"Reading too many Gothic novels"  From Dark Shadows episode 621.  See Grave Mood Rings: The Novelization.

"I wish my mind were a blank, free of thought, free of feeling, just empty."  From Dark Shadows episode 270.

"It's a multiple choice—bad, awful, terrible."  From Dark Shadows episode 227.

"Our tears have dried, but our hearts are scarred indelibly."  From Dark Shadows episode 295.

"I remember the lightning. I remember the thunder. I remember wishing that the whole house would be destroyed. And me with it."  From Dark Shadows episode 271.

A Grave Mood Rings homage to Dark Shadows.

"Each individual reserves the right to ruin his or her life as quietly or as flamboyantly as he chooses."  From Dark Shadows episode 252.

"Don't force me to lift my veil.  Don't force me to show you what I am in death."  From Dark Shadows episode 430.

"Why do we never learn to leave the past alone?"  From Dark Shadows episode 431.

"We should probably all go to bed.  It's been a very difficult evening."  From Dark Shadows episode 281.

"And the world becomes an empty void."  Today's moment of existential angst is from Dark Shadows.  In parts one, two, three, and four, we saw how Dark Shadows beat Seinfeld to be the first show about nothing. 

"No one's out there."  Today's moment of existential angst is from Dark Shadows.  In parts one, two, three, and four, we saw how Dark Shadows beat Seifeld to be the first show about nothing. 

A Grave Mood Rings homage to Dark Shadows.

"I managed to keep all my illusions until I was 35, at least."  From Dark Shadows episode 798.

A Grave Mood Rings homage to Dark Shadows.

"Now what reason is there for us to be frightened anymore?"  From Dark Shadows episode 800.

"A veil pieced by lightning."  From Dark Shadows episode 1130.

"I must admit that I'm exhausted."  From Dark Shadows episode 1014. 

"I told him that sundial wouldn't work at night."  From Dark Shadows episode 215.

A Grave Mood Rings homage to Dark Shadows.