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Quotes About Haunted

I only knew a woman I suspected was haunted by devils. What those were, I was never told." She sighed. "I think that's why I went to her wake. To apologize for not pushing harder.
~ Archer Mayor
Hill House,not sane, stood by itself against its hills, holding darkness within; it has stood for eighty years and might stand eighty more. Within, walls continued upright, bricks met neatly, floors were firm, and doors were sensibly shut; silence lay steadily against the wood and stone of Hill House, and whatever walked there, walked alone.
~ Shirley Jackson
Well, she asked, how do you gentlemen like living in a haunted house? It's perfectly fine, Luke said, perfectly fine. It gives me an excuse to have a drink in the middle of the night.
~ Shirley Jackson
I was already doing a lot of splendid research reading all the books about ghosts I could get hold of, and particularly true ghost stories - so much so that it became necessary for me to read a chapter of _Little Women_ every night before I turned out the light - and at the same time I was collecting pictures of houses, particularly odd houses, to see what I could find to make into a suitable haunted house.
~ Shirley Jackson
Hill House, not sane, stood by itself against its hills, holding darkness within; it had stood so for eighty years and might stand for eighty more.
~ Shirley Jackson
Hill House, not sane, stood so for eighty years and might stand for eighty more. Within, walls continued upright, bricks met neatly, floors were firm, and doors were sensibly shut; silence lay steadily against the wood and stone of Hill House, and whatever walked there, walked alone.
~ Shirley Jackson
En el interior, las paredes seguían erguidas, los ladrillos se reunían ordenadamente, los pisos eran firmes y las puertas estaban cerradas sensiblemente; el silencio yacía firmemente contra la madera y la piedra de Hill House y todo lo que caminaba allí, caminaba solo.
~ Shirley Jackson
it is really unbelievably difficult to get accurate information about a haunted house;
~ Shirley Jackson
Well, she asked, how do you gentlemen like living in a haunted house? It's perfectly fine, Luke said, perfectly fine. It gives me an excuse to have a drink in the middle of the night.
~ Shirley Jackson
Nature is a Haunted House—but Art—a House that tries to be haunted.
~ Emily
Nature is a haunted house--but Art--is a house that tries to be haunted.
~ Emily Dickinson
When a theater goes dark for the night, a stagehand leaves a lighted lamp on stage. No one knows why any more, but some old timers say it is to keep the ghosts away. Others say it lights the stage for the ghosts to play. Whichever theory one adheres to, most people agree: a great theater is haunted.
~ Emily Mann
Jane had spent too many hours in elevators and pathology rooms, and the pallor of strip lighting haunted her like a twelve-year-old's memories of a bad dream.
~ ballard j g iv
Any attempt to recreate a world of 1814, or 100 years before that - I think it's important to understand that the people of the time had a different concept of what reality was. Their reality was much more haunted.
~ Steven Knight
I grew up in a haunted house, reading Dr. Seuss.
~ Drew Daywalt
I always say I want to look haunted.
~ Kristen Wiig
Since reading 'Sophie's Choice,' I have been haunted by the agonizing idea of choosing between two children.
~ Fiona Barton
I am one of the haunted.
~ Rosie O'Donnell
I always wanted to live in a haunted house.
~ Dick Cavett
Most of the women that I like have a haunted quality - they're sort of like women who live in a haunted house all by themselves.
~ John Malkovich
I still go to Disneyland as much as I can. The Haunted Mansion is my favorite ride.
~ Ryan Gosling
The negative effects of greedy politicians have haunted the north-east for years; it's very apparent.
~ Sam Fender
One of the most crucial aspects of a haunted house movie is the fear and disbelief of the characters, because they don't know what's happening to them.
~ Leigh Whannell
I love characters who are kind of haunted by their pasts, who struggle on despite their flaws, knowing that, at the end of the day, they're not going to shuffle off to those pearly gates.
~ Jason Aaron