Quotes by : Peter Straub

The path to wisdom leads downward, and anyone who decides to take it had better buckle on armor, remember....

Intellectual labor is a common technique for the avoidance of thinking.

Nothing is whole, not for too damned long. The world is half night.

Human beings across every culture I know about require such stories, stories with cool winds and wood....

What would be frightening about me jumping out of the bush wearing a pig mask is not the sudden surprise,....

Every writer must acknowledge and be able to handle the unalterable fact that he has, in effect, given....

I don’t shy from writing about incredibly unpleasant, distressing things. And I get a kick out of it....

To feel our character, our personality, and our personal, hard-won history fade from being is to be exposed....

...nobody can protect anybody else from vileness. Or from pain. All you can do is not let it break you....

Of course, the truth is that no one likes change. People in hell not only refuse to leave it, they invite....