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1 " That’s the only thing basements are good for at night: death and grisly discoveries. "
― Alexa Baczak , The Landlord
2 " Every night, more wisps try to get me to follow them. Why won’t they listen when I say I can’t? They jump on my arms and legs. Their little feet burn my skin, and my skin looks red in the mirror. It is winter now, and I can’t feel the cold. I wish I could. "
3 " All houses have secrets, and they are either stories or ghosts. "
4 " She squints at me like I am a child who just answered “What’s 2+2” with “steak.” “There’s no back room, Edie. "
5 " Ghosts are hidden truths screaming under a trapdoor in a room all the lightbulbs burnt out. Not all ghosts are lost life. Sometimes, they’re the memories we let go and leave behind. And if I’d lived, I’d write a version where I died, and then I’d run so far none of my ghosts could haunt me anymore. "
6 " I’ve had enough lying awake every night. I need rest. I need to know I’m not dreaming. But at the same time, I don’t think I want to know. If the wisps are still there. If the hallway is still there. Then there’s no chance that my mind will stop cracking. And I feel it. As if the bones of my skull are unfusing with each passing second. "
7 " It would take too much energy to learn another normal. "
8 " It’s like it should have rained tonight, but the sky didn’t have the courage. "
