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.
BRAM STOKERThen a dog began to howl somewhere in a farmhouse far down the road, a long, agonized wailing, as if from fear. The sound was taken up by another dog, and then another and another, till, borne on the wind which now sighed softly through the Pass.
More Bram Stoker Quotes
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There are such beings as vampires, some of us have evidence that they exist. Even had we not the proof of our own unhappy experience, the teachings and the records of the past give proof enough for sane peoples.
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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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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.
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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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She was young and very beautiful, but pale, like the grey pallor of death.
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Nature in one of her beneficent moods has ordained that even death has some antidote to its own terrors.
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Nature in one of her beneficent moods has ordained that even death has some antidote to its own terrors.
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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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There are bad dreams for those who sleep unwisely.
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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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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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Ordinary men, to whom all things are possible, don’t often, if ever, think of Heaven. It is a name, and nothing more, and they are content to wait and let things be, but to those who are doomed to be shut out for ever you cannot think what it means.
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Safety and the assurance of safety are things of the past.
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There is a reason why all things are as they are.
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We are able to learn from a failure, but perhaps not much from a success!
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