The Bell Witch Quotes

“Why do you persist in this belief that punishment must be meted out from either God or Satan when the most relentless, merciless punisher is that within? For we can never escape its scourges and lashes.”
― John F.D. Taff, The Bell Witch

“It is no test to love those who merit it. The test is in loving those who do not.”
― John F.D. Taff, The Bell Witch

“Sometimes John, a lie is nothing more than a truth one cannot accept.”
― John F.D. Taff, The Bell Witch

“But though a thing may transcend science, it may not transgress it.”
― John F.D. Taff, The Bell Witch

“That is a sign of good breeding.”
― John F.D. Taff, The Bell Witch

“Betsy recoiled, feeling hot breath upon her face. Just then, she heard another sound, as if someone very old was hawking something up, spitting. She felt something warm spatter her face, slide thickly down her cheek. Hurriedly, she wiped her face on the folds of her nightgown, the stuff’s sticky heat fading to tacky cold.”
― John F.D. Taff, The Bell Witch