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{{quote|''[[Memetic Mutation|It is pitch black. You are likely to be eaten by a grue.]]''|''[[Zork]]''}}

{{quote|''Inside the mailbox is absolutely nothing.''~~ ~~

{{quote|''Inside the mailbox is absolutely nothing.''

''Nothing after nothing came bursting out.''|''[[Mother 3]]'', during the [[Mushroom Samba]] sequence}}

{{quote|''"'''Real''' terror is not the sight of death. It is the fear of death. What is the fear of death? Terror of the unknown."''|'''Pisha''', ''[[Vampire: The Masquerade Bloodlines|Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines]]''}}

{{quote|'''Watson:''' ''I ought to be more case-hardened after my Afghan experiences. I saw my own comrades hacked to pieces at Maiwand without losing my nerve.''~~ ~~

{{quote|'''Watson:''' ''I ought to be more case-hardened after my Afghan experiences. I saw my own comrades hacked to pieces at Maiwand without losing my nerve.''

'''Holmes:''' ''I can understand. There is a mystery about this which stimulates the imagination; where there is no imagination there is no horror.''|[[Sherlock Holmes|"A Study in Scarlet"]]}}

{{quote|'''Harry:''' We were scared. It was like being lost: very young again, with the dark, and lost. There was no ... thing ... to be ... frightened of, but ...~~ ~~

{{quote|'''Harry:''' We were scared. It was like being lost: very young again, with the dark, and lost. There was no ... thing ... to be ... frightened of, but ...

'''Edna:''' WE WERE FRIGHTENED ... and there was nothing.|'''Edward Albee''', ''A Delicate Balance''.}}

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{{quote|Presently my soul grew stronger; hesitating then no longer,~~ ~~

{{quote|Presently my soul grew stronger; hesitating then no longer,

`Sir,' said I, `or Madam, truly your forgiveness I implore;~~ ~~

`Sir,' said I, `or Madam, truly your forgiveness I implore;

But the fact is I was napping, and so gently you came rapping,~~ ~~

But the fact is I was napping, and so gently you came rapping,

And so faintly you came tapping, tapping at my chamber door,~~ ~~

And so faintly you came tapping, tapping at my chamber door,

That I scarce was sure I heard you' - here I opened wide the door; -~~ ~~

That I scarce was sure I heard you' - here I opened wide the door; -

Darkness there, and nothing more.|''' [[Edgar Allan Poe]]''', ''The Raven''}}

{{quote|Let me say this: if you have killed one monster, you have killed them all. They all go down the same. You pump them full of lead, or burn them with fire, or pray them to oblivion, or magick them to another dimension, or laser them into vapor, but they all die in the end, and if you can pack the heat, you can spank the monster. A shooting gallery is not the essence of horror, and neither is just being gobbled right and left, or surprized with a sudden 'boo!'. Real horror, real anxiety comes from waiting. It comes from expectation, from suspense. In the meeting with a monster, either you win, or you die. You beat the monster or it beats you. This can be drawn out, or samurai quick, but it is the end, the climax. The thing that makes the monster is the foreplay before hand. Sex and death have always gone together in most human cultures, and one reason is that they work the same...foreplay and climax. |'''Jennifer Diane Riess''', personal website.}}

{{quote|'''Magister Hickory:''' The Master has been playing with us for a full week now. Lights on and off, odd noises, awful smells. And that was a glimpse of the Beast.~~ ~~

{{quote|'''Magister Hickory:''' The Master has been playing with us for a full week now. Lights on and off, odd noises, awful smells. And that was a glimpse of the Beast.

'''Thornmallow:''' But I saw nothing.~~ ~~

'''Thornmallow:''' But I saw nothing.

'''Register Oakbend:''' Which is worse--seeing or not seeing? |''[[Wizard's Hall]]''}}

{{quote| '''Josh:''' Man, if she's gonna get us, I wish she would just get us...I-I can't take this stress!}}

{{quote|'''Josh:''' Man, if she's gonna get us, I wish she would just get us...I-I can't take this stress!}}

{{quote|'''Megan:''' I sat back quietly, all week long, watching. While the two of you were slowly eaten alive by your own fear. And that's the best revenge there is.|''Both in the [[Drake and Josh]] episode "Megan's Revenge"''}}