Tuesday, March 6, 2012

Yes!

"I know it's the shadow cast by what's looming and not the thing in itself that engenders fear."

---Kevin Barnes, "Malefic Dowery," Paralytic Stalks

2 comments:

Lonin said...

it probably does not reflect well on my cultural involvement here to say that my first interpretation of this quote was about *shadow casts* (of Rocky Horror et al.)....

Grace Mulligan said...

Interesting! I would think that in the context of the word "shadow" the meaning of the word "cast" is pretty clear, but it is true that the word order is off from the norm. . . .