Edgar Allan Poe
Poet, Writer
"Believe only half of what you see and nothing that you hear."
Halloween quotes
Halloween
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Napoleon Bonaparte
Military Leader, Emperor
"Death is nothing, but to live defeated and inglorious is to die daily."
Emily Dickinson
Poet
"I must go in, the fog is rising."
William Shakespeare
Playwright, Poet
"Double, double, toil and trouble; Fire burn, and cauldron bubble!"
Mark Twain
Writer, Humorist
"Everyone is a moon, and has a dark side which he never shows to anybody."
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"Where there is no imagination there is no horror."
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"All the candy corn that was ever made was made in 1911."
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"One need not be a chamber to be haunted; One need not be a house; The brain has corridors surpassing Material place."
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"Historically, the judicial branch has often been the sole protector of the rights of minority groups against the will of the popular majority."
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"I dressed up as a veterinarian for a Halloween costume party. I had the lab coat. I got a couple of stuffed animals for patients and put bandages on them."
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"To die, to sleep - To sleep, perchance to dream - ay, there's the rub, For in this sleep of death what dreams may come."
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"I also have always liked the monster within idea. I like the zombies being us. Zombies are the blue-collar monsters."
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"I would rather sit on a pumpkin and have it all to myself, than be crowded on a velvet cushion."
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"The thing under my bed waiting to grab my ankle isn't real. I know that, and I also know that if I'm careful to keep my foot under the covers, it will never be able to grab my ankle."
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"Fear is static that prevents me from hearing myself."
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"And my soul from out that shadow that lies floating on the floor, Shall be lifted -- Nevermore!"
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"May Jack-o-lanterns burning bright, Of soft and golden hue, Pierce through the future's veil and show, What fate now holds for you?"
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"Invisible things are the only realities."
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"Go then, there are other worlds than these."
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"Alone. Yes, that's the key word, the most awful word in the English tongue. Murder doesn't hold a candle to it and hell is only a poor synonym."
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"I don't think I ever said, "I want to be an actress." But for Halloween, I dressed up as a movie star from when I was seven to when I was twelve. The costume was always a long dress, with makeup, and my hair curled, and jewelry on. And the movie star was always Jenny McCarthy. So right there you could see a little pattern."
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"There are nights when the wolves are silent and only the moon howls."
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"Stars, hide your fires; Let not light see my black and deep desires."
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"As a species we're fundamentally insane. Put more than two of us in a room, we pick sides and start dreaming up reasons to kill one another. Why do you think we invented politics and religion?"
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"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."
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