“Maybe a new religion will rise now. Maybe without it, man will crumble in cynicism and selfishness because he really needs his gods.”

“Maybe this is madness. Maybe that's what Hell is. You go mad. And all your demons come and get you just as fast as you can think them up.”

“You do not know your vampire nature. You are like an adult who, looking back on his childhood, realizes that he never appreciated it. You cannot, as a man, go back to the nursery and play with your toys, asking for the love and care to be showered on you again simply because now you know their worth. So it is with you and mortal nature. You've given it up. You no longer look "through a glass darkly." But you cannot pass back to the world of human warmth with your new eyes.”

“Maybe that was all there ever will be just that one weekend and forever this unfinished feeling...”

“Genealogy belongs to the rich in human history. The poor rise and fall without leaving a footprint.”

“The prince is never going to come. Everyone knows that; and maybe sleeping beauty's dead.”

“Thank God he killed the guy. Oh, now, wait a minute. What kind of a prayer was that!”