Before we go on to the quotes, let’s know a bit more about Halloween:
Halloween is a festival celebrated in most of the western countries on 31st October, the eve of the Western Christian blowout of All Hallows’ Day. It starts the three-day recognition of Allhallowtide, the time in the ritualistic year committed to recalling the dead, including holy people (honors), saints, and all the dependable withdrew.
It is generally accepted that numerous Halloween conventions started from antiquated Celtic gather celebrations, especially the Gaelic celebration Samhain; that such celebrations may have had agnostic roots; and that Samhain itself was Christianized as Halloween by the early Church. Some accept, notwithstanding, that Halloween started exclusively as a Christian occasion, separate from old celebrations like Samhain.
Here are some of the Best Halloween Quotes
“You don’t have to be dead to enjoy Halloween. You just have to have a liking for candy.” ― Anthony T. Hincks
“The Harvest Moon glows round and bold, In pumpkin shades outlined in gold, Illuminating eerie forms, Unnatural as a candied corn. Beware what dare crawls up your sleeve, For ’tis the night called Hallows Eve.” ― Richelle E. Goodrich
“Jagged needle, wicked lies From under the skin, pluck evil eyes. Destiny change from pain and cold Now that you pay in blood and soul.” ― Lawren Leo
“I had a dream about you last week. It was October 31, 2002 and we met at a Halloween party. You came dressed as yourself; I knew you’ve been hiding your true self all this time.” ― Rodney Jenkins
“On this day, if it were me, I’d don a mask for all to see.” ― Lee Bice-Matheson
“He looked up at the stars as the storm closed in and saw them extinguished, one-by-one, until just two remained. They glimmered and shone through gaps in the clouds like two great eyes in the darkness, burning on a demon’s face that chased him across the sea.” ― Brooke Burgess (Halloween Quotes)
“I reach forward for him, expecting to feel the hardness of his chest or at the very least one of his arms coming to halt my progress, but there is nothing. I expand my reach a little and then, feeling slightly spooked, I listen… Nothing. No breathing, no footsteps; nothing.” ― Felicity Brandon
“Would it surprise you to know that a presence was on your back a few seconds ago?” ― Teresa Flavin
“Hannah Rose Brown was not quite 13 years old when she discovered her family was cursed. THE PUZZLE RING” ― Kate Forsyth
“Leave the light and travel the shadow-lands,” said Blaise, repeating the inscription on the silver box.” ― Teresa Flavin
“A costume party… great… a chance for the bimbos to whore themselves out with no penalty of conscience. I found myself excruciatingly curious as to what she was going as, a sailor? No. A pilot. That would be something”
― Bruce Crown (Best Halloween Quotes)
“I’m not fond of a tradition that requires people to open the door for strangers. Or for kids to take candy from strangers.” ― Megan Erickson (Halloween Quotes)
“I don´t want to be a ghost or a stupid sexy cat. I want to be something that I really want to be.” ― Ava Dellaira (Halloween Quotes)
“A Halloween flower, if ever there was one, would smell like an onion, have thorns like a rose. With charcoal black petals and vines that entangle, t’would grow under moonlight in mud, I suppose.” ― Richelle E. Goodrich
“So much for a “Happy Halloween!” I thought sarcastically. I should wear a huge sign around my neck from now onwards that reads: ‘Stay clear of me if you want your party to survive the night’!” ― Adele Rose (Best Halloween Quotes)
“A bloody guy in overalls, wearing a straw hat, began chasing us. He held a saw, pointing it at us. We were gonna die! –The Body By the Tree” ― Yawatta Hosby
“Then, at night in my own home, I became a weirdo, a shadow watcher, a freak who wondered what was waiting on the basement stairs.” ― Mandy Nachampassack-Maloney (Halloween Quote)
“Halloween is one of my favorite holidays. Christmas and the others can end up making you sad, because you know you should be happy. But on Halloween you get to become anything that you want to be” ― Ava Dellaira
“There was only one thing about his own appearance which really pleased Hercule Poirot, and that was the profusion of his moustaches, and the way they responded to grooming and treatment and trimming. They were magnificent. He knew of nobody else who had any moustache half as good.” ― Agatha Christie
“You’re beautiful when you do that.” She dropped her gaze to his. “What’s that?” “Smile.” ― Airicka Phoenix (Best Halloween Quotes)
“Enemies may unite to eliminate a common threat, but never without a wary eye fixed on their ally.” ― Richelle E. Goodrich
“It is Halloween,” he explains coyly. “I wanted to come out as something beautiful. None of this witch stuff for me. My God, don’t we spend our whole life as witches?” ― Paul Russell
“Halloween was the best holiday, in my opinion, because it was all about friends, monsters, and candy, rather than family and responsibility.” ― Margee Kerr
“Halloween shadows played upon the walls of the houses. In the sky the Halloween moon raced in and out of the clouds. The Halloween wind was blowing, not a blasting of wind but a right-sized swelling, falling, and gushing of wind. It was a lovely and exciting night, exactly the kind of night Halloween should be.” ― Eleanor Estes (Halloween Quote)
“I dropped the candies into the children’s bags, thinking: You small mortals don’t realize the power of your stories.”
― Karen Russell
“Nudist Colony Halloween parties are especially scary. They give the word “moon” a new cruel meaning.” ― Ray Palla
“Beware! As you trick or treat. These creatures will find you and make you smell their feet.” ― Casey Browning
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“My Hallowen costume is Godot. I’m not showing up at the party, just texting the host every 10minutes that I’m on my way.” ― Wynne McLaughlin
“The coldest day in fall is at the Hallows Evening ball where ghoulish fun avoids the sun as monsters mingle wall to wall.” ― Richelle E. Goodrich
“Bullying is wrong. It is not okay to bully others back because they bullied you. We learned our lesson with Don the Goat” ― T.R. Durphy (Halloween Quotes)
“My only career goal is to be an halloween icon.” ― Nuno Roque
“Go put on your mask. Say ‘trick-or-treat’ in costume. It’s All Hallows Eve.” ― Richelle E. Goodrich
“She shoved her to the dirty floor and pressed an open palm against her shoulder to hold her down while her rage and sorrow blossomed into a glistening thorn.” ― Amber Newberry
“The world turned upside down – in a good way – for one black velvet night.” ― Karen Fortunati
“Nobody wants to be alone. Sure, we fill our lives with people, faces that come and go, we love a lot only to lose more in the end, and if we’re smart—really smart—we take our victories where we get them. But beneath our skins, we siren.” ― Aaron Dries
“Death was here. The showdown wouldn’t occur with the darkness of Halloween. It had come at dawn, and it bathed them in blood.” ― Cynthia Eden
“I don’t see why we should celebrate a day that means death. Life is scary already, why would we want to make it scarier by using horrible masks? Besides, I prefer to know when my fears are real.” ― Patricia Morais
“the fallen leaves in the forest seemed to make even the ground glow and burn with light” ― Malcolm Lowry
“This is the gateway to Hell, baby… Welcome to The Underworld.” ― Kassandra Cross
“A pumpkin lives but once a year when someone sets its soul afire and on that night it stirs up fear until its flame is snuffed. But e’en one night of eerie light is fright enough.” ― Richelle E. Goodrich
“Halloween is a day in which some people choose to wear a mask… while others finally feel safe to take theirs off.” ― Steve Maraboli
“Across a golden Autumn tapestry appear the spirits of our ancient selves demanding recognition and reward for one haunted night. Sated, they retreat from winter’s onslaught and retire to subconscious hibernation for another twelvemonth.” ― Stewart Stafford
“I’ve always loved Halloween: the one day of the year when you can blatantly dress as your number-one obsession and people will smile instead of snicker.” ― J.C. Lillis
“A red-cape game of retribution is dangerous when a fresh bull with bigger horns waits in the shadows.” ― Richelle E. Goodrich
“Who in their right minds fought against the kind of joy I felt at simply thinking about my enviable situation? I was fortunate. I was comfortable. I was happy. And I hated it.” ― Richelle E. Goodrich
“Sweet revenge always turns bitter eventually.” ― Richelle E. Goodrich
“We use Halloween to scare the kids and bankers to scare the adults.” ― Anthony T Hincks
“The Sibyl Slant stared out of her slit eyes, the disc of her face showing no feeling at all. “Do you suppose you will look the same when you are an old woman as you do now? Most folk have three faces—the face they get when they’re children, the face they own when they’re grown, and the face they’ve earned when they’re old.”
― Catherynne M. Valente
“It was dark, now, the gossamer moon hanging among diamond stars in the soft black of the night.” ― Amber Newberry
“Halloween creatures both friendly & gruesome peered out of the rustling leaves.” ― Kevin Purdy
“The laughter of children filled the crisp air while off-beat rhythms of knocks and door bells mixed with a chorus of “trick or treat” that sang out into the early evening.” ― Amber Newberry
50th of 50 Halloween Quotes
“It’s the monsters that don’t wear costumes that scare me the most at Halloween.” ― Anthony T. Hincks
“If you’re having trouble with the concept of ghosts, then you’re in for a very long evening.” ― Kevin Purdy
“Do you remember the part in our wedding vows about ‘Until death do we part?’ Consider this a bonus round.” ― Kevin Purdy
“I feel the nights stretching away thousands long behind the days till they reach the darkness where all of me is ancestor.” ― Annie Finch
“The jack-o-lantern follows me with tapered, glowing eyes. His yellow teeth grin evily. His cackle I despise. But I shall have the final laugh when Halloween is through. This pumpkin king I’ll split in half to make a pie for two.” ― Richelle E. Goodrich
“Samhain is the threshold to the Season of Death. The fertile fields of summer give way to the bare forests of autumn. As crops slowly die and winter takes over, the cycle of life is once again approaching a renewal.” ― Dacha Avelin
“The sky grew orange and pink, a pale ghost of the full moon appeared above Salem, waiting to glow brilliant in the velvet black hiding just beyond the twilight.” ― Amber Newberry
“As a kid, she’d always loved Halloween. A magic night. A night when anything could happen. Monsters could be real. Magic could whisper in the air.” ― Cynthia Eden
“The murmurings and mutterings grew even more freakish and grotesque as Halloween slithered ever closer.” ― Kevin Purdy
“But that’s what makes it so fun! Life is scary. So why wouldn’t we enjoy and make fun of that fear? It’s like life is trying to makes us fear it, and on this day we just mock its attempts and say ‘no, not today, today I’m not scared of anything you throw at me’.” ― Patricia Morais
“Halloween is the only time people can become what they want to be without getting fired.” ― Sylvester Stallone
“Don’t be alone this Halloween. Invite some friends over to play.” ― Anthony T. Hincks
“If it means battling the armies of Hades, I will fight to the death for you.” ― Richelle E. Goodrich
“Pennywise the Dancing Clown is every menacing figure you see. But the ones who float, in this apt soliloquy, look mighty similar to me. I don’t think we’re all Georgie.” ― A.K. Kuykendall
“I turned my bedroom into a bat-cave of band posters, dark curtains, and the occasional skull. I think by now my distraught parents were seeking advice from their pastor. Andy, meanwhile, calmly remarked, “I like how you’ve found a way to use Halloween decorations year-round.” ― Molly Ringle
“It was in the fall of 1986 that I first saw the devil on the streets of Detroit. We were introduced by a friend who works for a local radio station. “Spend the evening before Halloween with me and I’ll show you something you’ve never seen before,” he promised. “People try to burn down their own neighborhoods. They call it Devil’s Night.” ― Ze’ev Chafets
“The whole spirit of Hallowe’en is, of course, one of “spooky” gayety and light-hearted ghastliness. Witches and ghosts run riot; corpses dance and black cats howl. “More work for the undertaker” should be the leitmotif of the evening’s fun.” ― Donald Ogden Stewart
“My friend Chuck was supposed to help me coach the team. But he told Miss Curdy he had an after-school job. Do you know what his after-school job is? Going home and watching TV. – Steve Boswell” ― R.L. Stine
“Behind me, Mom busily cleaned out the refrigerator, making room for the groceries Dad was out buying. I was dying to tell her about the scary mask. I wanted to show it to her. Maybe put it on and make her scream. But I knew she’d ask too many questions about where I bought it, and how much it cost, and how much of my allowance I used up to pay for it. All questions I couldn’t answer.” ― R.L. Stine
“It isn’t always true that a critical end justifies desperate means.” ― Richelle E. Goodrich
“Ghotes? Vosts?” Heldra suggested. “What should we call ghost voting?” “We shouldn’t be calling it anything,” Ari said, dropping into a chair in frustration and pulling at her hair. “It shouldn’t be happening.” ― Camryn Daytona
“Most people will tell you growing up means you stop believing in Halloween things – I’m telling you the reverse. You start to grow up when you understand that the stuff that scares you is part of the air you breathe.” ― Peter Straub
“Halloween is a celebration of the inversion of reality and a necessary Gothic hat-tip to the darker aspects of life, death and ourselves.” ― Stewart Stafford
“He looked a bit more confused by Stevie and David, but nodded politely. “I’m a watch ad,” David said. “She’s a hipster grandpa. Together, we solve crime.” ― Maureen Johnson
“Could America go as a united country for Halloween this year?” ― Carmine Savastano
“PHANTOMS We are the phantoms of our own ghosts.” ― Anthony T. Hincks
“Silly little monster” all would say. They’d scratch its head and turn away until it snatched their tiny noses. They couldn’t even smell the roses! Ever after, every child dreaded monsters, fierce or mild.” ― Richelle E. Goodrich
“My stubborn little witch,” he said softly. “Don’t believe for a clockwork minute that you are unlovable. If I were a mortal, a man not doomed to walk the earth as a haunted specter, I would be the first suitor in line. Please believe that.” She hiccupped. “You… you’d want to court me?” Jack laughed. “Court you? I’d follow you around like Finney and stare at you all moony-eyed. I’d spend my days fending off your other would-be suitors, my evenings charming Flossie, and my nights stealing kisses at your window.” ― Colleen Houck
“For a witch, you certainly don’t know much about how hauntings work.” ― Colleen Houck
“Oh how the candles will be lit and the wood of worm burn in a fiery dust. For on all Hallow’s Eve will the spirits come to play, and only the fruit of thy womb will satisfy their endless roaming.” ― Solange Nicole (Halloween Quote)
“It took me a moment. I blinked, and suddenly it swam into focus and I had to frown very hard to keep myself from giggling out loud like the schoolgirl Deb had accused me of being. Because he had arranged the arms and legs in letters, and the letters spelled out a single small word: BOO. The three torsos were carefully arranged below the BOO in a quarter-circle, making a cute little Halloween smile. What a scamp.” ― Jeff Lindsay
“Harvey wasn’t interested in the clothes, it was the masks that mesmerized him. They were like snowflakes: no two alike. Some were made of wood and of plastic; some of straw and cloth and papier-mâché. Some were as bright as parrots, others as pale as parchment. Some were so grotesque he was certain they’d been carved by crazy people; others so perfect they looked like the death masks of angels. There were masks of clowns and foxes, masks like skulls decorated with real teeth, and one with carved flames instead of hair.” ― Clive Barker (Halloween Quote)
“Real life… Witches: Wiccan practitioners. Werewolves: rare strain of rabies. Zombies: Prions/Plague. Vampires: Hemophilia/Porphyria” ― Solange nicole
“Please, please, help me grow to be like them, the ones’ll soon be here, who never grow old, can’t die, that’s what they say, can’t die, no matter what, or maybe they died a long time ago but Cecy calls, and Mother and Father call, and Grandmere who only whispers, and now they’re coming and I’m nothing, not like them who pass through walls and live in trees or live underneath until seventeen-year rains flood them up and out, and the ones who run in packs, let me be the one! If they live forever, why not me?” ― Ray Bradbury
“Most people live their lives laying prostrate before a false god, waiting for a cue to rise. There are no cues, only decisions. Shall I have dessert? Shall I have the best of the wine? Shall I love the person next to me? They can all be brought to your table. Rise, I say, rise and look within to the truth, to the light, and tell it your decision.” ― Lawren Leo
“First of all, it was October, a rare month for boys. Not that all months aren’t rare. But one strange year, halloween came early….don’t you ditch me jim nightshade…don’t talk death. Someone might hear…” ― Ray Bradbury
“Henderson sighed. There was a time, he reflected, when the coming of this night meant something. A dark Europe, groaning in superstitious fear, dedicated this Eve to the grinning Unknown. A million doors had once been barred against the evil visitants, a million prayers mumbled, a million candles lit. There was something majestic about the idea, Henderson reflected.” ― Robert Bloch
“I met this six-year-old child, with this blank, pale, emotionless face, and the blackest eyes… the devil’s eyes.” ~Dr. Sam Loomis/Halloween” ― John Carpenter
“Did you know that at one time trick-or-treating was stopped? It’s true. During World War II children were not allowed to trick or treat because there was a sugar shortage.” ― Linda Bozzo (Halloween Quote)
“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 (Halloween Quotes)
“I think if human beings had genuine courage, they’d wear their costumes every day of the year, not just on Halloween. Wouldn’t life be more interesting that way? And now that I think about it, why the heck don’t they? Who made the rule that everybody has to dress like sheep 364 days of the year? Think of all the people you’d meet if they were in costume every day. People would be so much easier to talk to – like talking to dogs. ” ― Douglas Coupland
“I was born on the night of Samhain, when the barrier between the worlds is whisper-thin and when magic, old magic, sings its heady and sweet song to anyone who cares to hear it.” ― Carolyn MacCullough (Halloween Quote)
“For these beings, fall is ever the normal season, the only weather, there be no choice beyond. Where do they come from? The dust. Where do they go? The grave. Does blood stir their veins? No: the night wind. What ticks in their head? The worm. What speaks from their mouth? The toad. What sees from their eye? The snake. What hears with their ear? The abyss between the stars. They sift the human storm for souls, eat flesh of reason, fill tombs with sinners. They frenzy forth….Such are the autumn people.” ― Ray Bradbury
“Eye of newt, and toe of frog, Wool of bat, and tongue of dog, Adder’s fork, and blind-worm’s sting, Lizard’s leg, and owlet’s wing,— For a charm of powerful trouble, Like a hell-broth boil and bubble. Double, double toil and trouble; Fire burn, and caldron bubble.” ― William Shakespeare
“First of all, it was October, a rare month for boys.” ― Ray Bradbury
“The wind outside nested in each tree, prowled the sidewalks in invisible treads like unseen cats. Tom Skelton shivered. Anyone could see that the wind was a special wind this night, and the darkness took on a special feel because it was All Hallows’ Eve. Everything seemed cut from soft black velvet or gold or orange velvet. Smoke panted up out of a thousand chimneys like the plumes of funeral parades. From kitchen windows drifted two pumpkin smells: gourds being cut, pies being baked.” ― Ray Bradbury
“But from that moment on, Hermione Granger became their friend. Because there are somethings you can’t go through in life and become friends, and knocking out a twelve-foot mountain troll is one of them.” ― J.K. Rowling (Best Halloween Quotes)
“October proved a riot a riot to the senses and climaxed those giddy last weeks before Halloween.” ― Keith Donohue
“The farther we’ve gotten from the magic and mystery of our past, the more we’ve come to need Halloween. October Dreams: A celebration of Halloween” ― Paula Curan
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