Quote by Clive Barker Download Open image ““Horror shows us that the control we believe we have is purely illusory.”” — Clive Barker ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.2 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare
[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 Copy Share Image
“Control is merely an illusion we construct to cope with the chaos that is reality.” — Fred Bubbers Copy Share Image
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“The apotheosis of the controlling mind is monstrous and terrifying.” — Stewart Stafford Copy Share Image
“Control was an illusion. None of us had it. We pretended we did, but the choices that were made were based on the circumstances… — R.J. Lewis Copy Share Image
“We live in a world of illusion and when reality is finally revealed to us, it is terrifying.” — Harrison O. Goodhorn Copy Share Image
“Automatically, like all healthy, normal beings, I deny the existence of horror...” — Leland Hall Copy Share Image
“The illusion of control makes the helplessness seem more palatable. And when that illusion is taken away, I panic.” — Allie Brosh Copy Share Image
I've always thought that the most extraordinary special effect you could do is to buy a child at the moment of its birth, sit… — Clive Barker Copy Share Image
Those old hypocrites. They talk about killing witches but the Good Book’s full of magic. Turning the Nile to blood and parting the Red… — Clive Barker Copy Share Image
I dreamt a limitless book, A book unbound, Its leaves scattered in fantastic abundance On every line there was a new horizon drawn, New… — Clive Barker Copy Share Image
“Only when they have outrun the all-too-eager shadows of the Canyon and they are back in the glare of the billboards on Sunset Boulevard,… — Clive Barker Copy Share Image
“Let us not neglect the forbidden. Let us not sophisticate ourselves out of the cheap thrill and chill of it: the story told for… — Clive Barker Copy Share Image
You can plan to be brave - it's even better if you just try to be brave. — Clive Barker Copy Share Image
“Pleasure is a reward, given to the human system by evolution in return for services rendered to the preservation and increase of the species.” — Clive Barker Copy Share Image
I love meeting people who've read my books. The prime reason to be on the planet is to make things I can show to… — Clive Barker Copy Share Image
Nothing happens carelessly. We’re not brought into the world without reason, even though we may never understand the reason. An infant that lives an… — Clive Barker Copy Share Image
“Despite his intent, tears sprang to his eyes, and he went into her embrace, both of them sobbing freely, like enemies joined by a… — Clive Barker Copy Share Image
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