Mysteries of Winterthurn Quotes

“Much of the time he lay part-dressed on his bed, sipping gin, and thinking, and thinking, - though what it was, of which he thought, he seemed not to know.”
― Joyce Carol Oates, Mysteries of Winterthurn

“and halfway wondered if anhedonia might not be the most intelligent response to God’s fallen world. “Here, after all, is Hell,” the detective idly mused. “Nor are we likely to be out of it, save through death.”
― Joyce Carol Oates, Mysteries of Winterthurn: An Acclaimed Gothic Romance of Detection, Obsession, and Dark Forbidden Passion