Halloween Quotes

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  The thing under my bed waiting to grab my ankle isn't real. I know that, and I also know that if I'm careful to keep my foot under the covers, it will never be able to grab my ankle.

  Stephen King

  Real, Feet, Waiting

  Stephen King (2008). “Night Shift”, p.12, Anchor

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• Shadows of a thousand years rise again unseen, Voices whisper in the trees, "Tonight is Halloween!"

  Dexter Kozen

  Years, Voice, Tree

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  Where there is no imagination there is no horror.

  Arthur Conan Doyle

  Imagination, Scary, Horror

  Study in Scarlet (1888) ch. 5

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  The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown

  H. P. Lovecraft

  Fear, Scary, Emotion

  H. P. Lovecraft (2014). “Complete Collection Of H. P. Lovecraft - 150 eBooks With 100+ Audiobooks (Complete Collection Of Lovecraft's Fiction, Juvenilia, Poems, Essays And Collaborations)”, p.11, Ageless Reads

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• The moon gazed on my midnight labours, while, with unrelaxed and breathless eagerness, I pursued nature to her hiding places.

  Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

  Moon, Midnight, Hiding

  Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (1993). “Frankenstein”, p.43, Wordsworth Editions

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• There are three things I have learned never to discuss with people...religion, politics and the Great Pumpkin!

  Charles M. Schulz

  People, Three, Peanuts

  "Fictional character: Linus van Pelt". "Peanuts" comic strip by Charles M. Schulz, October 25, 1961.

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• It's Halloween! It's Halloween!
  The moon is full and bright
  And we shall see what can't be seen
  On any other night.
  Skeletons and ghosts and ghouls,
  Grinning goblins fighting duels
  Werewolves rising from their tombs,
  Witches on their magic brooms
  In masks and gown we haunt the street
  And knock on doors for trick or treat
  Tonight we are the king and queen,
  For oh tonight it's Halloween!

  Jack Prelutsky

  Kings, Queens, Fighting

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• It's as much fun to scare as to be scared.

  Vincent Price

  Fun, Scare, Scared

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  Double, double, toil and trouble; Fire burn, and cauldron bubble!

  William Shakespeare

  Memorable, Play, Fire

  'Macbeth' (1606) act 4, sc. 1, l. 4

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• By the pricking of my thumbs, Something wicked this way comes.

  William Shakespeare

  Wicked, Thumbs, Way

  'Macbeth' (1606) act 4, sc. 1, l. 44

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• May Jack-o-lanterns burning bright, Of soft and golden hue, Pierce through the future's veil and show, What fate now holds for you?

  Jerry Smith

  Fate, Burning, Jack O Lanterns

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• Dark, dark! The horror of darkness, like a shroud, wraps me and bears me on through mist and cloud.

  Sophocles

  Dark, Clouds, Bears

  Sophocles (2016). “Oedipus the King, Oedipus at Colonus, Antigone”, p.85, Sophocles

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• Everyone is a moon, and has a dark side which he never shows to anybody.

  Mark Twain

  Funny, Fake People, Humility

  Following the Equator ch. 66, "Pudd'nhead Wilson's New Calendar" (1897)

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• Eye of newt, and toe of frog, Wool of bat, and tongue of dog, Adder's fork, and blind-worm's sting, Lizard's leg, and owlet's wing, For a charm of powerful trouble, Like a hell-broth boil and bubble.

  William Shakespeare

  Dog, Powerful, Eye

  'Macbeth' (1606) act 4, sc. 1, l. 14

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• There is something haunting in the light of the moon.

  Joseph Conrad

  Moon, Light, Haunting

  Joseph Conrad (1905). “Lord Jim”, p.230, McClure, Phillips & Company

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• One need not be a chamber to be haunted.

  Emily Dickinson

  Inspirational, Life, Eerie

  Emily Dickinson (2013). “Poems by Emily Dickinson”, p.145, Library of Alexandria

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• I like Halloween. It gives you a chance to dress up like something you're not, you know? Like when the Miami Dolphins put on football uniforms.

  David Letterman

  Football, Miami Dolphins, Giving

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• In the night, imagining some fear,
  How easy is a bush supposed a bear!

  William Shakespeare

  Night, Bears, Easy

  'A Midsummer Night's Dream' (1595-6) act 5, sc. 1, l. 7

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• It’s said that All Hallows’ Eve is one of the nights when the veil between the worlds is thin - and whether you believe in such things or not, those roaming spirits probably believe in you, or at least acknowledge your existence, considering that it used to be their own. Even the air feels different on Halloween, autumn-crisp and bright.

  Erin Morgenstern

  Believe, Autumn, Night

  "Magic Moments in Life" by Erin Morgenstern, www.huffingtonpost.com. October 19, 2012.

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• There are nights when the wolves are silent and only the moon howls.

  George Carlin

  Funny, Night, Moon

  George Carlin (2015). “3 x Carlin: An Orgy of George including Brain Droppings, Napalm and Silly Putty, and When Will Jesus Bring the Pork Chops?”, p.86, Hachette UK

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• Pixie, kobold, elf, and sprite,
  All are on their rounds tonight;
  In the wan moon's silver ray,
  Thrives their helter-skelter play.

  Joel Benton

  Moon, Play, Creepy

  Joel Benton, “Halloween”

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• Stars, hide your fires; Let not light see my black and deep desires.

  William Shakespeare

  Stars, Dark, Fire

  William Shakespeare, Isaac Reed, Samuel Johnson, George Steevens (1817). “The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare: With the Corrections and Illustrations of Dr. Johnson, G. Steevens, and Others”, p.279

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• An idea, like a ghost, must be spoken to a little before it will explain itself.

  Charles Dickens

  Creativity, Ideas, Littles

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• I don't know that there are real ghosts and goblins, But there are always more trick-or-treaters than neighborhood kids.

  Robert Breault

  Real, Kids, Scary

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• I saw thousands of pumpkins last night come floating in on the tide, bumping up against the rocks and rolling up on the beaches; it must be Halloween in the sea

  Richard Brautigan

  Beach, Night, Rocks

  Richard Brautigan (1989). “Richard Brautigan's Trout Fishing in America ; The Pill Versus the Springhill Mine Disaster ; And, In Watermelon Sugar”, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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