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On the moon we have everything. Lettuce, and pumpkin pie and Amanita phalloides. We have cat-furred plants and horses dancing with their wings. All the locks are solid and tight, and there are no ghosts.

Shirley Jackson

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Shirley Jackson
Age: 48 †
Born: 1916
Born: December 14
Died: 1965
Died: September 8
Author
Journalist
Non-Fiction Writer
Novelist
Writer
San Francisco County
California
Shirley Hardie Jackson
Moon
Plants
Furred
Everything
Solid
Lettuce
Ghost
Pumpkin
Cat
Pie
Wings
Ghosts
Plant
Locks
Dancing
Tight
Horse
Horses

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