Creepy Quotes...

These are some spooky and strange quotes I have run across in my wanderings...


"There are so many people that witness these things, I don't see how you couldn't believe these things. Some people say it's all in your head. It's kind of hard to believe that your violently shaking bed, or things flying around the room, or a sudden chill in the air, or books falling from the shelf, one by one, is all in your head."
--Sarah (Submitter of "Knocking Ghost," Obiwan's UFO-free Paranormal Page www.ghosts.org)

"As I was walking up the stairs,
I met a man who wasn't there.
He wasn't there again today,
dear God I wish he'd go away!"
--Author Unknown

"The lantern bearer lights the way,
for those who no more seize the day.
Blind eyes peer out from every head,
that crowds the carriage of the dead."
--"The Enchanted World: Ghosts" By Time-Life Books

"Nor crown nor coin can halt time's flight,
or stay the armies of the night.
King and villain, lad and lass,
all answer to the hour glass.
--"The Enchanted World: Ghosts" By Time-Life Books

"A miser thought to keep his gold,
as sheild against the coming cold.
But what cared death for mortal gains?
He smiled upon the miser's pains.
--"The Enchanted World: Ghosts" By Time-Life Books

"Her hour had come,
his mother smiled,
and sighed beside her infant child.
But he too answered the curse,
and found himself an older nurse.
--"The Enchanted World: Ghosts" By Time-Life Books

"A gentle hand will help the dead,
to find the way to their last bed.
Who engineers the mortal's end,
will tell you he is man's best friend.
--"The Enchanted World: Ghosts" By Time-Life Books

Please seat yourself at our table,
A fine meal we will prepare.
Eat quickly while you are able,
For the house is saying "Beware."
--Jan's Courtyard Website

"Deep into the darkness peering,
long I stood there wondering, fearing."
--"The Raven"
Edgar Alan Poe

"Do I believe in ghosts?
No, but I am afraid of them."
--Marquise du Deffand
1697-1780

"Listen to the night wind as it whispers your name,
It is calling.
Watch as leaves dance like tongues of flame,
It is calling.
Feel a chill rattle through your frame,
It is almost here."
--Frightbytes.com

"There was a young man from Nunhead,
who awoke in his coffin of lead.
'Its cozy enough,' he remarked in a huff,
'but I wasn't aware I was dead.'"
--Limerick from "Vampires, Zombies and Monster Men (Daniel Farson)