Terror Quotes

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The human mind is a powerful thing in many ways, but in others it's endlessly fragileâ€”it takes only a single moment of pure terror to… — Alexander Gordon Smith
I see God now as an unimaginative writer of popular fictions, someone who builds stories around sadistic and graceless plots, narratives that exist only to… — Joe Hill
Sometimes Dustfinger thought Basta's constant fear of curses and sudden disaster probably arose from his terror of the darkness within himself, which made him assume… — Cornelia Funke
And the silken sad uncertain rustling of each purple curtain Thrilled me â€” filled me with fantastic terrors never felt before; So that now, to… — Edgar Allan Poe
That which is clearly known hath less terror than that which is but hinted at and guessed. — Arthur Conan Doyle
Too much mystery is merely an annoyance. Too much adventure is exhausting. And a little terror goes a long way. — Dean Koontz
You might not think a hippo could inspire terror. Screaming â€œHippo!â€ doesnâ€™t have the same impact as screaming â€œShark!â€ But Iâ€™m telling youâ€”as the Egyptian… — Rick Riordan
The truth is all around you, plain to behold. The night is dark and full of terrors, the day bright and beautiful and full of… — George R. R. Martin
In the end, living is defined by dying. Book- ended by oblivion, we are caught in the vice of terror, squeezed to bursting by the… — Bernard Beckett
I let them think I did that" said Jace "My reign of terror continues — Cassandra Clare
Pain held no terror for him. Pain was, if not friend, then family, something he had grown up with in his crÃ¨che, learning to respect… — Paolo Bacigalupi
Then I will tell you something. I do not believe in it. Forty years among men has consistently taught me that they are not amenable… — Bertolt Brecht
Imagination, of course, can open any door - turn the key and let terror walk right in. — Truman Capote
I have a name,â€ I grumped, my stomach pinching me harder. â€œYes, but it has no pizzazz. Ra-a-a-a-chel. Rach-e-e-e-eel,â€ he said, trying it out in… — Kim Harrison
I, however, like black. It is a color that makes me comfortable and the color with which I have the most experience. In the darkest… — James Frey
For the night is dark and full of terrors. — George R. R. Martin
I shall possess this woman; I shall steal her from the husband who profanes her: I will even dare ravish her from the God whom… — Pierre Choderlos de Laclos
He had her in his arms, her face like a wet flower at his lips, and all their vain terrors shriveling up like ghosts at… — Edith Wharton
Why, you love him! Your fear, your terror, all of that is just love and love of the most exquisite kind, the kind which people… — Gaston Leroux
Death is the mother of beauty,â€ said Henry. â€œAnd what is beauty?â€ â€œTerror. — Donna Tartt

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