Horror Quotes

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The horrors of war, pale beside the loss of a mother — Anna Freud
I despair of the Republic! Such dreariness, such whining sallow women, such utter absence of the amenities, such crass food, crass manners, crass landscape!! What… — Edith Wharton
The Sea of Galilee and the Dead Sea are made of the same water. It flows down, clean and cool, from the heights of Herman… — Harry Emerson Fosdick
There is one expanding horror in American life. It is that our long odyssey toward liberty, democracy and freedom-for-all may be achieved in such a… — Norman Mailer
The best of humanity's recorded history is a creative balance between horrors endured and victories achieved, and so it was during the Harlem Renaissance. — Aberjhani
When I had dyslexia, they didn't diagnose it as that. It was frustrating and embarrassing. I could tell you a lot of horror stories about… — Nolan Ryan
The praise of a civilized world is justly due to Christianity;â€”war, by the influence of the humane principles of that religion, has been stripped of… — Alexander Hamilton
It is apparent that nothing short of contraceptives can put an end to the horrors of abortion and infanticide. — Margaret Sanger
The horror of wedlock, the most appalling, the most loathsome of all the bonds humankind has devised for its own discomfort and degradation. — Marquis de Sade
It's impossible being me, I radiate a glow that makes others turn and grimace in horror as if staring into the sun. — Thom Yorke
An artist has an obligation to tell the truth. [...] that the true horrors of human history derive not from orcs and Dark Lords, but… — George R. R. Martin
Always walking along despite the dangers and adversities, despite the injustices and horrors, trusting in God so as not to despair of men and events. — Tariq Ramadan
In horror movies today its lots of fast cut shot and lots of loud noises on the soundtrack. I tried to do the opposite. Playing… — Alejandro Amenabar
Frankly, despite my horror of the press, I'd love to rise from the grave every ten years or so and go buy a few newspapers. — Luis Bunuel
I don't inflict horrors on readers. — Alan Furst
In most cases we attach ourselves to in order to take revenge on life, to punish it, to signify we can do without it, that… — Emile M. Cioran
Why should not a writer be permitted to make use of the levers of fear, terror and horror because some feeble soul here and there… — E T A Hoffmann
Despite all that good news, there's plenty of horror stories being told. All of them are untrue, but they're being told all over America, — Harry Reid
The horror of it is, every goddamn thing you look at seems pretty scary to me. — Kary Mullis
Hobgoblins know the proper way to dance: Arms akimbo, loopy legs askew, Leaping into darkness with delight, Lusting for the ecstasy of fright, Open to… — Nick Gordon

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