as poisonously as the television, if you once let it.
The idea came to him, not for the first time, that most of the things which people buy in the belief that they are luxuries are really poor substitutes for luxury.
She was almost glowing with resolution. She realized that to display moral qualities demands practice, just as much as intellectual and manual qualities.
'I didn't find it in the least difficult,' said Grigg. 'Those meant to succeed at a thing never do find the thing difficult.' 'Meant? Meant by whom?' 'By the life of which they are a part, whether they know it or not.' 'It is very mystical,' said Grigg.