Horror Quotes

1347 Horror quotes by 941 unique authors

Only later did I come to understand that to be a mother is to be an illusion. No matter how vigilant, in the end a… — Nicole Krauss
I dreamed of being a part of the stories—even terrifying one, even horror stories—because at least the girls in stories were alive before they died. — Francesca Lia Block
I nudged myself closer to the ledge and closed my eyes and thought 'Oh what a life this is, why do we have to be… — Jack Kerouac
We are Craiglockhart's success stories. Look at us. We don't remember, we don't feel, we don't think - at least beyond the confines of what's… — Pat Barker
If my life were a corny horror movie, and the heroine was lost and alone, trapped in an underwater cave, what would happen next? If… — James Patterson
I thought about the earth then, really thought about it, the tsunami's and earthquakes and volcanoes, all the horrors I haven't witnessed but have changed… — Susan Beth Pfeffer
...he shrunk more and more from the realities of life and above all from the society of his day which he regarded with an ever… — Joris-Karl Huysmans
I was carrying two cargoes. Yes, one of them was horror, but the other one was hope. — Chris Cleave
I'll tell you something of the forbidden horrors she led me into - something of the age-old horrors that even now are festering in out-of-the-way… — H P Lovecraft
There are horrors beyond life's edge that we do not suspect, and once in a while man's evil prying calls them just within our range. — H P Lovecraft
An oasis of horror in a desert of boredom. — Charles Baudelaire
What should our second generation have done, what should it do with the knowledge of the horrors of the extermination of the Jews? We should… — Bernhard Schlink
A sudden understanding, a pity mixed with horror, welled up in Bilbo's heart: a glimpse of endless unmarked days without light or hope of betterment,… — J.R.R. Tolkien
I yearn for the darkness. I pray for death. Real death. If I thought that in death I would meet the people I've known in… — Cormac McCarthy
But I don’t think I’ve ever known such a natural at Potions!” said Slughorn. “Instinctive, you know — like his mother! I’ve only ever taught… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
There is a mystery about this which stimulates the imagination; where there is no imagination there is no horror. — Arthur Conan Doyle
Child, that is why all the rest are now a horror to her. That is what happens to those who pluck and eat fruits at… — C.S. Lewis
It is only when a man feels himself face to face with such horrors that he can understand their true import. — Bram Stoker
The basis of all true cosmic horror is violation of the order of nature, and the profoundest violations are always the least concrete and describable. — H P Lovecraft
...and horror of horrors, he realized that he was experiencing some sort of a crush. He needed to kill something. — Larissa Ione
This, then, is the ultimate, that is only, consolation: simply that someone shares some of your own feelings and has made of these a work… — Thomas Ligotti
If you focus on the humanity of your stories, your characters, then the horror will be stronger, scarier. Without the humanity, the horror becomes nothing… — Don Roff
But once a dead God, always a dead God, even resurrected. The Son must have the taste of death forever in his mouth. The Trinity… — Yann Martel
Perhaps a lunatic was simply a minority of one. At one time it had been a sign of madness to believe that the Earth goes… — George Orwell
Great, they give blind kids guns," I said, trying to lessen his horror. "I don't even let Iggy have a gun. Usually. — James Patterson

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