“it is a curious thing, the death of a loved one. we all know that our time in this world is limited, and that eventually all of us will end up underneath some sheet, never to wake up. and yet it is always a surprise when it happens to someone we know. it is like walking up the stairs to your bedroom in the dark, and thinking there is one more stair than there is. your foot falls down, through the air, and there is a sickly moment of dark surprise as you try and readjust the way you thought of things.”

• ― ʜᴏʀꜱᴇʀᴀᴅɪꜱʜ: ʙɪᴛᴛᴇʀ ᴛʀᴜᴛʜꜱ ʏᴏᴜ ᴄᴀɴ'ᴛ ᴀᴠᴏɪᴅ // ʟᴇᴍᴏɴʏ ꜱɴɪᴄᴋᴇᴛ ―

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“monsters are real, and ghosts are real too. they live inside us, and sometimes, they win.”

• ― ᴛʜᴇ ꜱʜɪɴɪɴɢ // ꜱᴛᴇᴘʜᴇɴ ᴋɪɴɢ ―

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“death must be so beautiful. to lie in the soft brown earth, with the grasses waving above one's head, and listen to silence. to have no yesterday, and no tomorrow. to forget time, to forgive life, to be at peace.”

• ― ᴛʜᴇ ᴄᴀɴᴛᴇʀᴠɪʟʟᴇ ɢʜᴏꜱᴛ // ᴏꜱᴄᴀʀ ᴡɪʟᴅᴇ ―

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“in one aspect, yes, i believe in ghosts, but we create them. we haunt ourselves.”

• ― ᴡɪɴᴛᴇʀɢɪʀʟꜱ // ʟᴀᴜʀɪᴇ ʜᴀʟꜱᴇ ᴀɴᴅᴇʀꜱᴏɴ ―

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“maybe all the people who say ghosts don’t exist are just afraid to admit that they do.”

• ― ᴛʜᴇ ɴᴇᴠᴇʀᴇɴᴅɪɴɢ ꜱᴛᴏʀʏ // ᴍɪᴄʜᴀᴇʟ ᴇɴᴅᴇ ―

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“because i could not stop for death, he kindly stopped for me"

• ― ᴇᴍɪʟʏ ᴅɪᴄᴋɪɴꜱᴏɴ ―

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"it is nothing to die. it is frightful not to live."

• ― ʟᴇꜱ ᴍɪꜱᴇʀᴀʙʟᴇꜱ // ᴠɪᴄᴛᴏʀ ʜᴜɢᴏ ―

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“ghosts don't haunt us. that's not how it works. they're present among us because we won't let go of them.”

• ― ᴍ ɪꜱ ꜰᴏʀ ᴍᴀʟɪᴄᴇ // ꜱᴜᴇ ɢʀᴀꜰᴛᴏɴ ―

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“ghosts don't haunt people--their memories do.”

• ― ɴᴇᴠᴇʀ ꜰᴀᴅᴇ // ᴀʟᴇxᴀɴᴅʀᴀ ʙʀᴀᴄᴋᴇɴ ―

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“there are such things as ghosts. people everywhere have always known that. and we believe in them every bit as much as homer did. only now, we call them by different names. memory. the unconscious.”

• ― ᴛʜᴇ ꜱᴇᴄʀᴇᴛ ʜɪꜱᴛᴏʀʏ // ᴅᴏɴɴᴀ ᴛᴀʀᴛᴛ ―

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“we are all someone's monster.”

• ― ꜱɪx ᴏꜰ ᴄʀᴏᴡꜱ // ʟᴇɪɢʜ ʙᴀʀᴅᴜɢᴏ ―