Ghost Quotes

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I don't think I believe in ghosts, per se. But, my nearest experience was when I went on a weekend away and was in a… — Theo James
In literature, the ghost is almost always a metaphor for the weight of the past. I don't believe in them in the traditional sense. — Tabitha King
Don't see the point in reading ghost-written autobiographies, even though some of these published lives may fascinate me. The 'ghost' is always present, manipulating an… — Gary Kemp
I will take it all: tongs, molten lead, prongs, garrotes, all that burns, all that tears, I want to truly suffer. Better one hundred bites,… — Jean-Paul Sartre
In the main, ghosts are said to be forlorn and generally miserable, if not downright depressed. The jolly ghost is rare. — Dick Cavett
A carnival in daylight is an unfinished beast, anyway. Rain makes it a ghost. The wheezing music from the empty, motionless rides in a soggy,… — Katherine Dunn
The sumptuous age of stars and images is reduced to a few artificial tornado effects, pathetic fake buildings, and childish tricks which the crowd pretends… — Jean Baudrillard
When we usually think of fears, in comics or in films, it's most often fears on a relatively superficial level: fear of murderous insects, of… — Boaz Lavie
Any work that is not rooted in myth and poetry or that does not partake of the depth and essence of the universe is merely… — Hans Arp
There is probably a smell of roasted chestnuts and other good comfortable things all the time, for we are telling Winter Stories - Ghost Stories,… — Charles Dickens
Changing from the ghosts of faith to the spectres of reason is just changing cells. — Fernando Pessoa
Night comes, world-jewelled, . . . The stars rush forth in myriads as to wage War with the lines of Darkness; and the moon, Pale… — Philip James Bailey
There is a ghost That eats hankerchiefs; It keeps you company On all your travels. — Christian Morgenstern
My mother would say it is literally ghost writers who come to me. — Amy Tan
Studio Ghosts: When you're in the studio painting, there are a lot of people in there with you - your teachers, friends, painters from history,… — Philip Guston
Of course all advance depends upon money, when we depend upon paid workers for any advance. Teach men as one of their first lessons in… — Roland Allen
A Corpse or a Ghost- I'd sooner be one or t'other, square and fair, than a Ghost in a Corpse, which is my feelins at… — William De Morgan
Like a moth to a flame we become helpless to the beautiful ghosts that true love sheds. — Ryan O'Neal
The thing that all of us should strive for is to so live, keeping the commandments of the Lord, that He can answer our prayers.… — Harold B. Lee
My knowledge is, if you will follow the teachings of Jesus Christ and his Apostles, as recorded in the New Testament, every man and woman… — Brigham Young

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