Charles Addams Quotes

United States, Painter
January 7, 1912 – September, 29, 1988.

Charles Samuel Addams was an American cartoonist known for his darkly humorous and macabre characters. He signed his cartoons Chas Addams. Some of the recurring characters, who became known as the Addams Family, have been the basis for spin-offs in several other forms of media.

Also known as Cartoonist

“Look at her -- I would die for her. I would kill for her. Either way -- what bliss.”

Charles Addams
- Die
- Kill
- Bliss
“Normal is an illusion. What is normal for the spider is chaos for the fly.”

Charles Addams
- Normal
- Illusions

Child of woe is wane and delicate... sensitive and on the quiet side, she loves the picnics and outings to the underground caverns... a solemn child, prim in dress and, on the whole, pretty lost... secretive and imaginative, poetic, seems underprivileged and given to occasional tantrums... has six toes on one foot.

Charles Addams
- Child
- Side
- Woe
“To live without you, only that would be torture." "A day alone, only that would be death.”

Charles Addams
- Live
- Death
- Torture
A day alone, only that would be death.

Charles Addams
- Death
- Alone
- Day
If you've wrecked one train, you've wrecked them all.

Charles Addams
- Train
- Wrecked
“It's hard to say. Sometimes people have had terrible childhoods. And sometimes they just haven't found their special place in life. And sometimes they're dogs from hell and must be destroyed.”

Charles Addams
- People
- Place
- Childhoods