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Spooky Quotes for Halloween Cards and Invitations

LitQuotes Blog Posted on September 20, 2014 by LitQuotesSeptember 20, 2014

Are you planning a Halloween party?  Maybe you’re making Halloween cards to send to friends and family?  If you need some spooky quotes for your projects then LitQuotes can help.  Our spooky, scary quotation collection has over 130 quotes from authors like Oscar Wilde, Edgar Allan Poe and Algernon Blackwood.

For a moment he paused there, the wind blowing his long grey locks about his head, and twisting into grotesque and fantastic folds the nameless horror of the dead man’s shroud. ~ The Canterville Ghost by Oscar Wilde

It used to puzzle him that, after dark, someone would look in round the edge of the bedroom door, and withdraw again too rapidly for him to see the face. ~ The Other Wing by Algernon Blackwood

It was already one in the morning; the rain pattered dismally against the panes, and my candle was nearly burnt out, when, by the glimmer of the half-extinguished light, I saw the dull yellow eye of the creature open. ~ Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

Ghastly grim and ancient Raven wandering from the Nightly shore,— Tell me what thy lordly name is on the Night’s Plutonian shore!” Quoth the Raven, “Nevermore.” ~ The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe

‘Tis now the very witching time of night,
When churchyards yawn, and hell itself breathes out
Contagion to this world.
 ~ Hamlet, Prince of Denmark by William Shakespeare

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Posted in Everything Else | Tagged Algernon Blackwood, Edgar Allan Poe, Frankenstein, Hamlet, Mary Shelley, Oscar Wilde, scary quotes, spooky quotes, The Canterville Ghost, The Other Wing, The Raven, William Shakespeare | Leave a reply

Them’s Fightin’ Words – Five Anger Quotes From Literature

LitQuotes Blog Posted on September 7, 2014 by LitQuotesSeptember 7, 2014

“Tell Wind and Fire where to stop,” returned madame; “but don’t tell me.” ~ A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens

Could I come near your beauty with my nails,
I could set my ten commandments in your face.
 ~ Henry VI, Part Two by William Shakespeare

“How beautiful you are! You are more beautiful in anger than in repose. I don’t ask you for your love; give me yourself and your hatred; give me yourself and that pretty rage; give me yourself and that enchanting scorn; it will be enough for me.” ~ The Mystery of Edwin Drood by Charles Dickens

“Holy men? Holy cabbages! Holy bean-pods! What do they do but live and suck in sustenance and grow fat? If that be holiness, I could show you hogs in this forest who are fit to head the calendar. Think you it was for such a life that this good arm was fixed upon my shoulder, or that head placed upon your neck? There is work in the world, man, and it is not by hiding behind stone walls that we shall do it.” ~ The White Company by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

“From hell’s heart I stab at thee; for hate’s sake I spit my last breath at thee.” ~ Moby Dick by Herman Melville

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Posted in Everything Else | Tagged A Tale of Two Cities, anger quotes, Charles Dickens, Herman Melville, Moby Dick, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, The White Company, William Shakespeare | Leave a reply

New Quotes Added – Shakespeare, Saki, Sinclair Lewis and More

LitQuotes Blog Posted on August 30, 2014 by LitQuotesApril 15, 2017

Quotes from LiteratureI’m thinking about literature this Labor Day weekend.  OK, who am I kidding?  One look at my numerous bookshelves shows that I’m always thinking about literature.

Anyway, the point is that I’ve added new quotes to the collection.  Here are my favorites.  Remember that if you have a quote that you’d like to see added, you can contribute a quote.

The world is full enough of hurts and mischances without wars to multiply them. ~ The Return of the King by J. R. R. Tolkien

There is no charm equal to tenderness of heart. ~ Emma by Jane Austen

Could I come near your beauty with my nails,
I could set my ten commandments in your face.
 ~ Henry VI, Part Two by William Shakespeare

The revenge of an elder sister may be long in coming, but, like a South-Eastern express, it arrives in its own good time. ~ Reginald by Saki

He had, in fact, got everything from the church and Sunday School, except, perhaps, any longing whatever for decency and kindness and reason. ~ Elmer Gantry by Sinclair Lewis

Who knows the end? What has risen may sink, and what has sunk may rise. Loathsomeness waits and dreams in the deep, and decay spreads over the tottering cities of men. ~ The Call of Cthulhu by H. P. Lovecraft

 

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Posted in Site News | Tagged Elmer Gantry, Emma, H. P. Lovecraft, J.R.R. Tolkien, Jane Austen, Reginald, Saki, Sinclair Lewis, The Call of Cthulhu, The Return of the King, William Shakespeare | Leave a reply

When Love Goes Bad

LitQuotes Blog Posted on August 27, 2014 by LitQuotesAugust 27, 2014

There’s love and then there’s love that’s gone bad. . .

“I loved her till they was a dryness like ashes inside me.” ~ The Night Horseman by Max Brand

 

“Since mine own doors refuse to entertain me,
I’ll knock elsewhere, to see if they’ll disdain me.”
 ~ The Comedy of Errors by William Shakespeare

 

He thought her beautiful, believed her impeccably wise; dreamed of her, wrote poems to her, which, ignoring the subject, she corrected in red ink. ~ Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf

 

Their lives were ruined,he thought; ruined by the fundamental error of their matrimonial union: that of having based a permanent contract on a temporary feeling. ~ Jude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy

 

“You said I killed you – haunt me, then! The murdered do haunt their murderers, I believe. I know that ghosts have wandered on earth. Be with me always – take any form – drive me mad! only do not leave me in this abyss, where I cannot find you!” ~ Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte

 

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Posted in Everything Else | Tagged Emily Bronte, Jude the Obscure, love gone bad quotes, Max Brand, Mrs. Dalloway, The Comedy of Errors, The Night Horseman, Thomas Hardy, Virginia Woolf, William Shakespeare, Wuthering Heights | Leave a reply

The Web of Our Life Quote Photo

LitQuotes Blog Posted on August 25, 2014 by LitQuotesAugust 25, 2014

Happy Monday!  I saw this quote and was reminded about the yin and yang of life.  I’ve posted this quote photo on the LitQuotes Facebook page as well as the LitQuotes Google Plus page for easier sharing.

“The web of our life is of a mingled yarn, good and ill together. Our virtues would be proud if our faults whipt them not; and our crimes would despair if they were not cherish’d by our virtues.” ~ All’s Well That Ends Well by William Shakespeare

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Posted in Quote Photos | Tagged All's Well That Ends Well, crime quotes, despair quotes, life quotes, virtue quotes, William Shakespeare | Leave a reply

Five Quotes About the Moon from Literature

LitQuotes Blog Posted on August 9, 2014 by LitQuotesSeptember 27, 2015

Here are five quotes about the moon from literature. . .

May the wind under your wings bear you where the sun sails and the moon walks. ~ The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien

“O, swear not by the moon, the inconstant moon,
That monthly changes in her circled orb,
Lest that thy love prove likewise variable.”
 ~ Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare

“I don’t remember forms or faces now, but I know the girl was beautiful. I know she was; for in the bright moonlight nights, when I start from my sleep, and all is quiet about me, I see, standing still and motionless in one corner of this cell, a slight and wasted figure with long black hair, which streaming down her back, stirs with no earthly wind, and eyes that fix their gaze on me, and never wink or close.” ~ The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens

“There is something haunting in the light of the moon; it has all the dispassionateness of a disembodied soul, and something of its inconceivable mystery.” ~ Lord Jim by Joseph Conrad

The sky was a midnight-blue, like warm, deep, blue water, and the moon seemed to lie on it like a water-lily, floating forward with an invisible current. ~ One of Ours by Willa Cather

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Posted in Everything Else | Tagged Charles Dickens, J.R.R. Tolkien, Joseph Conrad, Lord Jim, moon quotes, One of Ours, Romeo and Juliet, The Hobbit, The Pickwick Papers, Willa Cather, William Shakespeare | Leave a reply

New Quotes Added – J. R. R. Tolkien, Max Brand and More

LitQuotes Blog Posted on August 3, 2014 by LitQuotesAugust 30, 2014

Quotes from LiteratureYesterday I added new quotes to the collection.  Here are my favorites from the new batch.  Remember that if you have a quote that you’d like to see added, you can contribute a quote.

Fair speech may hide a foul heart. ~ The Two Towers by J. R. R. Tolkien

“Why, sometimes I’ve believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast.” ~ Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll

“Money, you think, is the sole motive to pains and hazard, deception and deviltry, in this world. How much money did the devil make by gulling Eve?” ~ The Confidence-Man by Herman Melville

“Since mine own doors refuse to entertain me,
I’ll knock elsewhere, to see if they’ll disdain me.”
 ~ The Comedy of Errors by William Shakespeare

“Words,” said the host, at length, “is worse’n bullets. You never know what they’ll hit.” ~ The Night Horseman by Max Brand

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  • Random Love Quote – It’s all about love on the random love quote page.
  • Random Funny Quote –  Need a laugh?  Check out the random funny quote.
  • Random Spooky Quote – You’ll get the shivers! View a random spooky quote from our large collection of scary quotes.

 

Posted in Site News | Tagged Herman Melville, J.R.R. Tolkien, Lewis Carroll, Max Brand, The Comedy of Errors, The Confidence-Man, The Night Horseman, The Two Towers, Through the Looking Glass, William Shakespeare | Leave a reply

William Shakespeare’s Star Wars

LitQuotes Blog Posted on July 14, 2014 by LitQuotesJuly 14, 2014

William Shakespeare's Star Wars I was reading the newspaper yesterday and this book was mentioned.  William Shakespeare’s Star Wars. Who knew?

Return once more to a galaxy far, far away with this sublime retelling of George Lucas’s epic Star Wars in the style of the immortal Bard of Avon. The saga of a wise (Jedi) knight and an evil (Sith) lord, of a beautiful princess held captive and a young hero coming of age, Star Wars abounds with all the valor and villainy of Shakespeare’s greatest plays. ’Tis a tale told by fretful droids, full of faithful Wookiees and fearstome Stormtroopers, signifying…pretty much everything.

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New Quotes Added – Atlas Shrugged and More

LitQuotes Blog Posted on July 6, 2014 by LitQuotesJuly 20, 2014

Quotes from LiteratureToday I added two dozen new quotes to the collection.  Some of my favorites are:

It has been said that the love of money is the root of all evil. The want of money is so quite as truly. ~ Erewhon by Samuel Butler

I am I, and I won’t subordinate my taste to the unanimous judgment of mankind. ~ Martin Eden by Jack London

“Death and taxes and childbirth! There’s never any convenient time for any of them!” ~ Gone With The Wind by Margaret Mitchell

“No one believes more firmly than Comrade Napoleon that all animals are equal. He would be only too happy to let you make your decisions for yourselves. But sometimes you might make the wrong decisions, comrades, and then where should we be?” ~ Animal Farm by George Orwell

The big round tears
Coursed one another down his innocent nose
In piteous chase.
 ~ As You Like It by William Shakespeare

“Miss Taggart, do you know the hallmark of the second-rater? It’s resentment of another man’s achievement.” ~ Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand

 

 

Posted in Site News | Tagged Animal Farm, As You Like It, Atlas Shrugged, Ayn Rand, Erewhon, George Orwell, Gone with the Wind, Jack London, Margaret Mitchell, Martin Eden, Samuel Butler, William Shakespeare | Leave a reply

Never Doubt Quote Photo

LitQuotes Blog Posted on January 28, 2014 by LitQuotesJuly 6, 2014

Doubt thou the stars are fire;
Doubt that the sun doth move;
Doubt truth to be a liar;
But never doubt I love.
 ~ Hamlet, Prince of Denmark by William Shakespeare

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Thanks to Curated Quotes for the quote photo!

I’ve posted this on the LitQuotes Facebook page as well as the LitQuotes Google Plus page for easier sharing.

Posted in Quote Photos | Tagged Hamlet, love quotes, stars quotes, sun quotes, truth quotes, William Shakespeare | Leave a reply

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