Spooky Halloween Sayings

At first cock-crow the ghosts must go/Back to their quiet graves below. -Theodosia Garrison

When witches go riding, and black cats are seen/the moon laughs and whispers, ‘tis near Halloween. -19th century Halloween postcard

Just like a ghost, you've been a-hauntin' my dreams, so I'll propose on Halloween. Love is kinda crazy with a spooky little girl like you. -Classics IV

Double, double toil and trouble; fire burn and cauldron bubble. -Shakespeare, "Macbeth"

As I was going up the stair, I met a man who wasn't there/He wasn't there again today...Oh, how I wish he'd go away. -Anonymous

One need not be a chamber to be haunted; One need not be a house; The brain has corridors surpassing Material place. - Emily Dickinson

On Hallowe'en the thing you must do/ Is pretend that nothing can frighten you /And if somethin' scares you and you want to run/ Just let on like it's Hallowe'en fun. -19th Century Halloween postcard

Shadows of a thousand years rise again unseen/ Voices whisper in the trees, "Tonight is Halloween!" - Dexter Kozen

It's Halloween! It's Halloween! The moon is full and bright/ And we shall see what can't be seen On any other night. Skeletons and ghosts and ghouls, Grinning goblins fighting duels/ Werewolves rising from their tombs, Witches on their magic brooms/ In masks and gown we haunt the street /And knock on doors for trick or treat/ Tonight we are the king and queen, For oh tonight it's Halloween! -Jack Prelutsky

There are three things I have learned never to discuss with people: religion, politics and the Great Pumpkin. -Linus Van Pelt in It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown

Come with me All Hallow's night/ We'll frighten everyone in sight/ Such pranks for once, are justified/ And fun and frolic amplified. -19th Century Halloween postcard

'Tis now the very witching time of night, When churchyards yawn and hell itself breathes out Contagion to this world. -William Shakespeare

A grandmother pretends she doesn't know who you are on Halloween. -Erma Bombeck

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... -Mary Shelley, Frankenstein

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. -William Shakespeare

The devil's voice is sweet to hear. -Stephen King

Deep into the darkness peering, long I stood there, wondering, fearing, Doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before. -Edgar Allan Poe, The Raven