50 Dracula Quotes

Dracula, the legendary vampire created by Bram Stoker, has captivated readers' imaginations since his debut in 1897. His dark charisma, enigmatic presence, and chilling dialogues have made him an enduring figure in literature and popular culture. In this post, we've curated a collection of the top 50 quotes from Stoker's iconic novel, offering you a glimpse into the mind and world of one of the most enigmatic characters ever written. Whether you're a longtime fan or new to the tale, these quotes will transport you to a realm of gothic mystery and timeless intrigue.

1. “Despair has its own calms.” - Bram Stoker

2. “This man belongs to me, I want him!” - Bram Stoker

3. “Listen to them, the children of the night. What music they make!” - Bram Stoker

4. “Denn die Todten reiten Schnell. (For the dead travel fast.)” - Bram Stoker

5. “What comes to your mind when you think of the word Transylvania, if you ponder it at all? What comes to my mind are mountains of savage beauty, ancient castles, werewolves, and witches - a land of magical obscurity. How, in short, am I to believe I will still be in Europe, on entering such a realm? I shall let you know if it's Europe or fairyland, when I get there. First, Snagov - I set out tomorrow.” - Elizabeth Kostova

6. “The blood is the life!” - Bram Stoker

7. “I have always thought that a wild animal never looks so well as when some obstacle of pronounced durability is between us. A personal experience has intensified rather than diminished that idea.” - Bram Stoker

8. “No man knows till he experiences it, what it is like to feel his own life-blood drawn away into the woman he loves.” - Bram Stoker

9. “There was one great tomb more lordly than all the rest; huge it was, and nobly proportioned. On it was but one word, DRACULA.” - Bram Stoker

10. “i am Dracula;and i bid you welcome,Mr. Harker,to my house.” - Bram Stoker

11. “It is only when a man feels himself face to face with such horrors that he can understand their true import.” - Bram Stoker

12. “Slumber party with Dracula, all things considerd why not?” - Jeaniene Frost

13. “Does no one think to warn people before they meet me?" Vlad muttered, shooting an irritable look at Mencheres.” - Jeaniene Frost

14. “(Drácula) Qué pocos días son necesarios para que pase un siglo.” - Bram Stoker

15. “In my mortal life, I saw mainly those texts that the church sanctioned--the gospels and the Orthodox commentary on them, for example. These works were of no use to me, in the end.” - Elizabeth Kostova

16. “These are works of history about your century, the twentieth. A fine century-I look forward to the rest of it.” - Elizabeth Kostova

17. “History has taught us that the nature of man is evil, sublimely so. Good is not perfectible, but evil is. Why should you not use your great mind in service of what is perfectible? I ask you, my friend, to join me of your own accord in my research. If you do so, you will save yourself great anguish, and you will save me considerable trouble. Together we will advance the historian's work beyond anything the world has ever seen. There is no purity like the purity of the sufferings of history. You will have what every historian wants: history will be reality to you. We will wash our minds clean with blood.” - Elizabeth Kostova

18. “He said there is a place in Gaul, the oldest church in their part of the world, where some of the Latin monks have outwitted death by secret means. He offered to sell me their secrets, which he has inscribed in a book."The abbot shudders. "God preserve us from such heresies," he says hastily. "I am certain, my son, that you refused this temptation."Dracula smiles. "You know I am fond of books.” - Elizabeth Kostova

19. “I have been so long masterthat I would be master still, or at least that none othershould be master of me.” - Bram Stoker

20. “It 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. Ah, we men and women are like ropes drawn tight with strain that pull us different ways. Then tears come, and like the rain on the ropes, they brace us up, until perhaps the strain become too great, and we break. But King Laugh he come like the sunshine, and he ease off the strain again, and we bear to go on with our labor, what it may be.” - Bram Stoker

21. “You yourself never loved; you never love!Yes, I too can love; you yourselves can tell it from the past. Is it not so?” - Bram Stoker

22. “It touched me to be trusted with something terrible.” - Elizabeth Kostova

23. “Though we were in shelter, we could hear the rising wind, for it moaned and whistled through the rocks, and the branches of the trees crashed together as we swept along. It grew colder and colder still, and fine, powdery snow began to fall, so that soon we and all around us were covered with a white blanket” - Bram Stoker

24. “You might as well ask a man to eat molecules with a pair of chop-sticks, as to try to interest me, about the lesser carnivora, when I know of what is before me.” - Bram Stoker

25. “I could see it under the heavy moustache, was fixed and rather cruel-looking, with peculiarly sharp white teeth; these protruded over the lips, whose remarkable ruddiness showed astonishing vitality in a man of his years.” - Bram Stoker

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

27. “There are vampires. They are real, they are of our time, and they are here, close by, stalking us as we sleep...” - Nicky Raven

28. “Dracula is a morning person compared to me.” - Kim Dallmeier

29. “In a way, Darius brings the vampire back to a more classical interpretation. A modern day Dracula who is charming, sensual, and completely monstrous. There is no pretense of humanity with him. He considers himself a member of a species that is the true apex predator of the world, feeding on humans and using them as puppets for their own bizarre games. He's not struggling with any inner angst. Most humans are either food, entertainment, or useful tools to him. Sometimes all three. He finds the modern popular interpretation of vampires both amusing and useful for his own agenda.” - Julie Ann Dawson

30. “The warlike days are over. Blood is too precious a thing in these days of dishonorable peace; and the glories of the great races are as a tale that is told.” - Bram Stoker

31. “Say what you want, I still think Dracula One and Dracula Two are creep-tacular.” - Stephenie Meyer

32. “Si tuvieras que elegir entre la cordura, tu vida tal como la recuerdas, antes que la verdadera inestabilidad, ¿qué elegirías como manera adecuada para vivir de un estudioso?” - Elizabeth Kostova

33. “Fe es aquello que nos permite creer en cosas que sabemos que no son ciertas.” - Bram Stoker

34. “Depression was like wearing tinted glasses and looking through them changed one's perception dramatically. A fancy new house could be construed as a bunch of boards nailed together.” - Albert Gallant

35. “I had to wonder, though, if there's something about a murderer, particularly a confident one, that gives him a certain charisma or charm that I, in particular, am susceptible to.I mean, there's a reason more women are attracted to Dracula than repelled by him.I made a resolution to myself. From now on, I'd assume that every man I was attracted to was a murderer until proven otherwise.Perhaps it wasn't the most promising strategy for starting a relationship, but I might live longer.” - Lee Goldberg

36. “And then away for home! Away to the quickest and nearest train! Away from this cursed land, where the devil and his children stil walk with earthly feet!” - Bram Stoker

37. “It is wonderful what tricks our dreams play us, and how conveniently we can imagine.” - Bram Stoker

38. “Souls and memories can do strange things during trance.” - Bram Stoker

39. “We finally settled on Francis Ford Coppola's version of Dracula, which, unfortunately, Gabriel seemed to think was a comedy. I think it was the combination of Keanu Reeves's British accent and Gary Oldman's elderly Count Dracula hairstyle. They're just misleading.” - Molly Harper

40. “I shall be glad as long as I live that even in that moment of final dissolution, there was in the face a look of peace, such as I never could have imagined might have rested there.” - Bram Stoker

41. “I come from a long line of body snatchers, probably the top-notch body snatchers in America. No make that the world. Some people might think it's gross digging up bones or corpses, but who asked them? It's no big deal, but then I've been doing it since I got out of diapers.” - Minda Webber

42. “I’m a hard nut to crack, and I take it standing up.” - Bram Stoker

43. “I want to cut off her head and take out her heart.” - Bram Stoker

44. “Bodies lay strewn all around. Turkish and Wallachian warriors caught up in the intimate indiscriminate embrace of death.” - Shane K.P. O'Neill

45. “Welcome to my house! Enter freely. Go safely, and leave something of the happiness you bring.” - Bram Stoker

46. “The first handkerchief was tied to a second, yellow handkerchief. He fed both through the window and kept pulling. Attached to it was a red one. Then a green one. “Go away, you goddamn clown!” Jenny ordered. But Benny the Clown continued to pull out handkerchief after handkerchief. Five…ten…fifteen…then… That’s not a handkerchief.” - Blake Crouch

47. “Good evening and good night.” - Dracula Bela Lugosi 1931

48. “Permítame que le aconseje, mi querido joven amigo; no, permítame que le advierta con toda seriedad que en caso de que usted deje estos cuartos, por ningún motivo se quede dormido en cualquier otra parte del castillo. Es viejo y tiene muchas memorias, y hay muchas pesadillas para aquellos que no duermen sabiamente. ¡Se lo advierto! En caso de que el sueño lo dominase ahora o en otra oportunidad o esté a punto de dominarlo, regrese deprisa a su propia habitación o a estos cuartos, pues entonces podrá descansar a salvo. Pero no siendo usted cuidadoso a este respecto, entonces… —terminó su discurso de una manera horripilante, pues hizo un movimiento con las manos como si se lasestuviera lavando.” - Bram Stoker

49. “El verdadero Dios pone atención hasta cuando se cae un gorrión; pero el Dios creado por la vanidad humana no ve diferencia alguna entre un águila y un gorrión. ¡Oh, si los hombres por lo menos supieran!” - Bram Stoker

50. “He tratado de mantener una mente abierta; y no son las cosas ordinarias de la vida las que pueden cerrarla, sino las cosas extrañas; las cosas extraordinarias, las cosas que lo hacen dudar a uno si son locura o realidad.- Doctor van Helsing.” - Bram Stoker