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Ruth Franklin

“to do so. Some of our own deepest convictions may be as false. We might say that we have far more to be afraid of today than the people of Salem ever dreamed of, but that would not really be true. We have exactly the same thing to be afraid of—the demon in men’s minds which prompts hatred and anger and fear, an irrational demon which shows a different face to every generation, but never gives up in his fight to win over the world.”

Ruth Franklin, Shirley Jackson: A Rather Haunted Life
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Shirley Jackson: A Rather Haunted Life Shirley Jackson: A Rather Haunted Life by Ruth Franklin
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