 | "'Tis now the very witching time of night,
When churchyards yawn and hell itself breathes out
Contagion to this world."
- William Shakespeare
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| If a man harbors any sort of fear, it makes him landlord to a ghost.
- Lloyd Douglas
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| "True love is like ghosts, which everyone talks about but few have seen."
- Anonymous
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| "From ghoulies and ghosties and long leggety beasties and things that go bump in the night, Good Lord, deliver us !"
- Scottish Proverb
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| "A grandmother pretends she doesn't know who you are on Halloween."
- Erma Bombeck
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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."
- 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
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| "I'll bet living in a nudist colony takes all the fun out of Halloween."
- Anonymous
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| Ghosts, like ladies, never speak till spoke to.
- Richard Harris Barham
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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
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