--- title: "9 Ghosts Said Quotes by 9 authors" description: "Browse 9 Ghosts Said quotes by 9 authors. Discover the best Ghosts Said sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a1a/diane-hall-86070_angels_whose-are-all-these-ghosts-she-said-smil_2647393.jpg" --- > [“Whose are all these ghosts?” she said, smiling at a flustered-looking Geraldine. “Oh,” said Geraldine, “I think they might be mine...?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diane-hall/whose-are-all-these-ghosts-she-said-smiling-at-a-flustered-looking/) [Diane Hall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diane-hall/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a1a/diane-hall-86070_angels_whose-are-all-these-ghosts-she-said-smil_2647393.jpg) > [Ghosts don't haunt us. That's not how it works. They're present among us because we won't let go of them." "I don't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sue-grafton/ghosts-don-t-haunt-us-that-s-not-how-it-works-they-re-present-among-2/) [Sue Grafton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sue-grafton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/44a/sue-grafton-1640_believe_ghosts-don-t-haunt-us-that-s-not-how-it_2070235.png) > [She sees ghosts,” said Samuel, impatient with my whining. I see dead people,” I deadpanned back. Oddly, it was Uncle Mike who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patricia-briggs/she-sees-ghosts-said-samuel-impatient-with-my-whining-i-see-dead/) [Patricia Briggs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patricia-briggs/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d4d/patricia-briggs-571_dead-people_she-sees-ghosts-said-samuel-impatient-wi_482543.png) > [In the main, ghosts are said to be forlorn and generally miserable, if not downright depressed. The jolly ghost is rare.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-cavett/in-the-main-ghosts-are-said-to-be-forlorn-and-generally-miserable-if/) [Dick Cavett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dick-cavett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/932/dick-cavett-3310_forlorn_in-the-main-ghosts-are-said-to-be-forlor_2428171.jpg) > [“funny thing, talking to ghosts," he said. "You can't tell if you're making up their answers or if they are really talking…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/funny-thing-talking-to-ghosts-he-said-you-can-t-tell-if-you-re-making/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d18/john-green-12_ghosts_funny-thing-talking-to-ghosts-he-said-yo_756567.jpg) > [I felt that I was leaving part of myself behind, and that wherever I went afterwards I should feel the lack of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/evelyn-waugh/i-felt-that-i-was-leaving-part-of-myself-behind-and-that-wherever-i/) [Evelyn Waugh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/evelyn-waugh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/414/evelyn-waugh-850_behinds_i-felt-that-i-was-leaving-part-of-myself_686437.jpg) > [“My traveller friends and I came home to roost about midnight and before turning into sleep had coffee in the lounge ...…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-aelwyn-roberts/my-traveller-friends-and-i-came-home-to-roost-about-midnight-and/) [J. Aelwyn Roberts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-aelwyn-roberts/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8fa/j-aelwyn-roberts-244331_communication_my-traveller-friends-and-i-came-home-to_2263661.jpg) > [“It seemed my whole life was composed of these disjointed fractions of time, hanging around in one public place and then another,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donna-tartt/it-seemed-my-whole-life-was-composed-of-these-disjointed-fractions-of/) [Donna Tartt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donna-tartt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/423/donna-tartt-391_hanging-around_it-seemed-my-whole-life-was-composed-of_205763.jpg) > [“Everyone knows this, don’t they?” Cohen gaped at him in astonishment. “Blood-sucking ghosts, as a matter of fact,” said Rincewind. “After all,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/everyone-knows-this-don-t-they-cohen-gaped-at-him-in-astonishment/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/656/terry-pratchett-19_flesh-and-blood_everyone-knows-this-don-t-they-cohen-gap_1647721.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ghosts-said/#itemlist", "name": "Ghosts Said Quotes", "numberOfItems": 9, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Whose are all these ghosts?” she said, smiling at a flustered-looking Geraldine. “Oh,” said Geraldine, “I think they might be mine...?”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Diane Hall" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diane-hall/whose-are-all-these-ghosts-she-said-smiling-at-a-flustered-looking/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a1a/diane-hall-86070_angels_whose-are-all-these-ghosts-she-said-smil_2647393.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a1a/diane-hall-86070_angels_whose-are-all-these-ghosts-she-said-smil_2647393.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a1a/diane-hall-86070_angels_whose-are-all-these-ghosts-she-said-smil_2647393.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Whose are all these ghosts?” she said, smiling at a flustered-looking Geraldine. “Oh,” said Geraldine, “I…” — Diane Hall", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Ghosts don't haunt us. That's not how it works. They're present among us because we won't let go of them.\" \"I don't believe in ghosts,\" I said, faintly. \"Some people can't see the color red. That doesn't mean it isn't there,\" she replied.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Sue Grafton" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sue-grafton/ghosts-don-t-haunt-us-that-s-not-how-it-works-they-re-present-among-2/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/44a/sue-grafton-1640_believe_ghosts-don-t-haunt-us-that-s-not-how-it_2070235.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/44a/sue-grafton-1640_believe_ghosts-don-t-haunt-us-that-s-not-how-it_2070235.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/44a/sue-grafton-1640_believe_ghosts-don-t-haunt-us-that-s-not-how-it_2070235.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Ghosts don't haunt us. That's not how it works. They're present among us because we won't let go of them.\"…” — Sue Grafton", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "She sees ghosts,” said Samuel, impatient with my whining. I see dead people,” I deadpanned back. Oddly, it was Uncle Mike who laughed. I hadn’t thought he’d be a moviegoer.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Patricia Briggs" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patricia-briggs/she-sees-ghosts-said-samuel-impatient-with-my-whining-i-see-dead/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d4d/patricia-briggs-571_dead-people_she-sees-ghosts-said-samuel-impatient-wi_482543.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d4d/patricia-briggs-571_dead-people_she-sees-ghosts-said-samuel-impatient-wi_482543.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d4d/patricia-briggs-571_dead-people_she-sees-ghosts-said-samuel-impatient-wi_482543.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“She sees ghosts,” said Samuel, impatient with my whining. I see dead people,” I deadpanned back. Oddly, it…” — Patricia Briggs", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "In the main, ghosts are said to be forlorn and generally miserable, if not downright depressed. The jolly ghost is rare.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Dick Cavett" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-cavett/in-the-main-ghosts-are-said-to-be-forlorn-and-generally-miserable-if/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/932/dick-cavett-3310_forlorn_in-the-main-ghosts-are-said-to-be-forlor_2428171.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/932/dick-cavett-3310_forlorn_in-the-main-ghosts-are-said-to-be-forlor_2428171.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/932/dick-cavett-3310_forlorn_in-the-main-ghosts-are-said-to-be-forlor_2428171.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“In the main, ghosts are said to be forlorn and generally miserable, if not downright depressed. The jolly…” — Dick Cavett", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 5, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“funny thing, talking to ghosts,\" he said. \"You can't tell if you're making up their answers or if they are really talking to you.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "John Green" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/funny-thing-talking-to-ghosts-he-said-you-can-t-tell-if-you-re-making/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d18/john-green-12_ghosts_funny-thing-talking-to-ghosts-he-said-yo_756567.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d18/john-green-12_ghosts_funny-thing-talking-to-ghosts-he-said-yo_756567.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d18/john-green-12_ghosts_funny-thing-talking-to-ghosts-he-said-yo_756567.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“funny thing, talking to ghosts,\" he said. \"You can't tell if you're making up their answers or if they are…” — John Green", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 6, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I felt that I was leaving part of myself behind, and that wherever I went afterwards I should feel the lack of it, and search for it hopelessly, as ghosts are said to do, frequenting the spots where they buried material treasures without which they cannot pay their way to the nether world.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Evelyn Waugh" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/evelyn-waugh/i-felt-that-i-was-leaving-part-of-myself-behind-and-that-wherever-i/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/414/evelyn-waugh-850_behinds_i-felt-that-i-was-leaving-part-of-myself_686437.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/414/evelyn-waugh-850_behinds_i-felt-that-i-was-leaving-part-of-myself_686437.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/414/evelyn-waugh-850_behinds_i-felt-that-i-was-leaving-part-of-myself_686437.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I felt that I was leaving part of myself behind, and that wherever I went afterwards I should feel the lack…” — Evelyn Waugh", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 7, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“My traveller friends and I came home to roost about midnight and before turning into sleep had coffee in the lounge ... There was a group of Iranian refugees squatting on the floor not far from us, and I could see that one of them was eavesdropping on our conversation. Presently he came over. 'You talk ghosts,' he said, 'Please may we come and listen to your talk?”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "J. Aelwyn Roberts" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-aelwyn-roberts/my-traveller-friends-and-i-came-home-to-roost-about-midnight-and/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8fa/j-aelwyn-roberts-244331_communication_my-traveller-friends-and-i-came-home-to_2263661.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8fa/j-aelwyn-roberts-244331_communication_my-traveller-friends-and-i-came-home-to_2263661.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8fa/j-aelwyn-roberts-244331_communication_my-traveller-friends-and-i-came-home-to_2263661.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“My traveller friends and I came home to roost about midnight and before turning into sleep had coffee in the…” — J. Aelwyn Roberts", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 8, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“It seemed my whole life was composed of these disjointed fractions of time, hanging around in one public place and then another, as if I were waiting for trains that never came. And, like one of those ghosts who are said to linger around depots late at night, asking passersby for the timetable of the Midnight Express that derailed twenty years before, I wandered from light to light until that dreaded hour when all the doors closed and, stepping from the world of warmth and people and conversation overheard, I felt the old familiar cold twist through my bones again and then it was all forgotten, the warmth, the lights; I had never been warm in my life, ever.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Donna Tartt" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donna-tartt/it-seemed-my-whole-life-was-composed-of-these-disjointed-fractions-of/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/423/donna-tartt-391_hanging-around_it-seemed-my-whole-life-was-composed-of_205763.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/423/donna-tartt-391_hanging-around_it-seemed-my-whole-life-was-composed-of_205763.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/423/donna-tartt-391_hanging-around_it-seemed-my-whole-life-was-composed-of_205763.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“It seemed my whole life was composed of these disjointed fractions of time, hanging around in one public…” — Donna Tartt", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 9, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Everyone knows this, don’t they?” Cohen gaped at him in astonishment. “Blood-sucking ghosts, as a matter of fact,” said Rincewind. “After all, everyone knows that’s what you get beyond the Wall, don’t they?” Lord Hong sneered. But the warlords stared at Rincewind with the expressions of people who strongly suspected that the people beyond the Wall were flesh and blood but who also relied on millions of people not believing that this was so. “Ridiculous! You are not invisible blood-sucking ghosts,” said one of them. Cohen opened his mouth so that the diamond teeth glinted. “’S right,” he said. “Fact is … we’re the visible sort.” “Hah! A pathetic attempt!” said Lord Hong. “Ghosts or no ghosts, we will beat you!” “Well, that went better than I expected,” Mr. Saveloy remarked as the warlords strode out. “Was that an attempt at a little bit of psychological warfare there, Mr. Rincewind?” “Is that what it was? I know about that kind of stuff,” said Cohen. “It’s where you bang your shield all night before the fight so’s the enemy can’t get any sleep and you sing, ‘We’re gonna cut yer tonkers off,’ and stuff like that.” “Similar,” said Mr. Saveloy, diplomatically. “But it failed to work, I’m afraid. Lord Hong and his generals are rather too sophisticated. It’s a great shame you couldn’t try it on the common soldiers.” There was a faint squeak of rabbit behind them. They turned, and looked at the somewhat under-age cadre of the Red Army that was being ushered in. Butterfly was with them. She even gave Rincewind a very faint smile. Rincewind had always relied on running away. But sometimes, perhaps, you had to stand and fight, if only because there was nowhere left to run. But”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Terry Pratchett" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/everyone-knows-this-don-t-they-cohen-gaped-at-him-in-astonishment/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/656/terry-pratchett-19_flesh-and-blood_everyone-knows-this-don-t-they-cohen-gap_1647721.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/656/terry-pratchett-19_flesh-and-blood_everyone-knows-this-don-t-they-cohen-gap_1647721.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/656/terry-pratchett-19_flesh-and-blood_everyone-knows-this-don-t-they-cohen-gap_1647721.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Everyone knows this, don’t they?” Cohen gaped at him in astonishment. “Blood-sucking ghosts, as a matter of…” — Terry Pratchett", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } } ] }, { "@type": "CollectionPage", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ghosts-said/#webpage", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ghosts-said/", "name": "Ghosts Said Quotes", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ghosts-said/#itemlist" }, "primaryImageOfPage": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a1a/diane-hall-86070_angels_whose-are-all-these-ghosts-she-said-smil_2647393.jpg" }, "description": "Browse 9 Ghosts Said quotes by 9 authors. Discover the best Ghosts Said sayings and thoughts.", "breadcrumb": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ghosts-said/#breadcrumb" } }, { "@type": "BreadcrumbList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ghosts-said/#breadcrumb", "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "name": "Home", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "name": "Quotes", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "name": "Topics", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/categories/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "name": "Ghosts Said Quotes", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ghosts-said/" } ] }, { "@type": "WebSite", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website", "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/", "publisher": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } }, { "@type": "Organization", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization", "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/", "logo": { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/themes/sq/assets/icons/icon-512.png", "width": 512, "height": 512 } } ] } ```