Halloween Card Quotes

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  Where there is no imagination there is no horror.

  Arthur Conan Doyle

  Halloween, Imagination, Scary

  Study in Scarlet (1888) ch. 5

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• There are nights when the wolves are silent and only the moon howls.

  George Carlin

  Funny, Halloween, Night

  George Carlin (2015). “3 x Carlin: An Orgy of George including Brain Droppings, Napalm and Silly Putty, and When Will Jesus Bring the Pork Chops?”, p.86, Hachette UK

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• A grandmother pretends she doesn't know who you are on Halloween.

  Erma Bombeck

  Relationship, Fun, Halloween

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• Halloween was confusing. All my life my parents said, "Never take candy from strangers." And then they dressed me up and said, "Go beg for it." I didn't know what to do. I'd knock on people's doors and go, "Trick or treat."

  Rita Rudner

  Halloween, Doors, People

  "Jokes over easy: 1,386 delicious jokes from the best comedians" by Judy Brown, Barnes & Noble, (p. 112), 2006.

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• 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

  Halloween, Moon, Night

  Joseph Conrad (1905). “Lord Jim”, p.230, McClure, Phillips & Company

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• Nothing on Earth is so beautiful as the final haul on Halloween night.

  Steve Almond

  Beautiful, Halloween, Night

  Steve Almond (2004). “Candyfreak: A Journey through the Chocolate Underbelly of America”, p.32, Algonquin Books

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• Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there, wondering, fearing, doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before.

  Edgar Allan Poe

  Love, Dream, Art

  "The Raven" l. 25 (1845)

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  Double, double, toil and trouble; Fire burn, and cauldron bubble!

  William Shakespeare

  Halloween, Memorable, Play

  'Macbeth' (1606) act 4, sc. 1, l. 4

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• Shadows of a thousand years rise again unseen, Voices whisper in the trees, "Tonight is Halloween!"

  Dexter Kozen

  Halloween, Years, Voice

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• On Halloween, witches come true; Wild ghosts escape from dreams. Each monster dances in the park.

  Nick Gordon

  Happy, Dream, Halloween

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• Bring forth the raisins and the nuts-
  Tonight All-Hallows' Spectre struts
  Along the moonlit way.

  John Kendrick Bangs

  Halloween, Nuts, Way

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• I'll bet living in a nudist colony takes all the fun out of Halloween.

  Charles S. Swartz

  Fun, Halloween, Scary

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• Pixie, kobold, elf, and sprite,
  All are on their rounds tonight;
  In the wan moon's silver ray,
  Thrives their helter-skelter play.

  Joel Benton

  Halloween, Moon, Play

  Joel Benton, “Halloween”

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• 'Tis the night - the night Of the grave's delight.

  Arthur Cleveland Coxe

  Halloween, Night, Delight

  Arthur Cleveland Coxe (1842). “Halloween: A Romaunt”, p.13

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• You wouldn't believe On All Hallow Eve What lots of fun we can make, With apples to bob, And nuts on the hob, And a ring-and-thimble cake.

  Carolyn Wells

  Happy, Fun, Halloween

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• There is something haunting in the light of the moon.

  Joseph Conrad

  Halloween, Moon, Light

  Joseph Conrad (1905). “Lord Jim”, p.230, McClure, Phillips & Company

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• Tis the night - the night
  Of the grave's delight,
  And the warlocks are at their play;
  Ye think that without
  The wild winds shout,
  But no, it is they - it is they.

  Arthur Cleveland Coxe

  Halloween, Night, Thinking

  Arthur Cleveland Coxe (1842). “Halloween: A Romaunt”, p.13

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• Never take candy from strangers.

  Rita Rudner

  Halloween, Candy Corn, Stranger

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• I don't know that there are real ghosts and goblins, But there are always more trick-or-treaters than neighborhood kids.

  Robert Breault

  Halloween, Real, Kids

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• This Halloween, the most popular mask is the Arnold Schwarzenegger mask. And the best part? With a mouth full of candy you will sound just like him.

  Conan O'Brien

  Funny, Halloween, Sound

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• Men fear death as children fear to go in the dark; and as that natural fear in children is increased by tales, so is the other.

  Francis Bacon

  Death, Fear, Children

  Essays "Of Death" (1625)

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• One need not be a chamber to be haunted.

  Emily Dickinson

  Inspirational, Life, Halloween

  Emily Dickinson (2013). “Poems by Emily Dickinson”, p.145, Library of Alexandria

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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?

  Jerry Smith

  Halloween, Fate, Burning

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• If human beings had genuine courage, they'd wear their costumes every day of the year, not just on Halloween.

  Douglas Coupland

  Courage, Halloween, Years

  Douglas Coupland (2011). “The Gum Thief: A Novel”, p.23, Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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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.

  Emily Dickinson

  Halloween, House, Brain

  c.1863 Complete Poems, no.670 (first published 1891).

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