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we have always lived in the castle illustrated by thomas ehretsmann for centipede press

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The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson

We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson

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Cover art for the paperback edition of Shirley Jackson's "We Have Always Lived in the Castle" - by William Teason

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It’s spring, you’re young, you’re lovely, you have a right to be happy. Come back into the world. -Shirley Jackson, we have always lived in the castle

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Shirley Jackson, We Have Always Lived in the Castle Vincent van Gogh, Garden at Arles (1888)

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- Shirley Jackson, We Have Always Lived in the Castle

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“We eat the year away. We eat the spring and the summer and the fall. We wait for something to grow and then we eat it.”

— Shirley Jackson, We Have Always Lived in the Castle