uncle mr bones

opening paragraphs of all time

The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson

we should go. did you find something? we have to go. we have to go right now!

do you hear that?

my mom used to tell me that when people die, they just go somewhere else. she didn't really believe in heaven or hell; she just believed that death was a transition to another place we couldn't see from here. i remember how much comfort that brought me when she passed away.

but whatever that place is, roger doesn't get to go. because he's still here.

Listen to me: saving the children is the only way to get everyone home. We are trying to finish what she started!

“Niceness before knives, haven’t I always told you?”

Josephine Montilyet the actual loml. The minute I finished inquisition I knew I had to draw her and I couldn’t get the image of her in a saree out of my head so here is what the in game tarot card for her would look like in my ideal world ✨💛