Edward Gorey
Edward Gorey
Edward St. John Goreywas an American writer and artist noted for his illustrated books. His characteristic pen-and-ink drawings often depict vaguely unsettling narrative scenes in Victorian and Edwardian settings...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionAuthor
Date of Birth22 February 1925
CountryUnited States of America
circumstances happenings dues
More is happening out there than we are aware of. It is possibly due to some unknown direful circumstance.
fall way
Not everything in life can be interpreted metaphorically; that's because things fall out on the way.
light tears bed
Having got into bed and turned out the light, I quietly burst into tears because I am not a good person. As they came and went for some minutes, I was concerned with the words following 'because' in the previous sentence, rewriting them over and over in my head until they seemed to be as close to the truth as it was possible for me to make them.
black firsts stopping
There was a young lady named Mae Who smoked without stopping all day; As pack followed pack, Her lungs first turned black, And eventually rotted away.
may damage possibility
I feel that I am doing the minimum amount of damage to other possibilities that may take place in a reader's head.
people findings
When people are finding meaning in things -- beware.
rain thinking snow
A small and sinister snow seems to be coming down relentlessly at present. The radio says it is eventually going to be sleet and rain, but I don't think so; I think it is just going to go on and on, coming down, until the whole world...etc. It has that look.
journey window my-favorite
My favorite journey is looking out the window.
children thinking trying
If you're doing nonsense it has to be rather awful, because there'd be no point. I'm trying to think if there's sunny nonsense. Sunny, funny nonsense for children — oh, how boring, boring, boring. As Schubert said, there is no happy music. And that's true, there really isn't. And there's probably no happy nonsense, either.
believe long realizing
There are so many things we've been brought up to believe that it takes you an awfully long time to realize that they aren't you.
book cat life-is-good
Books, Cats, Life is Good.
dream people scream
It's well we cannot hear the screams we make in other people's dreams.
writing thinking boredom
I really think I write about everyday life. I don't think I'm quite as odd as others say I am. Life is intrinsically, well, boring and dangerous at the same time. At any given moment the floor may open up. Of course, it almost never does; that's what makes it so boring.
drawing might creeps
If something doesn't creep into a drawing that you're not prepared for, you might as well not have drawn it.