77 Quotes About Ghost-stories

we need ghost stories because we, in fact, are the ghosts.

St. Augustine is not only the oldest continuously-occupied European settlement on the American continent, it is also perhaps the most haunted city in the United States. Seemingly every spot in this city has some ghostly hidden history, right below the surface. Just by strolling through the historic streets you can hear the whispers of the long-dead.

Do you feel me curling around you, soft as mist?

Maybe Lily was my first true love,maybe it was Maiara, or maybe it was just him, Iguess I have had more love in my life, which Ilooked over yet not knowing that I did? –Do youunderstand what that is like? That is just like somequestions do not have any real answers. Just likehow these angels have like a layer of defense, andthat is like a glowing orb of light around themeither white or black.

The hotel was a blazing citadel, a palace of electricity in the city’s cold gloom.

Like many predators, boys hunt in packs.

I had neither proof nor explanation, only that mad inner surety that I suspect is characteristic of all those who hear voices in an empty room, whether those voices be spectral or merely delusional.

Dinner was surprisingly pleasant. Ratcliffe’s friends did not know what to make of his sponsorship of me, but he said something about archaeology and museums, and they fell over themselves in their anxiety not to hear anything more. When none of them were watching, Ratcliffe winked at me.

He walked like a conqueror, like a lion. He could not have been more than twenty-two or twenty-three. His eyes were not merely vivid blue; they were intense, blazing, as if they were lit from within, as if this young man was bringing a flame that no one else could feel. His mouth was twisted in a mocking smile. He had known I would look.