Holidays & Occasions Halloween 60 Halloween Quotes To Celebrate The Spooky Season Get inspiration for your Halloween playlists and Instagram captions with these spooky quotes. By Zoe Denenberg Zoe Denenberg Zoe is a professional baker and writer. Zoe has written 300+ stories for Southern Living print and digital, focusing on food, travel, and culture. She draws on her own culinary knowledge to translate complicated techniques into easily digestible terms for home cooks. Southern Living's editorial guidelines Updated on September 21, 2023 Trending Videos Close this video player Photo: Jaredq Eygabroad / EyeEm / Getty Images When the full moon is shining and the wolves are howling, it's time for Halloween's spooky spectacle. The snickering grins of jack-o'-lanterns glow from lit porches. Kids skip down the block in creative costumes, touting bags full of candy and shouting "Trick or Treat!" at the top of their lungs. Watchful parents follow behind, walking the costume-clad dog, and reveling in Halloween's laughter and joy. Halloween is funny, spooky, cheerful, and nostalgic all at once, so we've rounded up our favorite quotes for all the different spirits that Halloween stirs. 01 of 06 Classic Halloween Movie Quotes Southern Living "It's Halloween; everyone's entitled to one good scare." –Brackett, Halloween"A person should always choose a costume which is in direct contrast to her own personality." –Lucy Van Pelt, It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown"It's all just a bunch of hocus pocus!" –Max, Hocus Pocus"Have you come to sing pumpkin carols?" –Linus, It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown"By the pricking of my thumbs, something wicked this way comes." –William Shakespeare, Macbeth"Magic is really very simple, all you've got to do is want something and then let yourself have it." –Aggie Cromwell, Halloweentown"Double, double toil and trouble; Fire burn and cauldron bubble." –William Shakespeare, Macbeth"Just because I cannot see it, doesn't mean I can't believe it!" –Jack Skellington, The Nightmare Before Christmas“There’s a little witch in all of us.” — Alice Hoffman, Practical Magic 02 of 06 Spooky Halloween Quotes Southern Living "There are nights when the wolves are silent and only the moon howls." –George Carlin"'Tis the night—the night of the grave's delight, and the warlocks are at their play; Ye think that without the wild winds shout, but no, it is they—it is they." –Cleveland Coxe"Halloween wraps fear in innocence, as though it were a slightly sour sweet. Let terror, then, be turned into a treat…" –Nicholas Gordon"On Halloween, witches come true; wild ghosts escape from dreams. Each monster dances in the park." –Nick Gordon"The farther we've gotten from the magic and mystery of our past, the more we've come to need Halloween." –Paula Guran"If human beings had genuine courage, they'd wear their costumes every day of the year, not just on Halloween." –Douglas Coupland"Shadows of a thousand years rise again unseen. Voices whisper in the trees, 'Tonight is Halloween!'" –Dexter Kozen"The world turned upside down—in a good way—for one black velvet night." –Karen Fortunati“Tis now the very witching time of night, when churchyards yawn and hell itself breathes out contagion to this world.” — William Shakespeare, “Hamlet”"Candle, spoon and carving knife: / nearing the vigil of the dead, / let’s impose a little life / upon a ripening, faceless head.” -Robert B. Shaw, “Jack O’ Lantern”"When witches go riding, and black cats are seen. / The moon laughs and whispers, ‘tis near Halloween." - Unknown"I am the who when you call, 'Who's there?' / I am the wind blowing through your hair / I am the shadow on the moon at night / Filling your dreams to the brim with fright" -"This is Halloween," The Nightmare Before Christmas"Listen to them, the children of the night. What music they make!" -Count Dracula, Dracula 03 of 06 Happy Halloween Quotes for Instagram Southern Living "I love Halloween, and I love that feeling: the cold air, the spooky dangers lurking around the corner." –Evan Peters"When black cats prowl and pumpkins gleam, may luck be yours on Halloween." –Unknown"We have had our summer evenings, now for October eves!" –Humbert Wolfe"Nothing on earth is so beautiful as the final haul on Halloween night." –Steve Almond"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"Clothes make a statement. Costumes tell a story." –Mason Cooley"Ghosts and goblins come to play on October's final day!" –Rusty Fischer"Halloween is not only about putting on a costume, but it's about finding the imagination and costume within ourselves." –Elvis Duran"On Halloween night, the Great Pumpkin rises from his pumpkin patch and flies through the air with his bag of toys to all the children." -It's The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown"Life's no fun without a good scare." -Lock, Shock, and Barrel, The Nightmare Before Christmas 04 of 06 Funny Halloween Quotes And Sayings Southern Living "Witch parking only. All others will be Toad!" –Unknown"The only thing we have to fear is fear itself…and spiders." –Unknown"Reese's in Peace." –Unknown"This witch can be bribed with chocolate." –Unknown"During the day, I don't believe in ghosts. At night, I'm a little more open-minded." –Unknown"Don't make me get my flying monkeys." –Unknown"Hope all the candies don't go to WAIST." –Unknown"Say boo and scary on." –Unknown"There are three things I've learned never to discuss with people: religion, politics, and the Great Pumpkin." -Lucy, It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown“If I’d known you were coming, I could’ve made up the dungeon.” — Morticia Addams, The Addams Family"I've seen enough horror movies to know that any weirdo wearing a mask is never friendly." - Elizabeth, Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives"You seem a man of good...taste." -Count Dracula, Dracula 05 of 06 Famous Halloween Quotes Southern Living "Every day is Halloween, isn't it? For some of us." – Tim Burton"Werewolves howl. Phantoms prowl. Halloween's upon us now." – Richelle E. Goodrich"Where there is no imagination there is no horror." – Arthur Conan Doyle"There is something haunting in the light of the moon." – Joseph Conrad"Everyone is a moon and has a dark side, which he never shows to anybody." – Mark Twain"I'm so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers." – L. M. Montgomery"There is nothing that gives more assurance than a mask." – Colette"We make up horrors to help us cope with the real ones.” -Stephen King“It's as much fun to scare as to be scared.” -Vincent Price 06 of 06 Halloween Quotes For Kids Southern Living "He did the mash/He did the monster mash/The monster mash/It was a graveyard smash." –Bobby "Boris" Pickett, Monster Mash"A candy a day keeps the monsters away." –Unknown"Trick or treat, bag of sweets, ghosts are walking down the street." –Unknown"Sticky fingers, tired feet; one last house, trick or treat!" –Rusty Fischer"On Halloween you get to become anything that you want to be." –Ava Dellaria"If the broom fits, ride it!" –Unknown"Chew that toffee, munch those treats / Get that caramel in your teeth. / Then come see me, I'll be here- / I'm your friendly dentist, dear." -Shel Silverstein, "The One Who Invented Trick or Treat" Was this page helpful? Thanks for your feedback! Tell us why! Other Submit