Ghost Quotes - Page 11

• He understood that the ghost existed first and foremost within his own head. That maybe ghosts always haunted minds, not places. If he wanted to take a shot at it, he’d have to turn the barrel against his own temple.

  Joe Hill

  Mind, Firsts, Temples

  Joe Hill (2010). “Heart-Shaped Box”, p.40, Hachette UK

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• But after several hours, I go anyway, walking in silent sock feet, so as not to awaken the ghosts.

  Suzanne Collins

  Feet, Silent, Hours

  Suzanne Collins (2010). “Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, Book 3)”, p.381, Scholastic Inc.

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• It was the ghost of rationality itself ... This is the ghost of normal everyday assumptions which declares that the ultimate purpose of life, which is to keep alive, is impossible, but that this is the ultimate purpose of life anyway, so that great minds struggle to cure diseases so that people may live longer, but only madmen ask why. One lives longer in order that he may live longer. There is no other purpose. That is what the ghost says.

  Robert M. Pirsig

  Struggle, Order, People

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• The problem with surviving was that you ended up with the ghosts of everyone you’d ever left behind riding on your shoulders.

  Paolo Bacigalupi

  Riding, Problem, Shoulders

  Paolo Bacigalupi (2012). “The Drowned Cities: Number 2 in series”, p.84, Hachette UK

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• Miraculously, smoke curled out of his own mouth, his nose, his ears, his eyes, as if his soul had been extinguished within his lungs at the very moment the sweet pumpkin gave up its incensed ghost.

  Ray Bradbury

  Sweet, Eye, Soul

  Ray Bradbury (2015). “The Halloween Tree”, p.126, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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• Nothing screws up a séance like the appearance of a real ghost. ~Jaime Vegas

  Kelley Armstrong

  Real, Vegas, Screw Ups

  Kelley Armstrong (2016). “Otherworld Secrets: An Anthology”, p.183, Penguin

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• I could shave my head and wear a sackcloth and still get a whole lot of ghostly wrong numbers. Makes me wonder if there’s some kind of ghost-necro porn industry down there. ~Jaime Vegas

  Kelley Armstrong

  Vegas, Wrong Number, Numbers

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• The ghost of a smile flickered across his lips. ‘You’re always the voice of reason. Just try listening to yourself once in a while.

  Richelle Mead

  Voice, Listening, Trying

  Richelle Mead (2012). “The Golden Lily: A Bloodlines Novel”, p.149, Penguin

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• He was a lonely ghost uttering a truth that nobody would ever hear.

  George Orwell

  Lonely

  George Orwell, A.M. Heath (2003). “Animal Farm and 1984”, p.129, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• Southampton's barrage balloons floated gleaming in the moonlight like the ghosts of elephants and hippos.

  Elizabeth Wein

  Elephants, Balloons, Moonlight

  Elizabeth Wein (2012). “Code Name Verity”, p.164, Egmont UK

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• Then he left her there, standing alone, surrounded by word ghosts; things she could have said.

  Kristin Hannah

  Standing Alone, Said, Left

  Kristin Hannah (2008). “Firefly Lane”, p.161, Macmillan

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• Ford put a hand to his head. “Back up. Back up!” he cried. “You’re too close.” Heart pounding, I looked at the eight feet between us and pressed into the fridge. “I think he meant for the ghost to back up,” Jenks said dryly.

  Kim Harrison

  Heart, Thinking, Eight

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• Maybe I could be friends with a ghost. I wouldn’t be able to kill him.

  Kim Harrison

  Able

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• Don’t you listen to them, Rexy,” I cooed, and the cat sniffed my nose. “Rachel is a smart girl. She’s not going to go out with a ghost no matter how sexy he is. She knows better. Jenkskie wenskie can just get bent.” I beamed at Jenks, and he made an ugly face. “Rache, put my cat down before you mess with her kitty brain.

  Kim Harrison

  Girl, Sexy, Smart

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• The world is full of ghosts, and some of them are still people.

  Peter Straub

  People, World, Stills

  Peter Straub (2011). “The Throat: Blue Rose Trilogy (3)”, p.75, Anchor

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• We got an expression ride back to the palace of Hades. Nico sent word ahead, thanks to some ghost he summoned out of the ground, and within a few minutes the Three Furies themselves arrived to ferry us back. They weren't thrilled about lugging Bob the Titan, too, but I didn't have the heart to leave him behind, especially after he noticed my shoulder wound, said, "Owie", and healed it with a touch.

  Rick Riordan

  Heart, Expression, Three

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• She walked with a ghost of herself, one full of potential and possibility. One who was fearless. Where had that girl gone?

  Nora Roberts

  Girl, Fearless, Gone

  Nora Roberts (2011). “Nora Roberts' Bride Quartet”, p.108, Penguin

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• I wasn't scared; I was just somebody else, some stranger, and my whole life was a haunted life, the life of a ghost.

  Jack Kerouac

  Scared, Stranger, Road Life

  Jack Kerouac (2007). “On the Road: The Original Scroll: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)”, p.124, Penguin

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• Percy glanced over. He saw the fallen giant and seemed to understand what was happening. He yelled something that was lost in the wind, probably: Go! Then he slammed Riptide into the ice at his feet. The entire glacier shuddered. Ghosts fell to their knees. Behind Percy, a wave surged up from the bay-a wall of gray water even taller than the glacier. Water shot from the chasms and crevices in the ice. As the wave hit, the back half of the camp crumbled. The entire edge of the glacier peeled away, cascading into the void-carrying buildings, ghosts, and Percy Jackson over the edge.

  Rick Riordan

  Wall, Ice, Wind

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• I waved my hand in front of my face, obi-wan style. "I am not here." Niall's mucas glands kicked into overdrive. "Eoin's dead! And his ghost is standing right there on the grass!" Donal let out a long suffering sigh. "Eoin is being a writer." Niall calmed down, becuase everyone knows writers are weird and are always doing stupid thingss.

  Eoin Colfer

  Stupid, Hands, Long

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• Walking down Belmotte was the oddest sensation-- every step took us deeper into the mist until at last it closed over our heads. It was like being drowned in the ghost of water.

  Dodie Smith

  Water, Lasts, Steps

  Dodie Smith (2012). “I Capture the Castle”, p.355, Random House

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• I myself am not afraid of ghosts; I am afraid of people.

  Emilie Autumn

  People, Not Afraid

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• No matter that you anticipate a thing; you get so used to it as part of the future that its actuality, its arrival, its force and presence, startles you, takes you by surprise, as would a ghost suddenly appearing in the room wearing familiar perfume and boots.

  Lorrie Moore

  Boots, Matter, Rooms

  FaceBook post by Lorrie Moore from Sep 11, 2014

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• So we gave up. I'd finally had enough of chasing after a ghost who did not want to be seen. We'd failed, maybe, but some mysteries aren't meant to be solved.

  John Green

  Want, Had Enough, Mystery

  John Green (2015). “Looking For Alaska Special 10th Anniversary Edition”, p.163, Penguin

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• On the moon we have everything. Lettuce, and pumpkin pie and Amanita phalloides. We have cat-furred plants and horses dancing with their wings. All the locks are solid and tight, and there are no ghosts.

  Shirley Jackson

  Horse, Cat, Moon

  Shirley Jackson (2014). “We Have Always Lived in the Castle”, p.54, Obelix Books

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