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But you do not need your fear in the realm of creative expression.
“When she saw my face at the window she threw herself forward, and shouted in a voice laden with menace, “Monster, give me my child!”
― Dracula: the original 1897 edition
― Dracula: the original 1897 edition
“Was this desolation but another link in the chain of doom which seemed drawing tight round us?”
― Dracula: the original 1897 edition
― Dracula: the original 1897 edition
“Why not advance science in its most difficult and vital aspect, the knowledge of the brain? Had I even the secret of one such mind, did I hold the key to the fancy of even one lunatic, I might advance my own branch of science to a pitch compared with which Burdon-Sanderson’s physiology or Ferrier’s brain knowledge would be as nothing.”
― Dracula: the original 1897 edition
― Dracula: the original 1897 edition
“I caught the patient’s eye and followed it, but could trace nothing as it looked into the moonlight sky, except a big bat, which was flapping its silent and ghostly way to the west. Bats usually wheel about, but this one seemed to go straight on, as if it knew where it was bound for or had some intention of its own.”
― Dracula: the original 1897 edition
― Dracula: the original 1897 edition
“And then I saw something which filled my very soul with horror. There lay the Count, but looking as if his youth had been half restored. For the white hair and moustache were changed to dark iron-grey. The cheeks were fuller, and the white skin seemed ruby-red underneath. The mouth was redder than ever, for on the lips were gouts of fresh blood, which trickled from the corners of the mouth and ran down over the chin and neck. Even the deep, burning eyes seemed set amongst swollen flesh, for the lids and pouches underneath were bloated. It seemed as if the whole awful creature were simply gorged with blood. He lay like a filthy leech, exhausted with his repletion.”
― Dracula: the original 1897 edition
― Dracula: the original 1897 edition
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