Quotes by : J. Sheridan Le Fanu

Thus fortified I might take my rest in peace. But dreams come through stone walls, light up dark rooms,....

I have often wondered since at my own firmness. In that dreadful interview with my uncle I had felt,....

I am afraid we women are factionists; we always take a side, and nature has formed us for advocates rather....

There is a faculty in man that will acknowledge the unseen. He may scout and scare religion from him;....

but curiosity is a restless and scrupulous passion, and no one girl can endure, with patience, that hers....

Places change imperceptibly – in detail, at least – a good deal,' said the Doctor, making an effort....

You are afraid to die?'Yes, everyone is.'But to die as lovers may - to die together, so that they may....

Nevertheless, life and death are mysterious states, and we know little of the resources of either.

Although I felt very weak, I did not feel ill; and strength, one always fancies, is a thing that may....

How marvellously lie our anxieties, in filmy layers, one over the other! Take away that which has lain....