# Quote — Robert Bloch, Psycho

> At first, when the shower curtains parted, the steam obscured the face. Then she did see it there—just a face, peering through the curtains, hanging in midair like a mask. A head-scarf concealed the hair and the glassy eyes stared inhumanly, but it wasn’t a mask, it couldn’t be. The skin had been powdered dead-white and two hectic spots of rouge centered on the cheekbones. It wasn’t a mask. It was the face of a crazy old woman. Mary started to scream, and then the curtains parted further and a hand appeared, holding a butcher’s knife. It was the knife that, a moment later, cut off her scream. And her head.

- Author: [Robert Bloch](https://www.leafyquotes.com/robert-bloch.md)
- Book: [Psycho](https://www.leafyquotes.com/robert-bloch/psycho.md)
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Robert_Bloch#Psycho_(1959)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/robert-bloch/psycho/at-first-when

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