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 comes when and how he is like. He asks no person, he chooses no time of suitability. Furthermore, he says, 'I am here.

— Bram Stoker

Let me advise you, my dear young friend-- nay, let me warn you with all seriousness, that should you leave these rooms you will not by any chance go to sleep in any other part of the castle. It is old, and has many memories, and there are bad dreams for those who sleep unwisely.

— Bram Stoker

No man knows till he has suffered from the night how sweet and dear to his heart and eye the morning can be.

— Bram Stoker

Oh, friend John, it is a strange world, a sad world, a world full of miseries, and woes and troubles, and yet when King Laugh come he makes them all dance to the tune he plays.

— Bram Stoker

Oh, my dear, if you only knew how strange is the matter regarding which I am here, it is you who would laugh. I have learned not to think little of anyone's belief, no matter how strange it may be. I have tried to keep an open mind, and it is not the ordinary things of life that could close it, but the strange things, the extraordinary things, the things that make one doubt if they be mad or sane.

— Bram Stoker

Our toil must be in silence, and our efforts all in secret; for this enlightened age, when men believe not even what they see, the doubting of wise men would be his greatest strength.

— Bram Stoker

Preserve my sanity, for to this I am reduced. Safety and the assurance of safety are things of the past. Whilst I live on here there is but one thing to hope for, that I may not go mad, if, indeed, I am not mad already. If I am sane, then surely it is maddening to think that of all the foul things that lurk in this hateful place.

— Bram Stoker

Remember my friend, that knowledge is stronger than memory, and we should not trust the weaker

— Bram Stoker

She has man's brain--a brain that a man should have where he much gifted--and woman's heart. The good God fashioned her for a purpose, believe me when He made that so good combination.

— Bram Stoker

Some of the 'New Women' writers will some day start an idea that men and women should be allowed to see each other asleep before proposing or accepting. But I suppose the New Woman won't condescend in future to accept; she will do the proposing herself. And a nice job she will make of it, too!

— Bram Stoker