So must be fulfilled the rite That giveth me the dead year's might And at dawn I shall arise A spirit, though with human eyes, A human form and human face And where'er I go or stay, There the summer's perished grace Shall be with me, night and day. Tod Browning, Karl Freund uncredited- (Dracula, 1931) The perfect poise of seasons keep With the tides that rest at neap. Renfield: Aren't you drinking? Count Dracula: I never drink wine.
Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu (Carmilla) Count Dracula: This is very old wine. Girls are caterpillars when they live in the world, to be finally butterflies when the summer comes but in the meantime there are grubs and larvae, don't you see - each with their peculiar propensities, necessities and structures.
Neil Jordan (Interview with the vampire: The Vampire Chronicles, 1994) You are afraid to die?' Yes, everyone is.' But to die as lovers may - to die together, so that they may live together. And as far as I know, after 400 years, I am the oldest living vampire in the world. I have never seen a vision nor learned a secret that will damn or save my soul. Madison Julius Cawein (The Vampire, 1896) Armand: I know nothing of God, or the Devil. Joel Schumacher (The Lost Boys, 1987) She held her mouth up redly wan, And burning cold, I bent and kissed Such rosy snow as some wild dawn Makes of a mist. Bram Stoker, Chapter 8, Dracula Grandpa: One thing about living in Santa Carla I never could stomach, all the damn vampires. 2 Between me and the moonlight flitted a great bat, comeing and going in great, whirling circles.
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