Literary Birthday – 8 August – Margery Lawrence

Margery Lawrence was born on 8 August 1889 and died on 13 November 1969.

Margery Lawrence Quotes

1. My interest in it [spiritualism] dates actually from the moment when I saw a near relation three nights after he died, when he gave me specific instructions about the finding of a box containing important papers. They were found precisely where he said–and from that moment I became deeply interested in what, throughout this book, I have called the ‘Other Side’. (Wikipedia)
2. I have been trained not to disregard phrases, however apparently trivial, that come into mind. They are indicative‚ descriptive perhaps, is a better word‚ of impressions; and though words may not be important, impressions most certainly are. ( Number Seven, Queer Street)
3. Anything from the Other Side is apt to look sinister to people who don’t understand it and its reason for appearing ….what does emerge is that there is a strong psychic link… If you had psychic insight you would see that husbands and wives, lovers, sisters and brothers, parents and children who truly love each other are linked by a sort of psychic umbilical cord. (‘The Case of the White Snake’)

Margery Lawrence was an English author of romance, fantasy, horror, and detective fiction who was best known for her ghost stories. Her novels include Miss Brandt, Adventuress; Red Heels; Bohemian Glass; The Madonna of Seven Moons; The Bridge of Wonder; and Step Light, Lady. Among her most famous supernatural works is Number Seven, Queer Street, a collection of stories presented as the case histories of the occult detective Dr Miles Pennoyer, narrated by his assistant, Jerome Latimer. Lawrence believed in the occult, and many of her more than 50 supernatural stories were inspired by her own experiences.

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by Amanda Patterson
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