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!
BRAM STOKERDenn die Todten reiten Schnell. (For the dead travel fast.)
More Bram Stoker Quotes
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We are all drifting reefwards now, and faith is our only anchor.
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We learn of great things by little experiences.
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And yet, unless my senses deceive me, the old centuries had, and have, powers of their own which mere ‘modernity’ cannot kill.
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She was young and very beautiful, but pale, like the grey pallor of death.
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Before I left the castle I so fixed its entrances that never more can the Count enter there Undead.
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No man knows till he experiences it, what it is like to feel his own life-blood drawn away into the woman he loves.
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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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She has man’s brain–a brain that a man should have were he much gifted–and woman’s heart. The good God fashioned her for a purpose, believe me when He made that so good combination.
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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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Though sympathy alone can’t alter facts, it can help to make them more bearable.
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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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Oh, why must a man like that be made unhappy when there are lots of girls about who would worship the very ground he trod on?
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There are bad dreams for those who sleep unwisely.
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It is wonderful what tricks our dreams play us, and how conveniently we can imagine.
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Despair has its own calms.
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