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Scary lines from literature that will give you goosebumps

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Scary lines from literature

Some authors write so well they can evoke fear with just one line. Here are some scary quotes from these authors to give you goosebumps this Halloween:

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Mark Twain

"Everyone is a moon and has a dark side, which he never shows to anybody."
Mark Twain

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Mike Carey and Peter Gross

"We make our own monsters, then fear them for what they show us about ourselves."
Mike Carey and Peter Gross

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Joe Hill

"Maybe all the schemes of the devil were nothing compared to what man could think up."
Joe Hill

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Max Brooks

"The monsters that rose from the dead, they are nothing compared to the ones we carry in our hearts."
Max Brooks

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Clive Barker

"Everybody is a book of blood; wherever we're opened, we're red."
Clive Barker

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Stephen King

"Monsters are real, ghosts are real too. They live inside us, and sometimes, they win."
Stephen King

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Robert Bloch

"Despite my ghoulish reputation, I really have the heart of a small boy. I keep it in a jar on my desk."
Robert Bloch

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Emily Dickinson

"One need not be a chamber to be haunted. One need not be a house. The brain has corridors surpassing material place."
Emily Dickinson

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Scary lines from literature that will give you goosebumps