Things That Go Bump in the Night/Quotes

""When you're a kid, see, monsters live in your bedroom closet. I had six monsters lived in my bedroom closet, and thank goodness for covers or else I would never have been alive today. Covers saved my life.""

- Bill Cosby

""My mommy always said there were no monsters... no real ones. But there are, aren't there?""

- Newt, Aliens

""There's a monster outside my room, can I have a glass of water?""

- Bo, Signs

"''It's always best when the light is off

it's always better on the outside

Fifteen blows to the back of your head

Fifteen blows to your mind

So tuck the kids in safe tonight

Shut the eyes in the cupboard

I got the smell of a local man

Who's got the loneliest feeling.''"

- Radiohead, "Climbing Up the Walls"

"''Something moves within the night

That is not good and is not right.''"

- Dean Koontz, The Book of Counted Sorrows

"''Children, have you ever met the Boogeyman before?

No, of course you haven't, for you're much too good I'm sure.''"

"''Don't you be afraid of him, if he should visit you.

He's a great big coward, so I'll tell you what to do:''"

"''Hush-Hush-Hush,

here comes the Boogeyman!

Don't let him come too close to you

he'll catch you if he can.

Just pretend, that you're a crocodile,

and you will find that Boogeyman will

run away a mile.''"

"''Say Shoo-Shoo,

and stick him with a pin!

Boogeyman will very nearly jump out of his skin.''"

"''Say Buzz-Buzz,

just like the wasp that stings,

Boogeyman will think you are an elephant with wings!''"

"''Hush-Hush-Hush,

here comes the Boogeyman!

Tell him you got soldiers in your bed,

for he will never guess that they are only made of lead.''"

"''Say, Hush-Hush!

He'll think that you're asleep.

If you make a lovely snore, away he'll softly creep.''"

"''Sing this tune, you children one and all,

Boogeyman will run away, he'll

think it's Henry Hall!''"

"''When the shadows of the evening

creep across the sky, and your mommy comes

upstairs to sing a lullaby, tell her that

the Boogeyman no longer frightens you,

Uncle Henry very kindly told you

what to do!''"

"''Hush-Hush-Hush,

here comes the Boogeyman!

Don't let him come too close to you,

he'll catch you if you can.''"

"''Just pretend, your teddy bear's a dog!

Then shout out

"Fetch him teddy!"

and he'll hop off like a frog!''"

"''Say "Meeeeeow!"

pretend that you're a cat,

he'll will think you may scratch and

that will make him fall down flat.''"

"''Just pretend he isn't really there,

you will find that Boogeyman will

vanish in thin air.''"

"''Here's one way,

to catch him withour fail~

just keep a little salt with you and,

put it on his tail!''"

"-- Henry Hall, "Here comes the Boogeyman""