Halloween Quotes 2023 — 55 Best Quotes, Captions and Sayings for Spooky October Vibes

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‘Tis the season when gardens and homes transform, donning their eerie attire of fake cobwebs and chilling Halloween decorations. The ambiance shifts, welcoming the long-awaited holiday that lures trick-or-treaters to front porches adorned with spine-tingling decor. While Halloween’s allure might not ensnare everyone, for those who eagerly embrace the eerie, it’s a time to carve jack-o’-lanterns, savour pumpkin-spiced drinks, select the perfect costume, and indulge in a sweet bounty of candies.

For those seeking to revel in the season’s spirit, our curated collection of quotes, captions, and sayings echoes the sentiments of Ray Bradbury and Charlie Brown, summoning the essence of Hocus Pocus and the magical elements of the Rocky Horror Picture Show.

As October’s nights stretch on, these Halloween quotes transport you to the heart of the unknown, encapsulating the very fabric of Halloween’s mystique in every phrase. So whether you’re enchanted by the allure of witches’ brews, captivated by the enigma of the black velvet night, or simply craving the thrill of the spooky, let these words conjure the spine-chilling nobility of Halloween in all its enigmatic glory!

55 of the Best Spookiest Halloween Quotes, Captions and Sayings for October Vibes

1 | “Halloween is an ancient druidic holiday, one the Celtic peoples have celebrated for millennia. It is the crack between the last golden rays of summer and the dark of winter, the delicately balanced tweak of the year before it is given over entirely to the dark, a time for the souls of the departed to squint, to peek and perhaps to travel through the gap.” – Jenny Colgan, Welcome to Rosie Hopkins’ Sweetshop of Dreams

2 | “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, The Witch Family

3 | “We have had our summer evenings, now for October eves” – Humbert Wolfe, British Poet

4 | “On Halloween you get to become anything that you want to be” – Ava Dellaria, American Author

5 | “When the witches go riding, and black cats are seen, the moon laughs and whispers ’tis near Halloween” – Unknown

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6 | “I’m so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers” – L.M. Montgomery, Canadian Author

7 | “It’s Halloween; everyone’s entitled to one good scare” – Brackett, Halloween (1978)

8 | “I love Halloween, and I love that feeling; the cold air, the spooky dangers lurking around the corner” – Evan Peters, American Actor

9 | “During the day, I don’t believe in ghosts. At night, I’m a little more open-minded” – Unknown

10 | “When black cats prowl and pumpkins gleam, may luck be yours on Halloween” – Unknown

11 | “Shadows of a thousand years rise again unseen. Voices whisper in the trees, ‘Tonight is Halloween!’ ” – Dexter Kozen

12 | “Halloween wraps fear in innocence, as though it were a slightly sour sweet. Let terror, then, be turned into a treat…” – Nicholas Gordon

13 | “I must go in. The fog is rising.” – Emily Dickinson

14 | “There is a child in every one of us who is still a trick-or-treater looking for a brightly-lit front porch” – Robert Brault, American Author

15 | “Magic is really very simple, all you’ve got to do is to want something, and then let yourself have it” – Aggie Cromwell, Halloweentown

16 | “There are nights when the wolves are silent, and only the moon howls” – George Carlin, American Comedian

17 | “Nothing on Earth so beautiful as the final haul on Halloween night” – Steve Almond, American Short Story Writer

18 | “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, Once a Witch

19 | “Deep into the darkness peering, long I stood there, wondering, fearing, doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before” – Edgar Allen Poe, The Raven

20 | “Everyday is Halloween, isn’t it? For some of us” – Tim Burton, American Filmmaker

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21 | “The only thing we have to fear is fear itself…and spiders!” – Unknown

22 | “The farther we’ve gotten from the magic and mystery of our past, the more we’ve come to need Halloween” – Paula Guran, American Author

23 | “It’s a full moon tonight. That’s why all the weirdos are out” – Dani, Hocus Pocus

24 | “Werewolves howl. Phantoms prowl. Halloween’s upon us now.” – Richelle E. Goodrich, American Author

25 | “There is magic in the night when pumpkins glow by moonlight” – Unknown

26 | “Halloween is not only about putting on a costume, but it’s about finding the imagination and costume within ourselves” – Elvis Durran, Radio Show personality

27 | “Have you come to sing pumpkin carols?” – Linus, It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown

28 | “Do you believe in destiny? That even the powers of time can be altered for a single purpose” – Bram Stoker, Dracula

29 | “When the witches went waltzing” – Linda Williams

30 | ” ‘Tis the night – the night of the graves 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 Cox, American Writer

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31 | “It’s as much fun to scare as to be scared” – Vincent Price

32 | “She used to tell me that a full moon was when mysterious things happen and wishes come true” – Shannon A. Thompson, American Author

33 | “On Halloween, witches come true; wild ghosts escape from dreams. Each monster dances in the park.” – Nicholas Gordon, Poet

34 | “There is something haunting in the light of the moon” – Joseph Conrad, Polish-British Writer

35 | “The moon has awoken with the sleep of the sun, the light has been broken; the spell has begun” – Midgard Morningstar

36 | “A house is never still in darkness to those who listen intently; there is a whispering in the distant chambers, an unearthly hand presses the snib of the window, the latch rises. Ghosts were created when the first man woke in the night” – J.M. Barrie, Scottish Author

37 | “October was always the least dependable of months…full of ghosts and shadows” – Joy Fielding

38 | “There is something at work in my soul, which I do not understand” – Mary Shelley. Frankenstein

39 | “Believe nothing you hear, and only one half that you see” – Edgar Allan Poe

40 | “Halloween is an opportunity to be really creative” Judy Gold, American Comedian

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41 | “Witch and ghost make merry on this last day of dear October days” – Unknown

42 | “Shadows mutter, mist replies; darkness purrs as midnight sighs” – Rusty Fischer, American Author

43 | “Men say that in this midnight hour, the disembodied have power” – William Motherwell

44 | “The dead rise again, the bats fly, terror strikes, and screams echo, for tonight its Halloween” – Unknown

45 | “Darkness falls across the land; The Midnight Hour is close at hand” – Rodney Lynn Temperton

46 | “The World turned upside down – in a good way – for one black velvet night” Karen Fortunati, American author.

47 | “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” – Ray Bradbury

48 | “For a witch you certainly don’t know much about how hauntings work” – Colleen Houck

49 | “Listen to them – the children of the night. What music they make!” – Bram Stoker, Irish Author

50 | “Double, Double toil and trouble; Fire burn and couldron bubble” – William Shakespeare, Macbeth.

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51 | “You must believe me, it was a horseman, a dead one! Headless!” – Ichabod Crane, Sleepy Hollow

52 | “It’s all just a bunch of hocus pocus” – Max, Hocus Pocus

53 | “Trick or treat, bag of sweets, ghosts are walking down the street.” – Unknown

54 | “Sticky fingers, tired feet; one last house, trick or treat!” – Rusty Fischer, American Author

55 | “When there is no imagination, there is no horror” – Arthur Conan Doyle, British Writer

Have a great Halloween!