Book Quote by Anonymous Download Open image “But the purpose of the book is not the horror, it is horror's defeat.” — Anonymous ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.2 out of 5 (4 ratings) Copy quoteShare Book Books Defeat Failure Horror Purpose
I'm not so sure that horror should be dismissed as something less than literature. — Whitley Strieber Copy Share Image
Horror can be contained within a book, given form and meaning. But in life, horror has no more form than it does meaning. Horror… — Richard Flanagan Copy Share Image
“Horror can be contained within a book, given form and meaning. But in life horror has no more form than it does meaning. Horror… — Richard Flanagan Copy Share Image
A large part of the appeal of this novel when I was lucky enough to stumble across the story idea for 'A Head Full… — Paul G. Tremblay Copy Share Image
And the great appeal of horror fiction through the ages is that it serves as a rehearsal for our own deaths. — Steven King Copy Share Image
It is a mistake to fancy that horror is associated inextricably with darkness, silence, and solitude. — H. P. Lovecraft Copy Share Image
“There are those who don't understand the nobility of horror fiction. 'Isn't there enough horror in the world?' they ask. For all other forms of literature, the value of human life is optional. For horror fiction, it's absolutely necessary. If we don't value the life of the threatened protagonist, we can't be scared. And through our fear, we better understand… — Anonymous Copy Share
“At this point, a few words on this term 'horror' are perhaps called for. Some amateurs of this kind of literature engage in endless… — Michel Parry Copy Share Image
I don't like to talk about work in progress, but the novel I'm working on now is definitely not horror. — Poppy Z. Brite Copy Share Image
“Horror is not a genre, it is an emotion. It is a progressive form of fiction, one that evolves to meet the fears and… — Douglas E. Winter Copy Share Image
Horror is a reaction; it's not a genre. Somebody's life would have to be in danger for it [story] to be a horror story. — John Carpenter Copy Share Image
The horror genre is real cathartic. It allows us to bring out the things that scare us and get it out and have an… — Kane Copy Share Image
And a tear rolled down her cheek, as she said goodbye; because she's walking away, and she's never looking back — Anonymous Copy Share Image
You'll seldom experience regret for anything that you've done. It is what you haven't done that will torment you. The message, therefore, is clear.… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Scrabble - The game is available in Braille. That’s a nice fact. This makes me feel better about humanity for some reason. I can’t… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“THIS tale of my sore-troubled life I write, To thank the God of nature, who conveyed My soul to me, and with such care… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Put on my J's and dance the whole night away Im naughty by nature like Im hip-hop hooray With my hands in the sky,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Me.. I have been through a lot, but I still manage to have a smile on my face. Im not worried about the past… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Distance is a test of love. many will fail for those who can't withstand it, but for those who can, theres only one answer… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I think a new world will arise out of the religious mists when we approach our Bible with the idea that it is not… — Aiden Wilson Tozer Copy Share Image
If I had a dollar for every time I couldn’t sleep, I could buy a billion locks and finally read a book in peace. — Aesop Rock Copy Share Image
Young men, especially in America, write to me and ask me to recommend “a course of reading.” Distrust a course of reading! People who… — Andrew Lang Copy Share Image
I have many who keep me going, I am very fortunate in this sense. There is nothing like a child who knows more about… — Floyd Cooper Copy Share Image
I think books in which people are really happy and things are going well are probably the most challenging novels there are to write,… — Anna Quindlen Copy Share Image
It's like the query letter problem that I just mentioned, magnified a hundredfold. You might be good at telling a story, but that doesn't… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
I don't think I have made as much of my life as I should have. I should have written more books. — Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr Copy Share Image
Some books are not read in the right way because they have skipped a stage of opinion, assume a crystallization of information in society… — Doris Lessing Copy Share Image
“People talk about books that write themselves, and it's a lie. Books don't write themselves. It takes thought and research and a backache and… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
The purpose of this book is to supply, in the form suitable for laymen, guidance in the adoption and execution of an investment policy. — Benjamin Graham Copy Share Image