#macabre

You will be wondering about that sugar bowl, I imagine, is it still in use? You are wondering, has it been cleaned? You may very well ask, was it thoroughly washed? ↗

— Shirley Jackson

#macabre #sugar #wash #imagination

Z is for Zillah who drank too much gin. ↗

— Edward Gorey

#inspirational #macabre #inspirational

Imperfection is the doorway for which perfection may step through...perfection must be enforced, it must be soldered into the eyes of the blind, it must be severed methodically and sewn into the very warmth that keeps at bay the cold of the night. Imperfection is the fire that sets alight the dark passage through which perfection wanders...and we must embrace it all, we must have purpose to survive. ↗

— Dave Matthes

#death #dread #forgiveness #goal #greed

I see black light (his last words) ↗

— Victor Hugo

#death #last-words #light #macabre #death

Some things are fairly obvious when it's a seven-foot skeleton with a scythe telling you them ↗

— Terry Pratchett

#macabre #humor

It sounded like a piece of blackboard being dragged over the nails of a wall of severed fingers. ↗

— Neil Gaiman

#paraphrased #simile #simile