{"id":1441200,"date":"2024-10-02T11:01:18","date_gmt":"2024-10-02T15:01:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sparknotes.com\/blog\/?p=1441200"},"modified":"2024-10-02T11:01:19","modified_gmt":"2024-10-02T15:01:19","slug":"17-creepy-quotes-from-literature","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/blog\/17-creepy-quotes-from-literature\/","title":{"rendered":"17 Deliciously Creepy Quotes from Books"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"701\" height=\"394\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sparknotes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/102020creepyquotesinlit_LargeWide.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1448312\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sparknotes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/102020creepyquotesinlit_LargeWide.jpg 701w, https:\/\/www.sparknotes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/102020creepyquotesinlit_LargeWide-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 701px) 100vw, 701px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Some people enjoy being spooked, but me? I only like to be sort of spooked. You know, semi-spooked. Just <em>barely<\/em> spooked. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I won&#8217;t, for example, watch a scary movie, but I WILL read the summary on Wikipedia. I won&#8217;t willingly enter a haunted house, but I WILL stand outside holding everyone&#8217;s bags and purses. Would I ever stroll around a graveyard at midnight? Explore an abandoned asylum? Investigate a haunted castle? No! Are you even listening? I&#8217;d wait in the car, then leave early. Home by 8:45, in bed by 9.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you, too, are the sort of person who only likes to be just barely spooked, then here is a slideshow of creepy quotes from horror novels for you to peruse. (It&#8217;s preferable to reading the actual book and then sleeping with the lights on for three weeks.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some people enjoy being spooked, but me? I only like to be sort of spooked. You know, semi-spooked. Just barely spooked. I won&#8217;t, for example, watch a scary movie, but I WILL read the summary   <a class=\"continue-reading\" href=\"#\"><span class=\"continue-text\">continue reading<\/span><svg class=\"continue-icon\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" alt=\"\">\n    <path fill=\"#007acd\" fill-rule=\"nonzero\" d=\"M13.442 5.558L19.885 12l-6.443 6.442-.884-.884 4.934-4.934L4 12.625v-1.25l13.492-.001-4.934-4.932.884-.884z\"><\/path>\n  <\/svg><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":182,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7],"tags":[628,2335,529,18400,25017],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1441200"}],"collection":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/182"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1441200"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1441200\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1448323,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1441200\/revisions\/1448323"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1441200"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1441200"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1441200"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}