NorseHel
Tinnitus Enjoyer
- Mar 28, 2022
- 60
They can be inspirational, meaningful to you in some way, or just something you like the sound of. Whether it's from a book, a song, a speech, doesn't matter.
I'll start by sharing two excerpts that really speak to me, purely for aesthetic reasons:
From "The Haunting of Hill House":
And from a game called "Anatomy":
For me, both of these excerpts describe a very specific kind of haunted house, one where the house itself is the source of fear.
What are some of yours, and why?
I'll start by sharing two excerpts that really speak to me, purely for aesthetic reasons:
From "The Haunting of Hill House":
No live organism can continue for long to exist sanely under conditions of absolute reality; even larks and katydids are supposed, by some, to dream. Hill House, not sane, stood by itself against its hills, holding darkness within; it had stood so for eighty years and might stand for eighty more. Within, walls continued upright, bricks met nearly, floors were firm, and doors were sensibly shut; silence lay steadily against the wood and stone of Hill House, and whatever walked there, walked alone.
And from a game called "Anatomy":
Did it not occur to you that as an organism existing within a greater organism, your intrusion would be felt? And still you harass. And now, like the wayward spider who witlessly settled on a sleeper's tongue, you will be swallowed. Because the truth is this. When a house is both hungry and awake, every room becomes a mouth.
For me, both of these excerpts describe a very specific kind of haunted house, one where the house itself is the source of fear.
What are some of yours, and why?