Horror Quotes

1347 Horror quotes by 941 unique authors

I do one accent - my own. I can make it louder or quieter. That is the sum total of my vocal range. I thought… — John Oliver
[Horror fiction] shows us that the control we believe we have is purely illusory, and that every moment we teeter on chaos and oblivion. — Clive Barker
Oh, the terrible struggle that I have had against sleep so often of late; the pain of the sleeplessness, or the pain of the fear… — Bram Stoker
There are any number of magical creatures, mostly female, whose singing can bring about horror and death. Sirens, undines, banshees, Bananarama tribute bands... — Simon R. Green
Take an old man's word; there's nothing worse than a muddle in all the world. It is easy to face Death and Fate, and the… — E. M. Forster
The day before me is fraught with God knows what horrors. — John Kennedy Toole
Allegra's Austen wrote about the impact of financial need on the intimate lives of women. If she'd worked in a bookstore, Allegra would have shelved… — Karen Joy Fowler
There are few of us who have not sometimes wakened before dawn, either after one of those dreamless nights that make one almost enamoured of… — Oscar Wilde
The first time it was reported that our friends were being butchered there was a cry of horror. Then a hundred were butchered. But when… — Bertolt Brecht
When the horrors of anarchy force us to set up laws that forbid us to fight and torture one another for sport, we still snatch… — George Bernard Shaw
I am too sick to be out of bed, too crazy to sleep, and am surrounded by horrors. — Horace Greeley
The horror of class stratification, racism, and prejudice is that some people begin to believe that the security of their families and communities depends on… — Dorothy Allison
And do I look like the kind of man that can be intimidated?" barked Uncle Vernon. "Well..." said Moody, pushing back his bowler hat to… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
How delightful are the pleasures of the imagination! In those delectable moments, the whole world is ours; not a single creature resists us, we devastate… — Marquis de Sade
Boring damned people. All over the earth. Propagating more boring damned people. What a horror show. The earth swarmed with them. — Charles Bukowski
The sky hides the night behind it and shelters the people beneath from the horror that lies above. — Paul Bowles
Nothing goes so well with a hot fire and buttered crumpets as a wet day without and a good dose of comfortable horrors within. The… — Dorothy L. Sayers
Theirs is the mystery of continuous creation and all that providence implies: the uncertainty of vision, the horror of the fixed, the dissolution of the… — Annie Dillard
There are no ordinary people. You have never talked to a mere mortal. Nations, cultures, arts, civilizations - these are mortal, and their life is… — C.S. Lewis
EVERYONE suddenly burst out singing; And I was filled with such delight As prisoned birds must find in freedom, Winging wildly across the white Orchards… — Siegfried Sassoon

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