Quotes for All
Hallows Eve
There is a child in every one of us who is still a
trick-or-treater looking for a brightly-lit front porch. ~Robert Brault
I'll bet living in a nudist colony takes all the fun out of
Halloween. ~Author Unknown
As spirits roam the neighbourhoods at night,
Let loose upon the Earth till it be light...
~Nicholas Gordon
Eat, drink and be scary.
~Author Unknown
A grandmother pretends she doesn't know who you are on
Halloween. ~Erma Bombeck
Nothing on Earth so beautiful as the final haul on Halloween
night. ~Steve Almond
At first cock-crow the ghosts must go
Back to their quiet graves below.
~Theodosia Garrison
'Tis now the very witching time of night,
When churchyards yawn and hell itself breathes out
Contagion to this world.
~William Shakespeare
I don't know that there are real ghosts and goblins, but
there are always more trick-or-treaters than neighborhood kids. ~Robert Brault
From ghoulies and ghosties
And long-leggedy beasties
And things that go bump in the night,
Good Lord, deliver us!
~Scottish Saying
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
'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
Those seemingly interminable dark walks between houses, long
before street-lit safety became an issue, were more adrenalizing than the
mountains of candy filling the sack.
Sadly Halloween, with our good-natured attempts to protect the little
ones, from the increasingly dangerous traffic and increasingly sick adults, has
become an utter bore. ~Lauren Springer
There are nights when the wolves are silent and only the
moon howls. ~George Carlin
Shadows of a thousand years rise again unseen,
Voices whisper in the trees, "Tonight is
Halloween!"
~Dexter Kozen
Ghosts, like ladies, never speak till spoke to. ~Richard Harris Barham
Men say that in this midnight hour,
The disembodièd have power
To wander as it liketh them,
By wizard oak and fairy stream.
~William Motherwell
A gypsy fire is on the hearth,
Sign of the carnival of mirth;
Through the dun fields and from the glade
Flash merry folk in masquerade,
For this is Hallowe'en!
~Author Unknown
Of calling shapes, and beck'ning shadows dire,
And airy tongues that syllable men's names.
~John Milton
True love is like ghosts, which everyone talks about but few
have seen. ~Author Unknown
Backward, turn backward,
O Time, in your flight
make me a child again
just for to-night!
~Elizabeth Akers Allen
They that are born on Halloween shall see more than other
folk. ~Saying of unknown origin
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
On Halloween, witches come true;
Wild ghosts escape from dreams.
Each monster dances in the park....
~Nicholas Gordon
A house is never still in darkness to those who listen
intently; there is a whispering in distant chambers, an unearthly hand presses
the snib of the window, the latch rises.
Ghosts were created when the first man awoke in the night. ~J.M. Barrie
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.
~Author Unknown
Proof of our society's decline is that Halloween has become
a broad daylight event for many. ~Robert
Kirby
When black cats prowl and pumpkins gleam,
May luck be yours on Halloween.
~Author Unknown
Hobgoblins know the proper way to dance:
Arms akimbo, loopy legs askew,
Leaping into darkness with delight,
Lusting for the ecstasy of fright,
Open to the charm of horrors new....
~Nicholas Gordon, poemsforfree.com
Nothing beats a haunted moonlit night on All Hallows Eve....
And on this fatal night, at this witching time, the starless sky laments black
and unmoving. The somber hues of an
ominous, dark forest are suddenly illuminated under the emerging face of the
full moon. ~Kim Elizabeth
