J. Sheridan Le Fanu, The Haunted Baronet And Others: Ghost Stories 1861-70

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"Places change imperceptibly – in detail, at least – a good deal,' said the Doctor, making an effort to keep up a conversation that plainly would not go on itself; 'and people too; population shifts – there's an old fellow, sir, they call Death."

J. Sheridan Le Fanu, The Haunted Baronet And Others: Ghost Stories 1861-70

"There is a faculty in man that will acknowledge the unseen. He may scout and scare religion from him; but if he does, superstition perches near."

J. Sheridan Le Fanu, The Haunted Baronet And Others: Ghost Stories 1861-70

"No one likes a straight road but the man who pays for it, or who, when he travels, is brute enough to wish to get to his journey's end."

J. Sheridan Le Fanu, The Haunted Baronet And Others: Ghost Stories 1861-70