Jimbo Quotes

“We have no joy in any children’s game
For happiness to us is but a name
Since Terror kissed us with his lips of flame.”
― Algernon Blackwood, Jimbo: A Fantasy

“She might be a protector, but she was not a real companion; and he knew that somewhere or other he had left a lot of other real companions whom he now missed dreadfully.”
― Algernon Blackwood, Jimbo: A Fantasy

“As she spoke there rose from the depths of the house the sound of muffled voices, children’s voices singing faintly together; it rose and fell exactly like the wind, and with as little tune; it was weird and magical, but so utterly mournful that the boy felt the tears start to his eyes.”
― Algernon Blackwood, Jimbo: A Fantasy

“He is Fright!” she said in an awed whisper. “But never talk about him again unless you can help it; he always knows when he’s being talked about, and he liked it, because it gives him more power.”
― Algernon Blackwood, Jimbo