Love is, after all, a selfish thing; and it throws a black shadow on anything between which and the light it stands.
Bram StokerA brave man's hand can speak for itself, it does not even need a woman's love to hear its music.
Bram StokerI have a sort of empty feeling; nothing in the world seems of sufficient importance to be worth the doing.
Bram StokerOh, why must a man like that be made unhappy when there are lots of girls about who would worship the very ground he trod on?
Bram StokerIt is a strange world, a sad world, a world full of miseries, and woes, and troubles; and yet when King Laugh come he make them all dance to the tune he play. Bleeding hearts, and dry bones of the churchyard, and tears that burn as they fall -- all dance together to the music that he make with that smileless mouth of him.
Bram Stoker