There is a method in his madness, and the rudimentary idea in my mind is growing. It will be a whole idea soon, and then, oh, unconscious cerebration.
BRAM STOKERThe inscrutable laws of sex have so arranged that even a timid woman is not afraid of a fierce and haughty man.
More Bram Stoker Quotes
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Bleeding hearts, and dry bones of the churchyard, and tears that burn as they fall — all dance together to the music that he make with that smileless mouth of him.
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It is wonderful what tricks our dreams play us, and how conveniently we can imagine.
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A house cannot be made habitable in a day; and, after all, how few days go to make up a century.
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These infinitesimal distinctions between man and man are too paltry for an Omnipotent Being. How these madmen give themselves away! The real God taketh heed lest a sparrow fall. But the God created from human vanity sees no difference between an eagle and a sparrow.
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I’m a hard nut to crack, and I take it standing up.
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But we are pledged to set the world free. Our toil must be in silence, and our efforts all in secret. For in this enlightened age, when men believe not even what they see, the doubting of wise men would be his greatest strength.
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How good and thoughtful he is; the world seems full of good men–even if there are monsters in it.
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A personal experience has intensified rather than diminished that idea.
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Once again…welcome to my house. Come freely. Go safely; and leave something of the happiness you bring.
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And then away for home! Away to the quickest and nearest train! Away from this cursed land, where the devil and his children stil walk with earthly feet!
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For me, I say no, but then I am old, and life, with his sunshine, his fair places, his song of birds, his music and his love, lie far behind. You others are young. Some have seen sorrow, but there are fair days yet in store. What say you?
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The blood is the life!
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He means to succeed, and a man who has centuries before him can afford to wait and to go slow.
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I do not, as you know, take sufficient interest in dress to be able to describe the new fashions. Dress is a bore.
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We are able to learn from a failure, but perhaps not much from a success!
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