"Infernal world, and thou profoundest hell Receive thy new possessor: one who brings A mind not to be changed by place or time. The mind is its own place, and in itself Can make a heaven of hell, a hell of heaven. What matter where, if I be still the same (...) Here at least We shall be free (...) Here we may reign secure, and in my choice To reign is worth ambition though in hell: Better to reign in hell, than serve in heaven."

October is here!! Time for some #horrorlit 👻

Splendid! "A good one for shaking me out of a complacency in judgments and lazy simplifications in thought." Indeed!

“Therefore, the novel, properly handled, can reveal the most secret places of life: for it is in the passional secret places of life, above all, that the tide of sensitive awareness needs to ebb and flow, cleansing and freshening.”