I am caught in a kind of wonder, I am still with joy. - Shirley Jackson

My dear, how can I make you perceive that there is no danger where there is nothing but love and understanding?

At my age an hour's reading before bedtime is essential, and I wisely brought Pamela with me. If any of you has trouble sleeping, I will read aloud to you. I never yet knew anyone who could not fall asleep with Richardson being read aloud to him.

It is unholy because it is heretic. It is foul. It is abominable to need something so badly that you cannot picture living without it. It is a contradiction to the condition of mankind.