Hell House Quotes

“If you only knew the beauty which awaits you, Daniel. If you only knew how lovely are the realms which lie beyond this house. Would you keep yourself locked in a barren cell when all the beauties of the universe await you on the outside?”
― Richard Matheson, Hell House

“as Huxley put it-‘to sit down before fact as a little child—be prepared to give up every preconceived notion, follow humbly wherever and to whatsoever abysses nature leads.”
― Richard Matheson, Hell House

“His teeth are those of a carnivore. When he bares them in a smile, it gives one the impression of an animal snarling. His face is white, for he despises the sun, eschews the out-of-doors. He has astonishingly green eyes, which seem to possess an inner light of their own. His forehead is broad, his hair and short-trimmed beard jet black. Despite his handsomeness, his is a frightening visage, the face of some demon who has taken on a human aspect”
― Richard Matheson, Hell House

“There were no servants to maintain the house; they were indistinguishable from the guests by then.”
― Richard Matheson, Hell House

“supuesto umbral de la conciencia. Ahí es donde radica la fascinación,”
― Richard Matheson, La casa infernal

“what felt like skin the texture of cooked mushroom.”
― Richard Matheson, Hell House

“Have you any alternative to offer, though?” “Yes.” Barrett returned her gaze with challenge. “An alternative far more interesting, albeit far more complex and demanding; namely, the subliminal self, that vast, concealed expanse of the human personality which, iceberglike, inheres beneath the so-called threshold of consciousness. That is where the fascination lies, Miss Tanner. Not in the speculative realms of afterlife, but here, today; the challenge of ourselves. The undiscovered mysteries of the human spectrum, the infrared capacities of our bodies, the ultraviolet capacities of our minds. This is the alternative I offer: the extended faculties of the hinnan system not as yet established. The faculties by which, I am convinced, all psychic phenomena are produced.”
― Richard Matheson, Hell House

“seven million dollars”
― Richard Matheson, Hell House

“ego subliminal: esa vasta y oculta extensión de la personalidad humana que, al igual que un iceberg, forma parte del”
― Richard Matheson, La casa infernal

“Hell House is, in essence, a giant battery, the toxic power of which must, inevitably, be tapped by those who enter it, either intentionally or involuntarily.”
― Richard Matheson, Hell House

“The worst haunted house in the world threatened her less than being alone.”
― Richard Matheson, Hell House

“Florence ate some salad before she spoke again. “Were you in contact with Belasco’s son when you were here before?” “All I was in contact with was a live wire.”
― Richard Matheson, Hell House

“hear,”
― Richard Matheson, Hell House

“I think I know the secret of Hell House, Ben.” Fischer didn’t speak for almost half a minute. “Do you?” he asked then. “It’s Belasco.” “How?” “He safeguards the haunting of his house by reinforcing it,” she said. “By acting as a hidden aide for every other haunting force.”
― Richard Matheson, Hell House

“he’d waked up,”
― Richard Matheson, Hell House

“The atmosphere in here—”
― Richard Matheson, Hell House

“It isn’t the business that matters, but the corruptibility of those who enter it.”
― Richard Matheson, Hell House

“A silver candelabrum flew across the room”
― Richard Matheson, Hell House

“It looks like a chapel,” she started to say, breaking off in shock as she saw that the figure of Jesus was naked, an enormous phallus jutting upward from between the legs.”
― Richard Matheson, Hell House