Elyza

“The narrator, I think, must succeed in frightening himself before he can think of frightening his reader…”
― E.F. Benson

“Yeah, it was my mom who showed me how to select the needle from her tomato, snip the bit of string, and find the eye.”
― Patrick Rosal

“I am a tiny seashell
that has secretly drifted ashore
and carries the sound of the ocean
surging through its body.”
― Edward Hirsch

“I am therefore a ready believer in relics, legends, and local anecdotes of goblins and great men, and would advise all travellers who travel for their gratification to be the same. What is it to us whether these stories be true or false, so long as we can persuade ourselves into the belief of them and enjoy all the charm of the reality?”
― Washington Irving, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Other Stories