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Caroline Thompson Quotes

Total quotes: 54
“We're simply meant to be.”
— Jack Skellington and Sally, The Nightmare Before Christmas
Tagged: Love, Movie Love Quotes, Movie Lines
“My dearest friend, if you don't mind...I'd like to join you by your side. Where we can gaze into the stars...”
— Jack Skellington (voice), The Nightmare Before Christmas
Tagged: romance, stargazing
“[singing] I am the clown with the tear-away face! [Pulls face off...demonic voice] Here in a flash and gone without a trace! [vanishes in a puff of smoke]”
— Clown, The Nightmare Before Christmas
“There's children throwing snowballs / instead of throwing heads / they're busy building toys / and absolutely no one's dead!”
— Jack Skellington (singing) / Barrel / Clown with the Tear away Face (voice), The Nightmare Before Christmas
Tagged: snowball fights, Toys
“Well, at least they're excited, but they don't understand that special kind of feeling in Christmas Land. Oh, well.”
— Santa Claus (voice), The Nightmare Before Christmas
Tagged: Excited, Christmas
“Jack Skellington: Sally! I need your help most of all.

Sally: You certainly do, Jack. I've had the most horrible vision!

Jack Skellington: That's splendid!”
— Jack Skellington (voice), The Nightmare Before Christmas
Tagged: help, Vision
“Jack Skellington: The job I have for you is top secret. It requires skill, craft, cunning, mis—

Shock: And we thought you didn't like us, Jack.”
— Jack Skellington (voice), The Nightmare Before Christmas
Tagged: top secret, skill, Craft, Cunning
“What a joy to think of all we'll have in common. We'll have conversations worth having.”
— Sally / Shock (voice), The Nightmare Before Christmas
Tagged: Conversations, common traits
“No, Zero. Down, boy....My, what a brilliant nose you have. The better to light my way! You're the head of the team, Zero!”
— Jack Skellington (voice), The Nightmare Before Christmas
Tagged: leader, light the way
“What's this? What's this? There's color everywhere! What's this? There's white things in the air! What's this? I can't believe my eyes, I must be dreaming; wake up, Jack, this isn't fair! What's this?”
— Jack Skellington (singing) / Barrel / Clown with the Tear away Face (voice), The Nightmare Before Christmas
Tagged: Dreaming, Color
“And I, Jack, the Pumpkin King, have grown so tired of the same old thing.”
— Jack Skellington (singing) / Barrel / Clown with the Tear away Face (voice), The Nightmare Before Christmas
Tagged: same old thing, Tired, pumpkin, Over It
“Nobody gets out of the Bermuda Triangle, not even for a vacation. Everyone knows that.”
— Wednesday Addams, The Addams Family
Tagged: Bermuda Triangle, vacation, Doom
“And sit together, now and forever. For it is plain, as anyone can see. We're simply meant to be.”
— Jack Skellington (voice), The Nightmare Before Christmas
Tagged: Together, Forever, Meant To Be
“Mayor: We've got to find Jack! There's only 365 days left until next Halloween!

Wolfman: 364!”
— Mayor (voice), The Nightmare Before Christmas
Tagged: Halloween, Nitpicking
“Of course, I've been too close to see! The answer's right in front of me!”
— Jack Skellington (voice), The Nightmare Before Christmas
Tagged: The Answer
“Won't they be impressed, I am a ge-ni-us! See how I transform this old rat inTO a most deLIGHTful hat!”
— Harlequin Demon, The Nightmare Before Christmas
Tagged: Genius, Delightful
“[singing] And on a dark cold night, under full moonlight, he flies into the fog like a vulture in the sky! [in a deeper tone] And they call him, Sandy... Clawssss...!”
— Jack Skellington (voice), The Nightmare Before Christmas
Tagged: Santa Claus, cold dark night
“Jack, please, I'm only an elected official here, I can't make decisions by myself!”
— Mayor , The Nightmare Before Christmas
Tagged: Movie Lines
“Oh somewhere deep inside of these bones, an emptiness began to grow. There's something out there far from my home. A longing that I've never known.

Eureka! This year, Christmas will be ours!”
— Jack Skellington, The Nightmare Before Christmas
Tagged: Movie Lines
“[upon seeing that Fester is actually Gordon] I knew it! You are a fake!”
— Wednesday Addams, The Addams Family
Tagged: fake
“Say it once, say it twice, take a chance and roll the dice. Ride with the moon in the dead of night.”
— Big Witch, W.W.D., and Small Witch, The Nightmare Before Christmas
Tagged: Movie Lines
“Does he notice my feelings for him? And will he see how much he means to me? I think it's not to be.”
— Sally, The Nightmare Before Christmas
Tagged: Love, Movie Love Quotes, Unrequited Love, Crush
“I am the shadow on the moon at night. Filling your dreams to the brim with fright.”
— Oogie Boogie Man, The Nightmare Before Christmas
Tagged: scary
“Santa: Haven't you heard of peace on earth and goodwill toward men?
Lock, Shock, Barrel: NO!”
— Jack Skellington, The Nightmare Before Christmas
Tagged: Movie Lines
“Wednesday: Pass the salt.
Morticia: And what do we say?
Wednesday: [sternly] Now.”
— Wednesday Addams, The Addams Family
“Mayor: How horrible our Christmas will be!

Jack Skellington: No.
[the Mayor switches to his upset face]

Jack Skellington: How jolly!

Mayor: Oh. How jolly our Christmas will be.”
— Mayor (voice), The Nightmare Before Christmas
Tagged: Christmas, Jolly
“What have I done? What have I done? How could I be so blind? All is lost. Where was I? Spoiled all! Spoiled all! Everything's gone all wrong. What have I done? What have I done? Find a deep cave to hide in. In a million years, they'll find me. Only dust, and a plaque that reads: 'Here Lies Poor Old Jack.'”
— Jack Skellington (singing) / Barrel / Clown with the Tear away Face (voice), The Nightmare Before Christmas
Tagged: Blind, lost, spoiled, Regret
“Ashes to ashes and dust to dust! Ohh... I'm feeling weak—with hunger! One more roll o'the dice oughta do it! [places the dice in the skull shaker but receives a pair of ones] WHAT? SNAKE-EYES! [strikes the table hard enough to overturn them and get a larger number]”
— Oogie Boogie (voice), The Nightmare Before Christmas
Tagged: Ashes to Ashes, dust to dust, snake eyes, dice
“Naughty children never get any presents!”
— Santa Claus (voice), The Nightmare Before Christmas
Tagged: naughty, santa, presents, Christmas
“Shock: [singing] I wish my cohorts weren't so dumb.

Barrel: I'm not the dumb one.

Lock: You're no fun!

Shock: Shut up!

Lock: Make me!”
— Lock (voice), The Nightmare Before Christmas
Tagged: dumb, shut up, make me
“[attempting to push Santa down the pipe]
Shock: I think he might be too big!
[she tries again, he groans]

Lock: No, he's not! If he can go down a chimney... he can fit...[shoves]...down...[shoves again]...here!...[Santa slides down the pipe]”
— Sally / Shock (voice), The Nightmare Before Christmas
Tagged: santa, Chimney
“J-J-J-Jack! But they said you were dead. You must be—double dead!”
— Oogie Boogie (voice), The Nightmare Before Christmas
Tagged: dead, double dead
“Dr. Finkelstein: Sally! You came back.

Sally: I had to.

Dr. Finkelstein: For this.

[holds Sally's detached arm; she causes it to wave at herself]

Sally: [smiles] Yes.

Dr. Finkelstein: Shall we, then?”
— Dr. Finkelstein (voice), The Nightmare Before Christmas
Tagged: reunited
“What will become of my dear friend? / Where will his actions lead us then? / Oh, how I'd like to join the crowd / In their enthusiastic cloud. / Try as I may, it doesn't last. / And will we ever / End up together? / No, I think not. / It's never to become, / For I am not the one.”
— Sally / Shock (voice), The Nightmare Before Christmas
Tagged: The One, Friend, ephemeral
“'Twas a long time ago, longer now than it seems in a place perhaps you've seen in your dreams. For the story you're about to be told began with the holiday worlds of auld. Now you've probably wondered where holidays come from. If you haven't I'd say it's time you begun.”
— Santa Claus (voice), The Nightmare Before Christmas
Tagged: Dreams, holiday, santa, Christmas
“Wednesday: [hooking up an electric chair] Pugsley, sit in the chair.
Pugsley: Why?
Wednesday: So we can play a game.
Pugsley: What game?
Wednesday: [strapping him in] It's called, 'Is There a God?'”
— Wednesday Addams, The Addams Family
Tagged: Sadism, Electric Chair
“I AM THE PUMPKIN KING!”
— Jack Skellington, The Nightmare Before Christmas
Tagged: Movie Lines
“Don't be a baby. I know what I'm doing.”
— Wednesday Addams, The Addams Family
Tagged: I Got This, Confidence
“Just because I cannot see it, doesn't mean I can't believe it!”
— Jack Skellington, The Nightmare Before Christmas
Tagged: Movie Lines
“Well well well. What have we here? Sandy Claws, huh? Ooo I'm really scared! So you're the one everybody's talking about? [laughs...singing] You're joking, you're joking/I can't believe my eyes/You're joking me, you've gotta be/ This can't be the right guy! He's ancient, he's ugly/ I don't know which is worse! I might just spit a seam now if I don't die laughing first!”
— Oogie Boogie (voice), The Nightmare Before Christmas
Tagged: joking, ugly, ancient, die laughing
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