The Mammoth Book of Modern Ghost Stories Quotes

“The feel of her own pillow, and of her own blankets reassured her. Both were familiar. And being tired was familiar too, it was a solid bodily ache, like the tiredness after too much jumping or cricket.”
― Daphne du Maurier, The Mammoth Book of Modern Ghost Stories

“If you have ever come up against Nothing you have no idea how it can scare you out of your wits. When I was a child I used to be afraid of Something in the dark. I know now that the most fearful thing about the dark is that we may find Nothing in it.”
― Howard Spring, The Mammoth Book of Modern Ghost Stories

“Once upon a time the fairy tales begin. But then they end and often you don't know really what has happened, what was meant to happen, you only know what you've been told, what the words suggest.”
― Joyce Carol Oates, The Mammoth Book of Modern Ghost Stories

“On the way home Mary Lou said, "Some things are so sad you can't say them." But I pretended not to hear.”
― Joyce Carol Oates, The Mammoth Book of Modern Ghost Stories

“Laura smiled a little wanly in the twilight. "Far more afraid of flesh and blood than ghosts," she murmured.”
― Marie Belloc Lowndes, The Mammoth Book of Modern Ghost Stories