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title: "1 Good Horror Quotes By Kealan Patrick Burke"
description: "1 Good Horror quotes by Kealan Patrick Burke. Plus more from Kealan Patrick Burke and more Good Horror sayings from other authors."
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> [Horror itself is a bit of a bullied genre, the antagonist being literary snobbery and public misconception. And I think good horror tackles our darkest fears, whatever they may be. It takes us into the minds of the victims, explores…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kealan-patrick-burke/horror-itself-is-a-bit-of-a-bullied-genre-the-antagonist-being/)

[Kealan Patrick Burke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kealan-patrick-burke/)

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## More by Kealan Patrick Burke

> [Horror itself is a bit of a bullied genre, the antagonist being literary snobbery and public misconception. And I think good horror tackles our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kealan-patrick-burke/horror-itself-is-a-bit-of-a-bullied-genre-the-antagonist-being/)

[Kealan Patrick Burke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kealan-patrick-burke/)

> [“Finch was his own country, the government unstable, the population volatile.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kealan-patrick-burke/finch-was-his-own-country-the-government-unstable-the-population/)

[Kealan Patrick Burke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kealan-patrick-burke/)

> [“All the world's a stage, Timmy Quinn, but it's not the only one…" The Turtle Boy (The Timmy Quinn Series (Book One)”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kealan-patrick-burke/all-the-world-s-a-stage-timmy-quinn-but-it-s-not-the-only-one-the/)

[Kealan Patrick Burke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kealan-patrick-burke/)

> [STARING INTO THE ABYSS by Richard Thomas is an outstanding book, a grim tapestry of broken lives and shattered dreams, of dark fantasies and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kealan-patrick-burke/staring-into-the-abyss-by-richard-thomas-is-an-outstanding-book-a/)

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> [With Wings of the Butterfly, John Urbancik infuses his tale of shapeshifters, romance and pack rivalry with some unexpected and welcome surprises. Fluid prose,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kealan-patrick-burke/with-wings-of-the-butterfly-john-urbancik-infuses-his-tale-of/)

[Kealan Patrick Burke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kealan-patrick-burke/)

> [“Heaven is a construct fabricated by people who can't let go of those they've lost and who wish to relegate the notion of personal…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kealan-patrick-burke/heaven-is-a-construct-fabricated-by-people-who-can-t-let-go-of-those/)

[Kealan Patrick Burke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kealan-patrick-burke/)

> [“It was fun watching the cigarette smoke develop into words until he saw what they said.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kealan-patrick-burke/it-was-fun-watching-the-cigarette-smoke-develop-into-words-until-he/)

[Kealan Patrick Burke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kealan-patrick-burke/)

> [“Four months to the day he first encountered the boy at Walmart, the last of Phil Pendleton's teeth fell out.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kealan-patrick-burke/four-months-to-the-day-he-first-encountered-the-boy-at-walmart-the/)

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> [“Without proof of an afterlife, they were intimately aware of their mortality and the limitations of it.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kealan-patrick-burke/without-proof-of-an-afterlife-they-were-intimately-aware-of-their/)

[Kealan Patrick Burke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kealan-patrick-burke/)

> [“He wasn't afraid to die. He was afraid to die alone.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kealan-patrick-burke/he-wasn-t-afraid-to-die-he-was-afraid-to-die-alone/)

[Kealan Patrick Burke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kealan-patrick-burke/)

> [“A strange One-Act play in the theater of dreams.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kealan-patrick-burke/a-strange-one-act-play-in-the-theater-of-dreams/)

[Kealan Patrick Burke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kealan-patrick-burke/)

> [The only thing better than a superb collection of spinechilling stories, is a superb collection of spinechilling stories accompanied by equally unsettling illustrations, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kealan-patrick-burke/the-only-thing-better-than-a-superb-collection-of-spinechilling/)

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> [“I am twelve, John is nine, and we have not yet learned of death. Pain and horror, however, are kindred. They visit us nightly,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kealan-patrick-burke/i-am-twelve-john-is-nine-and-we-have-not-yet-learned-of-death-pain/)

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