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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.

Bram Stoker

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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Century Deceive Kill Mere Modernity Old Own Power Sense Unless
It is only when a man feels himself face to face with such horrors that he can understand their true import.
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Facem Such Feel Himself Horror Import Man Only True Understand
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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Century Deceiving Modernity Power
He means to succeed, and a man who has centuries before him can afford to wait and to go slow.
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Afford Before Century Man Mean Slow Succeed Wait
Take me away from all this Death.
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Away Death Squad Take
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
Take me away from all this Death.
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All Away Death Talk
The blood is the life!
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Blood Life People
No one but a woman can help a man when he is in trouble of the heart.
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Heart Help Man No One Trouble Woman
Good women tell all their lives, and by day and by hour and by minute, such things that angels can read.
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Angel Good Hours Woman
The only beautiful thing in the world whose beauty lasts for ever is a pure, fair soul.
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Beautiful Soul World
Above the care of Nature and of State, Suspended in the noon of Night we wait, All slumber nursing, to make sweet and pure, While secret Nature, weaving works the cure. We are the handmaids of the hollow night,
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Care Nature Night Noon State Suspend Wait
There are darknesses in life and there are lights, and you are one of the lights, the light of all lights.
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Beautiful Books Darkness Light
Though sympathy alone can’t alter facts, it can help to make them more bearable.
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Condolences Facts Sympathy
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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Effort Free Our Pledge Secret Set Silence Toil World
Loneliness will sit over our roofs with brooding wings.
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Brood Loneliness Our Over Roof Sit Wing

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