No one tells them what’s hidden in the shadows, therefore it could be anything. Most likely something horrible since no one talks about it. And they are right.

John Ajvide Lindqvist, trans. Ebba Segerberg, Let the Old Dreams Die: Stories [Amazon, Bookshop, Publisher, Local Library]

Hermetic quote Lindqvist Segerberg Let the Old Dreams Die no one tells hidden shadows anything something horrible talks right

Consider also:

  1. “The true Christian is a stranger to the sectarian spirit; he is all things to all men, and looks on all men as the children of a common father, who means to save them all. The whole cult has for him only a sense of sweetness and of love: he leaves to God the secrets of justice, and understands only charity.”
  2. Spin Angels
  3. The Third Policeman
  4. A Rendezvous in Averoigne
  5. “How do you get ready to face off with the thing you’re going to share your soul with?”