I stood beside Van Helsing, and said;- "Ah, well, poor girl, there is peace for her at last. It is the end!" He turned to me, and said with grave solemnity:- "Not so; alas! not so. It is only the beginning!

I am all in a sea of wonders. I doubt; I fear; I think strange things, which I dare not confess to my own soul. God keep me, if only for the sake of those dear to me!

If a man's esteem and gratitude are ever worth the winning, you have won mine today. If ever the future should bring to you a time when you need a man's help, believe me, you will not call in vain. God grant that no such time may ever come to you to break the sunshine of your life; but if it should ever come, promise me that you will let me know.

There is a reason why all things are as they are.

I am longing to be with you, and by the sea, where we can talk together freely and build our castles in the air.

Chasing an errant swarm of bees is nothing to following a naked lunatic when the fit of escaping is upon him!

But this night our feet must tread in thorny paths, or later, and for ever, the feet you love must walk in paths of flame!