86 Quotes by Robert Bloch

If she sat there without moving, they wouldn’t punish her. If she sar there without moving, they’d know that she was sane, sane, sane.

Strange how everyone tried to disguise truth with nonsense. Like the slang for death: kicking the bucket, wiped out, snuffed, wasted, blown away. The light touch to dispel the heavy fear.

As she reached the landing, the thunder came. The whole house seemed to shake with it.

Besides, that thing was waiting for him. Waiting for him –.

Nobody would be quite as surprised as my wife, when I killed her.

It was really a fascinating book – no wonder he hadn’t noticed how fast the time had passed.

It was the knife that, a moment later, cut off her scream.

That was the most important thing. He had to stop talking to himself. He had to get back that calm feeling agan. He had to face reality. And what was reality?

Norman took another drink, just a sip. He could feel the wetness trickle down the side of his chin. He must be drunk. All right, he was drunk, what did it matter? As long as Mother didn’t know. As long as the girl didn’t know. It would all be a big secret. Impotent, was he? Well, that didn’t mean he couldn’t see her again.