Ghost stories have held a captivating and spine-tingling place in our collective imagination for centuries. These tales of the supernatural, often shrouded in mystery, have the power to evoke a wide range of emotions, from fear and dread to fascination and intrigue. Within the realm of ghost stories, there exists a unique subgenre known as “Duplicitous Ghosts,” where spirits or apparitions manifest in unexpected and unsettling ways, often involving deception or hidden motives. This collection of quotes explores the eerie world of ghost stories, shedding light on the duality of these spectral beings and the shivers they send down our spines.
Best Ghost Stories Dub Qoutes
- “I am all in a sea of wonders. I doubt; I fear; I think strange things, which I dare not confess to my own soul.” – Bram Stoker, “Dracula”
- “In the haunted house of life, art is the only stair that doesn’t creak.” – Tom Robbins
- “The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown.” – H.P. Lovecraft
- “Fear is the most intimate partner I have ever known.” – H.P. Lovecraft
- “There is something at work in my soul, which I do not understand.” – Mary Shelley, “Frankenstein”
- “A ghost is someone who hasn’t made it – in other words, who died, and they don’t know they’re dead.” – Peter Straub
- “The world is indeed full of peril, and in it there are many dark places; but still there is much that is fair, and though in all lands love is now mingled with grief, it grows perhaps the greater.” – J.R.R. Tolkien, “The Fellowship of the Ring”
- “The ghostly winter silence had given way to the great spring murmur of awakening life.” – Jack London
- “The dead might as well try to speak to the living as the old to the young.” – Willa Cather, “My Ántonia”
- “There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy.” – William Shakespeare, “Hamlet”
- “All human wisdom is contained in these two words – ‘Wait and Hope.'” – Alexandre Dumas, “The Count of Monte Cristo”
- “Do not go gentle into that good night, Old age should burn and rave at close of day; Rage, rage against the dying of the light.” – Dylan Thomas
- “I’ve dreamt in my life dreams that have stayed with me ever after, and changed my ideas: they’ve gone through and through me, like wine through water, and altered the colour of my mind.” – Emily Brontë, “Wuthering Heights”
- “There are darknesses in life and there are lights, and you are one of the lights, the light of all lights.” – Bram Stoker, “Dracula”
- “It is the unknown we fear when we look upon death and darkness, nothing more.” – J.K. Rowling, “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince”
- “The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown.” – H.P. Lovecraft
- “It was a house without kindness, never meant to be lived in, not a fit place for people or for love or for hope.” – Shirley Jackson, “The Haunting of Hill House”
- “It’s a life’s journey of finding ourselves, finding our power, and living for yourself, not for everyone else.” – Mariska Hargitay
- “We are the sum of all people we have ever met; you change the tribe and the tribe changes you.” – Celia Brayfield
- “Everything that is done in the world is done by hope.” – Martin Luther
- “Ghost stories appeal to our craving for immortality. If you can be afraid of a ghost, then you have to believe that a ghost may exist. And if a ghost exists, then oblivion might not be the end.” – Jeanette Winterson
- “To die will be an awfully big adventure.” – J.M. Barrie, “Peter Pan”
- “The boundary between the supernatural and the psychological is not as clear as one might think.” – Shirley Jackson
- “We must learn what customers really want, not what they say they want or what we think they should want.” – Eric Ries
- “There are three things all wise men fear: the sea in storm, a night with no moon, and the anger of a gentle man.” – Patrick Rothfuss, “The Name of the Wind”
- “Fear is a strange soil. It grows obedience like corn, which grow in straight lines to make weeding easier.” – Marilynne Robinson, “Gilead”
- “We all go a little mad sometimes.” – Robert Bloch, “Psycho”
- “The soul, fortunately, has an interpreter – often an unconscious but still a faithful interpreter – in the eye.” – Charlotte Brontë, “Jane Eyre”
- “When you look into an abyss, the abyss also looks into you.” – Friedrich Nietzsche
- “For man is essentially alone, a ghost imprisoned in a machine.” – Gilbert Ryle
- “Fear is the path to the dark side. Fear leads to anger, anger leads to hate, hate leads to suffering.” – Yoda, “Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace”
- “Listen to them, the children of the night. What music they make!” – Bram Stoker, “Dracula”
- “The dark does not destroy the light; it defines it.” – Brene Brown
- “People die, I think, but your relationship with them doesn’t. It continues and is ever-changing.” – Jandy Nelson, “The Sky Is Everywhere”
- “Happiness can be found even in the darkest of times if one only remembers to turn on the light.” – J.K. Rowling, “Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban”
- “No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.” – Eleanor Roosevelt
- “You can’t connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backward.” – Steve Jobs
- “There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.” – Maya Angelou
- “All that we see or seem is but a dream within a dream.” – Edgar Allan Poe
- “It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done; it is a far, far better rest that I go to than I have ever known.” – Charles Dickens, “A Tale of Two Cities”
- “To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
- “Beware; for I am fearless, and therefore powerful.” – Mary Shelley, “Frankenstein”
- “The only way to do great work is to love what you do.” – Steve Jobs
- “I’m so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers.” – L.M. Montgomery, “Anne of Green Gables”
- “It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves.” – William Shakespeare, “Julius Caesar”
- “Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.” – Martin Luther King Jr.
- “We are all fools in love.” – Jane Austen
- “We’re all human, aren’t we? Every human life is worth the same, and worth saving.” – J.K. Rowling, “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows”
- “The ghosts of things that never happened are worse than the ghosts of things that did.” – L.M. Montgomery, “Emily of New Moon”
- “You don’t have to be rich to travel well.” – Eugene Fodor
- “There is no one alive who is youer than you.” – Dr. Seuss
- “The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.” – Socrates
- “All that we see or seem is but a dream within a dream.” – Edgar Allan Poe
- “It’s the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting.” – Paulo Coelho, “The Alchemist”
- “To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
- “You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.” – C.S. Lewis
- “A room without books is like a body without a soul.” – Marcus Tullius Cicero
- “The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.” – Franklin D. Roosevelt
- “In three words I can sum up everything I’ve learned about life: it goes on.” – Robert Frost
- “The past cannot be changed. The future is yet in your power.” – Mary Pickford
- “We are all fools in love.” – Jane Austen
- “We’re all human, aren’t we? Every human life is worth the same, and worth saving.” – J.K. Rowling, “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows”
- “The ghosts of things that never happened are worse than the ghosts of things that did.” – L.M. Montgomery, “Emily of New Moon”
- “You don’t have to be rich to travel well.” – Eugene Fodor
- “There is no one alive who is youer than you.” – Dr. Seuss
- “The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.” – Socrates
- “All that we see or seem is but a dream within a dream.” – Edgar Allan Poe
- “It’s the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting.” – Paulo Coelho, “The Alchemist”
- “To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
- “You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.” – C.S. Lewis
- “A room without books is like a body without a soul.” – Marcus Tullius Cicero
- “The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.” – Franklin D. Roosevelt
- “In three words I can sum up everything I’ve learned about life: it goes on.” – Robert Frost
- “The past cannot be changed. The future is yet in your power.” – Mary Pickford
- “Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all.” – Helen Keller
- “The best way to predict the future is to create it.” – Peter Drucker
- “Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.” – Martin Luther King Jr.
- “I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.” – Thomas A. Edison
- “You may say I’m a dreamer, but I’m not the only one. I hope someday you’ll join us. And the world will live as one.” – John Lennon
- “It is our choices that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.” – J.K. Rowling, “Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets”
- “The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.” – Franklin D. Roosevelt
- “The unexamined life is not worth living.” – Socrates
- “Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I’m not sure about the universe.” – Albert Einstein
- “The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.” – Nelson Mandela
- “Sometimes the questions are complicated and the answers are simple.” – Dr. Seuss
- “Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.” – Confucius
- “The only thing standing between you and your goal is the story you keep telling yourself as to why you can’t achieve it.” – Jordan Belfort
- “The road to success and the road to failure are almost exactly the same.” – Colin R. Davis
- “It’s not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.” – Epictetus
- “You are what you believe yourself to be.” – Paulo Coelho
- “If you don’t stand for something, you will fall for anything.” – Malcolm X
- “It is never too late to be what you might have been.” – George Eliot
- “You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.” – Wayne Gretzky
- “The only way to do great work is to love what you do.” – Steve Jobs
- “It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.” – Aristotle
- “Your time is limited, don’t waste it living someone else’s life.” – Steve Jobs
- “Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions.” – Dalai Lama
- “If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else.” – Booker T. Washington
- “The only journey is the one within.” – Rainer Maria Rilke
- “The best revenge is massive success.” – Frank Sinatra
- “The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
- “The mind is everything. What you think you become.” – Buddha
- “In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.” – Martin Luther King Jr.
- “The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.” – Walt Disney
- “The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don’t have any.” – Alice Walker
- “All our dreams can come true if we have the courage to pursue them.” – Walt Disney
- “What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
- “I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: ‘We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal.'” – Martin Luther King Jr.
- “We can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorns have roses.” – Alphonse Karr
- “Keep your face always toward the sunshine—and shadows will fall behind you.” – Walt Whitman
- The only way to do great work is to love what you do.” – Steve Jobs
- “Life is what happens when you’re busy making other plans.” – John Lennon
- “To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.” – Oscar Wilde
- “Success is not final, failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts.” – Winston Churchill
- “The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.” – Franklin D. Roosevelt
- “The only thing standing between you and your goal is the story you keep telling yourself as to why you can’t achieve it.” – Jordan Belfort
- “The road to success and the road to failure are almost exactly the same.” – Colin R. Davis
- “It’s not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.” – Epictetus
- “You are what you believe yourself to be.” – Paulo Coelho
- “If you don’t stand for something, you will fall for anything.” – Malcolm X
- “It is never too late to be what you might have been.” – George Eliot
- “You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.” – Wayne Gretzky
- “The only way to do great work is to love what you do.” – Steve Jobs
- “It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.” – Aristotle
- “Your time is limited, don’t waste it living someone else’s life.” – Steve Jobs
- “Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions.” – Dalai Lama
- “If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else.” – Booker T. Washington
- “The only journey is the one within.” – Rainer Maria Rilke
- “The best revenge is massive success.” – Frank Sinatra
- “The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
- “The mind is everything. What you think you become.” – Buddha
- “In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.” – Martin Luther King Jr.
- “The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.” – Walt Disney
- “The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don’t have any.” – Alice Walker
- “All our dreams can come true if we have the courage to pursue them.” – Walt Disney
- “What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
- “I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: ‘We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal.'” – Martin Luther King Jr.
- “We can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorns have roses.” – Alphonse Karr
- “Keep your face always toward the sunshine—and shadows will fall behind you.” – Walt Whitman
- “The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now.” – Chinese Proverb
- “The only person you should try to be better than is the person you were yesterday.” – Unknown
- “Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work.” – Steve Jobs
- “Don’t watch the clock; do what it does. Keep going.” – Sam Levenson
- “The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.” – Eleanor Roosevelt
- “You can’t use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have.” – Maya Angelou
- “What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals.” – Zig Ziglar
- “The only limits that exist are the ones you place on yourself.” – Dr. Wayne Dyer
- “Dream big and dare to fail.” – Norman Vaughan
- “Every strike brings me closer to the next home run.” – Babe Ruth
- “If you’re going through hell, keep going.” – Winston Churchill
- “In the middle of every difficulty lies opportunity.” – Albert Einstein
- “The harder I work, the luckier I get.” – Samuel Goldwyn
- “Success is walking from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm.” – Winston Churchill
- “Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life.” – Steve Jobs
- “You don’t have to be a genius or a visionary or even a college graduate to be successful. You just need a framework and a dream.” – Michael Dell
- “It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.” – Confucius
- “I can’t change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination.” – Jimmy Dean
- “The biggest risk is not taking any risk. In a world that is changing quickly, the only strategy that is guaranteed to fail is not taking risks.” – Mark Zuckerberg
- “Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.” – Henry David Thoreau
- “The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.” – Walt Disney
- “The only way to do great work is to love what you do.” – Steve Jobs
- “Life is what happens when you’re busy making other plans.” – John Lennon
- “To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.” – Oscar Wilde
- “Success is not final, failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts.” – Winston Churchill
- “The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.” – Franklin D. Roosevelt
- “The only thing standing between you and your goal is the story you keep telling yourself as to why you can’t achieve it.” – Jordan Belfort
- “The road to success and the road to failure are almost exactly the same.” – Colin R. Davis
- “It’s not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.” – Epictetus
- “You are what you believe yourself to be.” – Paulo Coelho
- “If you don’t stand for something, you will fall for anything.” – Malcolm X
- “It is never too late to be what you might have been.” – George Eliot
- “You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.” – Wayne Gretzky
- “The only way to do great work is to love what you do.” – Steve Jobs
- “It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.” – Aristotle
- “Your time is limited, don’t waste it living someone else’s life.” – Steve Jobs
- “Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions.” – Dalai Lama
- “If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else.” – Booker T. Washington
- “The only journey is the one within.” – Rainer Maria Rilke
- “The best revenge is massive success.” – Frank Sinatra
- “The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
- “The mind is everything. What you think you become.” – Buddha
- “In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.” – Martin Luther King Jr.
- “The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.” – Walt Disney
- “The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don’t have any.” – Alice Walker
- “All our dreams can come true if we have the courage to pursue them.” – Walt Disney
- “What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
- “I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: ‘We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal.'” – Martin Luther King Jr.
- “We can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorns have roses.” – Alphonse Karr
- “Keep your face always toward the sunshine—and shadows will fall behind you.” – Walt Whitman
- “The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now.” – Chinese Proverb
- “The only person you should try to be better than is the person you were yesterday.” – Unknown
- “Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work.” – Steve Jobs
- “Don’t watch the clock; do what it does. Keep going.” – Sam Levenson
- “The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.” – Eleanor Roosevelt
- “You can’t use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have.” – Maya Angelou
- “What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals.” – Zig Ziglar
- “The only limits that exist are the ones you place on yourself.” – Dr. Wayne Dyer
- “Dream big and dare to fail.” – Norman Vaughan
- “Every strike brings me closer to the next home run.” – Babe Ruth
- “If you’re going through hell, keep going.” – Winston Churchill
Final Words;
In the realm of ghost stories, the concept of duplicitous ghosts adds an extra layer of complexity and intrigue. These spirits challenge our understanding of the supernatural, revealing that not all encounters with the otherworldly are as straightforward as they may seem. As we contemplate the quotes within this collection, we are reminded that the mysterious and the deceptive can lurk in the most unexpected places, even in the ethereal realm of the afterlife. These quotes invite us to ponder the enigmatic nature of ghostly apparitions and the unsettling truths they may reveal about the boundary between the living and the dead. While we may never fully understand the motives of duplicitous ghosts, their stories continue to captivate and send shivers down our spines, reminding us of the enduring power of the ghost story genre in our collective imagination.
