Halloween Quotations

Halloween Index

Halloween Quotations A grandmother pretends she doesn't know who you are on Halloween. Erma Bombeck There are nights when the wolves are silent and only the moon howls. George Carlin Halloween is huge in my house and we really get into the "spirits" of things. Dee Snider 'Tis now the very witching time of night, When churchyards yawn and hell itself breathes out Contagion to this world. William Shakespeare There is something haunting in the light of the moon; it has all the dispassionateness of a disembodied soul, and something of its inconceivable mystery. Joseph Conrad Shadows of a thousand years rise again unseen, Voices whisper in the trees, "Tonight is Halloween!" Dexter Kozen From ghoulies and ghosties And long-leggedy beasties And things that go bump in the night, Good Lord, deliver us! Scottish Saying One need not be a chamber to be haunted; One need not be a house; The brain has corridors surpassing Material place. Emily Dickinson Shadows of a thousand years rise again unseen, Voices whisper in the trees, "Tonight is Halloween!" Dexter Kozen Double, double toil and trouble; Fire burn and cauldron bubble. Macbeth William Shakespeare I know'd it, know'd it, Indeed I know'd it brother I know'd it - Weeee! Dem bones gonna rise again. Anonymous Early AMerican Ballad If a man harbors any sort of fear, it makes him landlord to a ghost. Lloyd Douglas Eye of newt, and toe of frog, Wool of bat, and tongue of dog, Adder's fork, and blind-worm's sting, Lizard's leg, and owlet's wing, For a charm of powerful trouble, Like a hell-broth boil and bubble. William Shakespeare Witches in Macbeth There is nothing funny about Halloween. This sarcastic festival reflects, rather, an infernal demand for revenge by children on the adult world. Jean Baudrillard By the pricking of my thumbs Something wicked this way comes.” Shakespeare Brownies their pranks will play on this Halloween. Goblins will prowl by day, this mystic Halloween. Elfins so gay and bright Frolic and dance all night. The Complete Halloween Book, 1915 O horror! Horror! Horror! Tongue nor heart Cannot conceive nor name thee! Shakespeare “Where there is no imagination, there is no horror.” Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Ghosts were created when the first man woke in the night. James M. Barrie Witch and ghost make merry On this last of dear October’s days. Halloween Happenings, 1921 When witches go riding, and black cats are seen, the moon laughs and whispers, ‘tis near Halloween. Vintage Postcard Greeting Shadows of a thousand years rise again unseen, Voices whisper in the trees, `Tonight is Halloween Dexter Kozen Bring forth the raisins and the nuts- Tonight All-Hallow’s Spectre struts Along the moonlit way. John Kendrick Bangs At first cock-crow the ghosts must go, back to their quiet graves below. Theodosia Garrison