--- title: "10 Horror-story Quotes by 8 authors" description: "Browse 10 Horror-story quotes by 8 authors. Discover the best Horror-story sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0d0/miles-garrett-106382_enslaved-quotes_two-sentence-horror-story-i-woke-up-in-a_1956210.jpg" --- > [“Two-sentence horror story: I woke up in a country founded on the genocide of native peoples and the enslavement of imported ones.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/miles-garrett/two-sentence-horror-story-i-woke-up-in-a-country-founded-on-the/) Miles Garrett [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0d0/miles-garrett-106382_enslaved-quotes_two-sentence-horror-story-i-woke-up-in-a_1956210.jpg) > [“I turned to him and he reached for my hand. It would have been easier to walk away. But the wind still…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kate-chisman/i-turned-to-him-and-he-reached-for-my-hand-it-would-have-been-easier/) [Kate Chisman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kate-chisman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/675/kate-chisman-34154_creep_i-turned-to-him-and-he-reached-for-my-ha_1601734.jpg) > [“Monsters are not naturally born. They are born through the darkness and hatred of humanity.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emi-ishikawa/monsters-are-not-naturally-born-they-are-born-through-the-darkness/) Emi Ishikawa [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/66e/emi-ishikawa-235748_horror-story_monsters-are-not-naturally-born-they-are_717722.jpg) > [“No one will ever write a horror novel as scary as reading about my symptoms on WebMD.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-r-lindensmith/no-one-will-ever-write-a-horror-novel-as-scary-as-reading-about-my/) John R. Lindensmith [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/22c/john-r-lindensmith-66996_books_no-one-will-ever-write-a-horror-novel-as_2714232.jpg) > [“The scratching came from the attic. At night, when Rory turned out the light I would lie awake and wait for it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kate-chisman/the-scratching-came-from-the-attic-at-night-when-rory-turned-out-the/) [Kate Chisman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kate-chisman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9f6/kate-chisman-34154_fright_the-scratching-came-from-the-attic-at-ni_1436068.jpg) > [“Drifting on the black, rippling surface were fingers. Thumbs. Dozens of them. Hundreds, floating like dead fish in a dynamited pond. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/glen-hirshberg/drifting-on-the-black-rippling-surface-were-fingers-thumbs-dozens-of/) [Glen Hirshberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/glen-hirshberg/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eae/glen-hirshberg-34513_afraid-of-the-dark_drifting-on-the-black-rippling-surface-w_617576.jpg) > [“Henry,' at last said one, again dipping the spoon into the flaming spirit, 'hast thou read Hoffman?' 'I should think so,' said…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hain-friswell/henry-at-last-said-one-again-dipping-the-spoon-into-the-flaming/) Hain Friswell [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/461/hain-friswell-68407_books_henry-at-last-said-one-again-dipping-the_2508645.jpg) > [“When I got home, I seemed in a dream. My windows looked upon hers; I remained all the day looking at them,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hain-friswell/when-i-got-home-i-seemed-in-a-dream-my-windows-looked-upon-hers-i/) Hain Friswell [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/894/hain-friswell-68407_darkness_when-i-got-home-i-seemed-in-a-dream-my-w_733246.jpg) > [“No wonder that the ghost and goblin stories had a new zest. No wonder that the blood of the more timid grew…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-berwick-harwood/no-wonder-that-the-ghost-and-goblin-stories-had-a-new-zest-no-wonder/) John Berwick Harwood [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c1c/john-berwick-harwood-84179_fear_no-wonder-that-the-ghost-and-goblin-stor_263596.jpg) > [“Bad horror stories concern themselves with six ways to kill a vampire, and graphic accounts of how the rats ate Billy's genitalia.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-r-r-martin/bad-horror-stories-concern-themselves-with-six-ways-to-kill-a-vampire/) [George R.R. Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-r-r-martin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5d2/george-r-r-martin-48_darkness_bad-horror-stories-concern-themselves-wi_1092123.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/horror-story/#itemlist", "name": "Horror-story Quotes", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Two-sentence horror story: I woke up in a country founded on the genocide of native peoples and the enslavement of imported ones. 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