Quotes of: Ghost-stories Keyword

[T]he Dollar is always too light, a genuine Holy Ghost, more precious than blood.

Journey to the End of the Night

Nice is a city of ghosts and specters, but I hope not to become one of them right away.

Rue des boutiques obscures

A ghost from her past, part of a world to which she no longer belonged but had never stopped missing.

Summer Breeze

Unfortunately, it has come to my attention that the modern world is sorely lacking in imagination. And grown-ups are the biggest culprits of all.

The Mapmaker and the Ghost

Life goes on. Get over it. You're still young. It'll get better. Blah, Blah, Blah

Marly's Ghost

Darnley, who, like Banquo's ghost, seemed to play a much more effective part in Scottish politics once he was dead than when he was alive.

Mary Queen of Scots

I am haunted by the ghost of my father, I think that should allow me to quote Hamlet as much as I please.

The Night Circus

He could only consider me as the living corpse of a would-be suicide, a person dead to shame, an idiot ghost.

No Longer Human

The presence of ghosts is only as close as your belief. The existence of aliens is only as far as your rejection.

My Ancestor Was an Ancient Astronaut

....but talking to a ghost about a demon when you’re in a room full of people who can’t see either of them is not to be recommended.

Saphirblau

A haunted house could be used to teach the value of valuelessness to a group of zeroes. What else could appreciate a ghost or nonentity better than a zero? 

Sleepwalking is restercise

A stick won’t stick to a wall, so why is it called a stick? Likewise, why aren’t love and ghost the same word? Both are dead and invisible.

This Book is Not FOR SALE

And fragile is thy tenure of this world Still haunted by the monstrous ghost of God. ("To Science")

The Thirst of Satan: Poems of Fantasy and Terror

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

Vision in White

Who's to say? Life is not, as we are taught, a matter of seeking answers, but rather learning which are the questions we should ask.

The Winter Ghosts

A condensed Shakespeare with all of the dull parts removed, leaving only the great moments of drama: ghosts, and bloodied daggers, and dying kings.

The Wolf in Winter

If, after I depart this vale, you ever remember me and have thought to please my ghost, forgive some sinner and wink your eye at some homely girl.

H. L. Mencken

I saw a ghost once, about 20 years ago. It took the form of someone coming out of a sleeping body and sitting at the foot of the bed.

Peter Ackroyd

In fact, I think I have had a ghost in my house. Although not active lately, unexplainable things would happen and the kitties were particularly sensitive - especially, Marlon Brando... the cat not the man.

Tippi Hedren

The Godhead consists of three separate, distinct personages who are one in purpose. The Father and the Son have tangible bodies of flesh and bone while the Holy Ghost is a personage of spirit.

Joseph B. Wirthlin

I could wade into this river, let my sins drown to the bottom, let the waters carry me someplace far. Someplace with no ghosts, no memories, and no sins.

Khaled Hosseini