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Despair has its own calms.

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But this night our feet must tread in thorny paths, or later, and for ever, the feet you love must walk in paths of flame!
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Feet Flames Night Tread
The blood is the life!
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Blood Life
We see radiating many long arms with innumerable tentaculae, and in the centre rises a gigantic head with a comprehensive brain and keen eyes to look on every side and ears sensitive to hear–and a voracious mouth to swallow.
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Arm Comprehensive Gigantic Hear Mouth Radiating Shallow Tentaculae
Oh, my dear, if you only knew how strange is the matter regarding which I am here, it is you who would laugh.
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Dear Here Knew Laugh Matter Regard Strange Worth
He may not enter anywhere at the first, unless there be some one of the household who bid him to come, though afterwards he can come as he please.
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Firsts Household May Please
Nature in one of her beneficent moods has ordained that even death has some antidote to its own terrors.
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Antidote Mood Terror
We are in Transylvania, and Transylvania is not England. Our ways are not your ways, and there shall be to you many strange things. Nay, from what you have told me of your experiences already, you know something of what strange things there may be.
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Country May People Way
Let me be accurate in everything, for though you and I have seen some strange things together, you may at the first think that I, Van Helsing, am mad. That the many horrors and the so long strain on nerves has at the last turn my brain.
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Accurate Everything Let Seen Some Strange Thing Though Together
How blessed are some people, whose lives have no fears, no dreads; to whom sleep is a blessing that comes nightly, and brings nothing but sweet dreams.
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Bless Bring Come Dread Fear How Live Nighty Nothing People Sleep Some
Even if she be not harmed, her heart may fail her in so much and so many horrors; and hereafter she may suffer–both in waking, from her nerves, and in sleep, from her dreams.
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Both Even Fall Harm Heart Horror Many Much She So Suffer Walk
Once again…welcome to my house. Come freely. Go safely; and leave something of the happiness you bring.
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Again Come Freely House Once Welcome
The blood is the life!
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Blood Life People
We learn of great things by little experiences.
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Experience Great Learn Little Thing
I suppose that we women are such cowards that we think a man will save us from fears, and we marry him.
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Coward Man Marry Save Such Suppose Think Women
Whether it is the old lady’s fear, or the many ghostly traditions of this place, or the crucifix itself, I do not know, but I am not feeling nearly as easy in my mind as usual.
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Crucifix Fear Ghostly Itself Lady Many Old Place Tradition
There are mysteries which men can only guess at, which age by age they may solve only in part.
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Age Guess Men Mystery Only Part Solve
Souls and memories can do strange things during trance.
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During Memory Soul Strange Thing Trance
I have a sort of empty feeling; nothing in the world seems of sufficient importance to be worth the doing.
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Empty Feelings Woman World
I want you to believe…to believe in things that you cannot.
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Believe Not Thing Want
She was young and very beautiful, but pale, like the grey pallor of death.
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Beautiful Country Death Grey Pallor People Person Very Young
This man belongs to me, I want him!
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Belong Him Man Want
It would be at once his sheath and his armor, and his weapons to destroy us, his enemies, who are willing to peril even our own souls for the safety of one we love. For the good of mankind, and for the honor and glory of God.
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Enemies Mankind Safety Soul Willing
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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Able Bore Describe Dress Fashion Interest Know New Sufficient
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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Bones Mouth Music Teras
I am longing to be with you, and by the sea, where we can talk together freely and build our castles in the air.
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Air Build Castle Freely Long Sea Talk Together
Truly there is no such thing as finality.
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Finality Thing
Oh, the terrible struggle that I have had against sleep so often of late; the pain of the sleeplessness, or the pain of the fear of sleep, and with such unknown horror as it has for me!
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Dream Pain Sweet

Despair has its own calms.

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