Christopher Isherwood Quote

Horror is always aware of its cause; terror never is. That is precisely what makes terror terrifying.


Great English Short Stories (1957), selected and introduced by Isherwood, p. 267


Horror is always aware of its cause; terror never is. That is precisely what makes terror terrifying.

Horror is always aware of its cause; terror never is. That is precisely what makes terror terrifying.

Horror is always aware of its cause; terror never is. That is precisely what makes terror terrifying.

Horror is always aware of its cause; terror never is. That is precisely what makes terror terrifying.