Famous quotes containing the words world, darkness, vampire and/or masquerade:
“Most of the rules and precepts of the world take this course of pushing us out of ourselves and driving us into the market place, for the benefit of public society.”
—Michel de Montaigne (15331592)
“The gray-eyed morn smiles on the frowning night,
Checkring the eastern clouds with streaks of light,
And fleckled darkness like a drunkard reels
From forth days path and Titans fiery wheels.”
—William Shakespeare (15641616)
“If Ive killed one man, Ive killed two
The vampire who said he was you
And drank my blood for a year,
Seven years, if you want to know.”
—Sylvia Plath (19321963)
“The bases for historical knowledge are not empirical facts but written texts, even if these texts masquerade in the guise of wars or revolutions.”
—Paul Deman (19191983)