- Fun
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- Nov 07, 2020
Haunting Quotes
On memories and moments that quietly linger.
These haunting quotes range from concern over vanishing world languages to the jolt of catching a familiar phrase echoed back through your child's voice. See our Emotion quotes for more.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Cool
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- Nov 07, 2020
For 'The Haunting Hour,' I thought it would be a lot of fun. It was great to play this cool kid role. My episode is called 'The Intruders' and my character is this mean, angry teenager because her younger brother was just born and he gets all of the attention. She's always playing tricks on her family, and there are some cool twists.
- Half
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's haunting to realize that half of the languages of the world are teetering on the brink of extinction.
- Motherhood
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- Nov 07, 2020
Of all the haunting moments of motherhood, few rank with hearing your own words come out of your daughter's mouth.
- Influence
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- Nov 07, 2020
Maven is very much a haunting presence in 'Glass Sword.' His influence is everywhere, and he dogs Mare and Cal like no other. He's my favorite character to write because he's so complex, but also because he affects everyone else so deeply. He's kind of like the source of gravity. Everyone moves around him and what he's done.
- Ignore
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- Nov 07, 2020
Humans can no longer ignore nonhumans: they end up haunting the words we use and interrupting everyday talk.
- Day
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- Nov 07, 2020
I grew up in a haunting postindustrial landscape where prehistoric ferns grew among tens of railway tracks surmounted by brilliant arc lights where birds nested and sang in the dead of night, because for them, it was day.
- Movement
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- Nov 07, 2020
Perhaps this is our strange and haunting paradox here in America - that we are fixed and certain only when we are in movement.
- Language
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- Nov 07, 2020
What Bradbury had that most other science-fiction writers didn't have at that time was a love for beautiful language, evocative description, and haunting phrases that would stick with the reader.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
It was one of those early mid-life crises, really. I started asking myself, 'What is it that I want from my life?' This question kept haunting me: 'Do I want to be a lawyer who always wanted to be a writer, or do I actually want to be a writer?
- Kid
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- Nov 07, 2020
As a kid, I was obsessed with myths and legends and the haunting beauty of gothic stories.
- Bible
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't think they necessarily do nearly as much haunting as people think. If you believe in the Bible, pretty much part of the deal that goes with it is ghosts.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
I love great locations in movies, and I couldn't believe I'd never seen a landfill on screen before. It was the most haunting place.
- Courage
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- Nov 07, 2020
I love fairy tales because of their haunting beauty and magical strangeness. They are set in worlds where anything can happen. Frogs can be kings, a thicket of brambles can hide a castle where a royal court has lain asleep for a hundred years, a boy can outwit a giant, and a girl can break a curse with nothing but her courage and steadfastness.
- Food
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- Nov 07, 2020