5 famous lines from Bram Stoker, word for word from the original text
Bram Stoker's 1897 novel, told through letters and diaries, follows Jonathan Harker, Mina, Van Helsing and their fight against Count Dracula. Its lines on darkness, fear and courage defined the vampire story.
“Listen to them--the children of the night. What music they make!”
— Dracula, Chapter II · about 5% into the book
“Welcome to my house. Come freely. Go safely; and leave something of the happiness you bring!”
— Dracula, Chapter II · about 4% into the book
“We learn from failure, not from success!”
— Dracula, Chapter X · about 32% into the book
“There are darknesses in life, and there are lights”
— Dracula, Chapter XIV · about 48% into the book
“No man knows till he has suffered from the night how sweet and how dear to his heart and eye the morning can be.”
— Dracula, Chapter IV · about 12% into the book
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One of the best-known lines from Dracula is: “Listen to them--the children of the night. What music they make!” (Chapter II).
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