The Little Book of Horrors Quotes

“Never even look at a woman and walk always with your eyes turned to the ground, because no matter how chaste or calm you might be, it only takes a moment for you to lose yourself for eternity.”
― J.D. Horn, The Little Book of Horrors: New Translations of Classic French Tales

“Be careful lest you fall. Satan has a long claw, and the tomb doesn’t always keep its bargain. The stone of Clarimonde’s tomb should be fastened with a triple seal, because this is not, it is said, the first time she has died. May God watch over you.”
― J.D. Horn, The Little Book of Horrors: New Translations of Classic French Tales

“Don’t be afraid or let yourself get discouraged. Even the best guarded and fortified souls have moments such as these. Pray, fast, meditate, and the bad spirit will retreat.”
― J.D. Horn, The Little Book of Horrors: New Translations of Classic French Tales

“Even the best guarded and fortified souls have moments such as these. Pray, fast, meditate, and the bad spirit will retreat.”
― J.D. Horn, The Little Book of Horrors: New Translations of Classic French Tales

“We’re going far and will never get there.”
― J.D. Horn, The Little Book of Horrors: New Translations of Classic French Tales

“changed the constitution to grant himself pretty much unlimited powers, and then through voter fraud (including, one might venture, the suppression of votes), got himself declared Emperor Napoléon III.”
― J.D. Horn, The Little Book of Horrors: New Translations of Classic French Tales

“Out of the masterpiece of Myron of Eleutherae, my good sir, she wants to make a bell.”
― J.D. Horn, The Little Book of Horrors: New Translations of Classic French Tales