Season 1

“Some things can't be told. You live them or you don't. But they can't be told. I'm sorry”

— Mike Flanagan, Hugh Crain, Timothy Hutton, imdb.com

“How long do we have to live here, Daddy?”

— Mike Flanagan, Nell Crain, Victoria Pedretti, imdb.com

“Nell is in the red room.”

— Mike Flanagan, Theodora Crain, Kate Siegel, imdb.com

“I don't feel anything.”

— Mike Flanagan, Theodora Crain, Kate Siegel, imdb.com

“All this time we tried to get into this room, now we can't get the fuck out!”

— Mike Flanagan, Theodora Crain, Kate Siegel, imdb.com

“Mom says that a house is like a body. And every house has eyes and bones and skin. A face. This room is like the heart of the house. No, not a heart, a stomach.”

— Mike Flanagan, Nell Crain, Victoria Pedretti, imdb.com

“We're our family, Steve.”

— Mike Flanagan, Shirley Crain, Elizabeth Reaser, imdb.com

“My brother raped the family, is what's going on.”

— Mike Flanagan, Shirley Crain, Elizabeth Reaser, imdb.com

“Most times, a ghost is a wish.”

— Mike Flanagan, Steven Crain, Michiel Huisman, imdb.com

“A ghost can be a lot of things. A memory, a daydream, a secret. Grief, anger, guilt. But, in my experience, most times they're just what we want to see.”

— Mike Flanagan, Steven Crain, Michiel Huisman, imdb.com

“Just because someone's a good person, just because you care about them... doesn't mean they won't burn you.”

— Scott Kosar, Steven Crain, Michiel Huisman, imdb.com

“Steven Crain: Nobody's buying the novel, Shirl. Shirley Crain: You sold me the book. Now you know what I think. You publish this, you know what it costs.”

— Mike Flanagan, Shirley Crain, Elizabeth Reaser, imdb.com

“He said it was haunted. Those are his words.”

— Mike Flanagan, Steven Crain, Michiel Huisman, imdb.com

“Does he talk to you about what happened that night? Because all I've got are those tabloid quotes. He refuses to tell us anything else.”

— Mike Flanagan, Steven Crain, Michiel Huisman, imdb.com

“I've seen a lot of ghosts. Just not the way you think.”

— Mike Flanagan, Steven Crain, Michiel Huisman, imdb.com

“You're worse than a guy, you're like a frat guy.”

— Mike Flanagan, Shirley Crain, Elizabeth Reaser, imdb.com

“No live organism can continue to exist sanely under conditions of absolute reality.”

— Shirley Jackson, Steven Crain, Michiel Huisman, imdb.com

“Imagine the worst thing possible, assume it's true, and go from there.”

— Mike Flanagan, Theodora Crain, Kate Siegel, imdb.com

“When you're little, you learn how to see things that aren't there. And when you grow up, you learn how to make them real.”

— Mike Flanagan, Olivia Crain, Carla Gugino, imdb.com

“I'm going to fix her. That's what I do.”

— Mike Flanagan, Shirley Crain, Elizabeth Reaser, imdb.com