Horror Fantasy Quotes

“It was better, he thought, to fail in attempting exquisite things than to succeed in the department of the utterly contemptible.”
― Arthur Machen, The Hill of Dreams

“I know.” His hand ran across the floor, making shapes in the nonexistent dust. “Have you ever seen those shows starring serial-killer main characters? Dexter? Hannibal? Some of those sexy vampire ones the mafia funds to lure victims to them? They make all sorts of excuses for the serial killers. ‘It’s okay, he’s killing bad guys.’ ‘It’s okay, because it happened offscreen.’ I hate those. I hate when people do that to me. When they try to make me sympathetic, moralize all the decisions that aren’t moral.”
― Rebecca Schaeffer, Not Even Bones

“In a weird, twisted way, Nita almost felt like Kovit’s and her stories were opposite facets on the same diamond. Different, sure, but similar in some fundamental ways. It made Nita feel . . . weird. Squiggly, not-quite empathy, but sort of fear-empathy . . . something. Nita couldn’t put it into words.”
― Rebecca Schaeffer, Not Even Bones

“The house was meant to keep them in. Once they came, they never left.”
― Madeleine Roux, Asylum

“You keep squintin' in Savage's dark corners, you gonna wish yourself blind.”
― Alexandra Sirowy, The Creeping

“Even in death, may you be triumphant”
― Darren Shan, Cirque du Freak: A Living Nightmare

“Never give up! And write for yourself first and foremost.”
― Aminah Iman, Revelation: The Vamperial

“It is at night, especially when the moon is gibbous and waning, that I see the thing. I tried morphine; but the drug has given only transient surcease, and has drawn me into its clutches as a hopeless slave. So now I am to end it all, having written a full account for the information or the contemptuous amusement of my fellow-men. Often I ask myself if it could not all have been a pure phantasm—a mere freak of fever as I lay sun-stricken and raving in the open boat after my escape from the German man-of-war. This I ask myself, but ever does there come before me a hideously vivid vision in reply. I cannot think of the deep sea without shuddering at the nameless things that may at this very moment be crawling and floundering on its slimy bed, worshipping their ancient stone idols and carving their own detestable likenesses on submarine obelisks of water-soaked granite. I dream of a day when they may rise above the billows to drag down in their reeking talons the remnants of puny, war-exhausted mankind—of a day when the land shall sink, and the dark ocean floor shall ascend amidst universal pandemonium.”
― H.P. Lovecraft, Great Tales of Horror

“Something warned me that what I might see would haunt me forever.”
― Guillermo del Toro, Trollhunters

“Games are never over because you think them so! Which is why I like you. Are you doing what you want to do...or are you simply another piece of a darkened puzzle? Your own actions predetermined by powers higher than yourself?”
― LaTorre Mays, Darkened Soul: Jonathan's Tale:

“...Ili je pakao možda jedna soba, jedan krevet i večno uzbuđenje i želja, i ja sam bio u njemu, video sam njegovu lepotu, i ako stvari krenu najgorim tokom izdržaću.”
― Clive Barker, The Damnation Game

“She hadn't broken a nail in years; she could rip holes in walls and still look well manicured.”
― Alan Kinross, Longinus The Vampire: Redemption

“What you seem to forget is that I'm not one of the embodiments of evil. I'm one of the embodiments of fear. That means I know what makes evil quake in the light of the sun.”
― Emily Kirby, The Silver Codex

“The mind is a thing capable of destroying itself when deep grief sets in, and when left alone to muse over one’s misery, the most irreparable damage can be done. You need people to heal.”
― Austin Cochran, Totem Lake

“Human sacrifice. Doesn't it just kill you?
-- Karen S. Cole, The Rainbow Horizon: A Tale of Goofy Chaos”
― Karen S. Cole, The Rainbow Horizon: A Tale of Goofy Chaos

“Rap un zeal' Demon within. I might as well put up a giant 'Come and Get Eaten' sign for the good those warning runes do.”
― Sabrina Zbasnik, And They Lived: A Short Story Anthology

“She was our guardian angel. Lucy saved us from mystery. Without her, our marriage would be ruined. Her disappearance created an open wound that we can't fix but the most devasting reality is probably the fact that her body will never be found. She is a living ghost in Wilmington, North Carolina.”
― Chloé Danielo

“Where do I go from here? She thought to herself.
Truth was, it didn’t matter.
She had a new beginning.”
― Austin Cochran, Totem Lake

“New beginnings come with the tail of the red-winged blackbird. Here’s to hoping my daddy was right.”
― Austin Cochran, Totem Lake

“I get a kick out of cursing people for life on Sundays.”
― Emily Kirby, The Silver Codex

“The villagers had removed their masks. They displayed their true faces. And they were dreadful, diabolic visages. Blasted skin hung from shrunken mouths and red veins burst from their skin, leaving pronounced contours akin to miniature rivers. Each throbbed and pulsed, at home on scabby foreheads.
I balked. The eyes drew all attention.
Silver coins replaced eyeballs. They glinted with the same alluring lustre as the ones I had coveted in the chests. Instantly, dreadfully, I knew they were one and the same – accursed treasure used for nefarious sight, a symbol of the damned. And yet, the more I stared, the more I coveted them.”
― Tim Reed, The Eight Islands: Summons of the Majestic

“As Eldon continued to look around, he was anxious to realize people were gathering in the square. They paused to glower in disgust at Tobias, and a few bold children riding past on bicycles slowed down to stick out their tongues. Eldon heard Tobias mutter something under his breath, and as the children rode away, they lost control of their bikes and crashed into each other.

“Toby!”

“Are you rested now?” said Tobias, ignoring Eldon’s shock.”
― Ash Gray, Wicked Witch Boy

“Eldon sat beside Tobias, eating his meal with quiet dignity – or as much as he could muster. Lydia’s younger sister Tess was sitting on a highchair across from him, holding her plate to her face and gobbling down her food as ravenously as a beast from a trough. She was wearing a lovely black dress and a matching scarf that were gathering several unfortunate stains. When she felt Eldon staring, the green girl slowly looked up and dragged her fat red tongue across her jagged yellow teeth, gravy and mashed potatoes dripping from her cheeks.

“Ugh, Lydia,” complained Wynona and gestured her fingers in disdain. “Can’t you control that little gremlin?”
― Ash Gray, Wicked Witch Boy

“No,” agreed Eldon, laughing as well, “but you always looked out for me. If I was hurt, you took care of me. If I was scared, you held my hand.” Eldon paused nervously: Tobias was looking directly at him and listening with a small, fond smile. “I . . . always felt safest in your arms,” Eldon went on sheepishly. He dropped his eyes to the floor as he whispered, “Nothing has changed.”
― Ash Gray, Wicked Witch Boy

“Did I hurt you?” Tobias whispered, frowning.

“N-No,” Eldon stammered. “It’s just . . . No one’s ever touched me like this before.”

“And no one ever will,” Tobias answered.

Eldon smiled, and they kissed again.”
― Ash Gray, Wicked Witch Boy

“Hiya, Aunty Wren!” Francesca shouted, waving her arms as if her aunt were several thousand feet away. “Wait a minute,” she said, putting a finger to her lips, “I knows how you hates to be called ‘Wren.’ Should I call you Aunty Wyno? Or should I call you what Toby calls you? Toby calls you ah BEE EYE TEE SEE --”

“Aunt Wren is fine,” said Wynona through clenched teeth.”
― Ash Gray, Wicked Witch Boy

“Eldon doesn’t have to play if he doesn’t want to,” Tobias repeated, his fist tightening on the fork.

Eldon sensed with dread that their aunt was in great danger of being stabbed.”
― Ash Gray, Wicked Witch Boy

“Lichen crusted rocks bore down upon the entrance, as if their weight smothered and squeezed the tiny door into the wall.”
― Allan Walsh

“Oh, a guest. Wonderful, we have a hunger for some new magic in this group.”
― Allan Walsh, Making Magic

“You need to stop listening to others telling you what you can't do and prove them wrong.”
― Allan Walsh, Making Magic