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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.

Bram Stoker

It is really wonderful how much resilience there is in human nature. Let any obstructing cause, no matter what, be removed in any way, even by death, and we fly back to first principles of hope and enjoyment.
BRAM STOKER

Matter Principles Resilience
Though sympathy alone can’t alter facts, it can help to make them more bearable.
BRAM STOKER

Condolences Facts Sympathy
Love is, after all, a selfish thing; and it throws a black shadow on anything between which and the light it stands.
BRAM STOKER

Light Love Selfish
Paris is a city of centralisation–and centralisation and classification are closely allied. In the early times, when centralisation is becoming a fact, its forerunner is classification. All things which are similar or analogous become grouped together, and from the grouping of groups rises one whole or central point.
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Allied Centralisation City Classification Closely Country
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
Before I left the castle I so fixed its entrances that never more can the Count enter there Undead.
BRAM STOKER

Castles Entrance Literature
Keep it always with you that laughter who knock at your door and say, ‘May I come in?’ is not true laughter. No! He is a king, and he come when and how he like. He ask no person, he choose no time of suitability. He say, ‘I am here.
BRAM STOKER

Always Come Door Keep Laughter Like Person Suitability
We learn from failure, not from success!
BRAM STOKER

Inspirational Learning Wisdom
Truly there is no such thing as finality.
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Finality Thing
Suddenly, I became conscious of the fact that the driver was in the act of pulling up the horses in the courtyard of a vast ruined castle, from whose tall black windows came no ray of light, and whose broken battlements showed a jagged line against the sky.
BRAM STOKER

Act Become Castle Conscious Courtyard Driver Fact House Pill Ruin Suddenly Vast
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 STOKER

Enemies Mankind Safety Soul Willing
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?
BRAM STOKER

Behind Lying People Song Sunshine
Because if a woman’s heart was free a man might have hope.
BRAM STOKER

Heart Men might
Sleep has no place it can call its own.
BRAM STOKER

Own Place Sleep
But we are strong, each in our purpose, and we are all more strong together.
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Each More Our Purpose Strong Together
And so we remained till the red of the dawn began to fall through the snow gloom. I was desolate and afraid, and full of woe and terror. But when that beautiful sun began to climb the horizon life was to me again.
BRAM STOKER

Began Draw Gloom Red Remain Snow

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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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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