Gothic Horror Fiction Quotes

“To me, Gothic fiction is the literary representation of the stormy gloom of the British Isles.”
― Stewart Stafford

“So I’ll be wed in the Church of the Holy Incestuous Mushroom?” she intoned. “I doubt that’s valid.”
― Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Mexican Gothic

“Eliza focuses on Christ’s expression, appalling in a serenity as disproportionate to the scene as the weeping Marys. Where is your anger? Eliza questions. Sunday by Sunday she asks and receives no answer. I am angry, I am furious! She knows the impropriety of these feelings; she knows Christ suffers for her immortal soul. Can I not be both grateful for the miracle and angry at the injustice? Who can look at Christ’s face, his jutting ribs, the discoloration of rot rising on the skin of his dying feet, his dying hands – who can look upon this man and lack fury?”
― Erzsebet Carmean, Aulisyn A Gothic Sci-Fi Novel

“Five generations a murderer, Lothar Teryan, five generations of dying children, starved mothers, unending laments. There is nought bad enough for you!”
― Erzsebet Carmean, Aulisyn A Gothic Sci-Fi Novel

“Please, I will do anything. Whatever you want. Please let him be in here,” I plead every time.
I beg the gods for his return. Good, bad or whatever may come. I just want to see him, but alas, my pleas go unheard and my faith is now lost. How could they take him away? I begin to question those who say it is God’s will.”
― Satish Garibah, 1990