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"I come from an old family, and living in a modern house would kill me. A house cannot be made habitable in a day, and after all, how many a few days add up to a century!"

"A Transylvanian noble does not like to think that his bones can lie next to those of ordinary mortals."

"I do not chase happiness and laughter, nor do I love the luminous voluptuousness of too much sun and crystalline waters. I am no longer young, and my heart, worn out by years of mourning for the many deaths, is poorly suited to happiness."

"I love shadows, and when I can I prefer to be alone with my thoughts."

"We szekely have the right to be proud, because in our veins flows the blood of many bold races who fought as the lion fights, for dominance over others. Here, the melting pot of European races, the Ugric tribes brought from Iceland the fighting spirit that had been given to them by Thor and Wodin, whose bersekers given such cruel proof on all the beaches of Europe; yea, and of Asia and of Africa, which the people thought were nothing less than werewolves. Here too, when they arrived, they found the Huns, whose fighting fury had swept the Earth like a living flame, until those dying peoples remembered that the blood of the ancient witches flowed in their veins who, driven out of Scythia, had united with the demons in the desert. Crazy, crazy! What demon or witch could compete with Attila, whose blood animates these veins?"

"Is it any wonder that we were a race of conquerors, that we were proud, and that when the Magyars, Lombards, Avars, Bulgarians, or Turks came in their thousands to threaten our frontiers we repelled them? Is it perhaps strange that when Arpad and his legions invaded the Hungarian homeland they found us here, on our borders, and here the Honfoglalás took place? And when the Hungarians spread towards the east, the Szekely, acclaimed blood relatives of the victorious Magyars, had the task of defending the borders with the land of the Turks for centuries."

"Who redeemed the great shame of my nation, the disgrace of Kosova, when the flags of the Vlachs and Magyars were humiliated in the dust in front of the Crescent? Who, if not a Voivode of my race, who in another and subsequent moment again brought and brought back his spears beyond of the great river, in the land of the Turks, which, once repelled by force, returned and returned, he alone escaping the bloody field where his troops had been slaughtered, knowing full well that he alone would triumph in the end? It is said that he thought only of himself. Bah! What good is an army of peasants without a leader? What good does a war do without a brain and a heart to direct it? And again: when after the Battle of Mohacs we freed ourselves from the Hungarian yoke, we of the blood of the Draculas were at the side of their leaders, because our spirit could not tolerate that we were not free ."

"Ah, my young friend, it is thanks to the courage, brains and sword of the Draculas, that the szekely can boast a history that the Habsburg and the Romanovs, born and raised in hurry like mushrooms, they will never be able to build."

"The days of war are over. Blood is seen as too precious in this age of dishonorable peace, and the glories of the ancient races are a song no longer sings."

"Let me give you some advice, my dear young friend. Indeed: allow me to warn you, in all seriousness, that if you wish to leave these rooms you will not have the opportunity to sleep anywhere else in the castle. It is an old castle, it contains many memories, and there are bad dreams for those who sleep there carelessly. Be careful! If you have to fall asleep, now or at another time, or are about to do so, hurry to your room, or to these rooms, because only in this way will you rest in safety."

"You English have a saying that is very close to my heart, because it is in the same spirit that governs us boyars: 'Open arms to the arriving guest, golden bridges to the departing guest'."

"And so you too, like the others, want to challenge my intelligence with yours. You want to help those men hunt me down and thwart my plans! You now know, and in part they know it too, and in all respects they will soon know, what it means to cut me off. They should have conserved their energies for other purposes more within their reach. Instead, they wanted to engage in a battle of wits against me - against me, who governed entire peoples, and who fought for them, and fought, hundreds of years before you were all born - and I faced them and attracted them in my trap. And you, their darling, are now flesh of my flesh, blood of my blood, branch of my lineage; for some time my generous source, then my companion and accomplice. You too, in your turn, will be able to take revenge in due time; because none of them will be able to oppose your wishes. But for the moment I must punish you for what you have done. You helped them against me, and now you will have to answer my every call. When my will tells you Come!, you will cross lands and seas to obey me. And to this end, so be it!"

"You think you've got the better of me, you – with those pale faces, all lined up there, like sheep in front of the butcher. But you will regret it, from first to last! You think you have taken away from me a place to rest; but I have others! And my revenge has just begun! I live in the ages, and time is on my side. The women you all love are already mine; and thanks to them you too and others like you will soon be mine - my creatures, to obey my commands and become obedient jackals when I am hungry and thirsty."

"Now I live here [...] like an old hermit, in the house of my ancestors. I live among graying memories, but I also observe what happens in the outside world – I hear only a faint echo of it, in this remote desolation. It may surprise you to discover that, although my hair is gray, my heart is young and longs to take part in life, outside the castle walls, where the destinies of nations are forged and the wars of this world are fought. Once upon a time, I took part in this game and pulled quite a few strings."

"Dominate, my young friend, dominate: this is the only thing worth living for, whether it is dominating the will of others... or their hearts."

"England is a land of culture and pragmatism. Eyes that have been able to admire the light of modern civilization never see ghosts."

"We stubborn old people may cling to our dogmas, but the future belongs to the new generations. This is why I long to get caught up in the whirlwind of young London life. Those who live in that big city have other things to think about and certainly don't waste time believing in ghosts."

"That author of yours, Conan Doyle, has written many excellent books about London and I read your papers. They say barely two or three percent of all murder cases are solved. Yes, London is truly an extraordinary city."

"It is the law of nature: the strongest and most cunning creatures feed on the weakest and stupidest ones."

"Artistic ability, courage, wisdom and beauty... all this is power! It is passed from one generation to the next, my good friend; nature is always at work and constantly trying to produce something more refined, getting rid of a lot of material, selecting and rejecting. What is inferior contributes to him and is then eliminated, like garbage."

"We of the Dracula lineage – direct descendants of the Sicilians – are convinced that our lineage derives from the ancient Huns, who once spread across Europe like a fire, destroying nations and people. It is said that they were the descendants of Scythian witches, who had been exiled to the woods, where they joined the demons. These of course are only tales, but it is known that there has never been a demon or sorcerer with greater power than Attila, our ancestor. Therefore it is not surprising that we, his descendants, hate and love with greater passion than other mortals."

"O you cold, rational children of the West – you do not know this kind of love. A love that bites like the harshest hatred, with kisses that burn like red-hot irons and with hugs... but don't make me say anything else!"

"I have read your English books that talk about eternal love, but perhaps I will understand their meaning only when I arrive in London because at the moment I still don't fully grasp it - or rather, I don't understand the meaning that you give it attributed. Love has a life cycle, like a flower that grows in a field: once it has blossomed, it soon withers. Then spring returns, but the same flower does not return, nor another with the same roots. It's a law of nature. Once the flaring passion has reached its peak, it is more likely to die out."

"We may ignore the snake crawling on the ground, but that doesn't mean it won't bite us. I learned this the hard way. That's why I now live like a recluse, with owls and ravens nesting atop the towers of my ancestors' castle. Perhaps, even at this moment, as I speak to you, my dear friend, there are people trying to tarnish my name."

"Those who are weak were created only to satisfy the needs of the more powerful. The person who knows how to exercise strength will achieve supremacy, and will have dominion over everything - beauty, foresight and knowledge - just as a small seed planted in a cemetery will in time become a tall tree thanks to the life force of a thousand generations, and each of these will contribute its strength, attractiveness and other magnificent qualities."

"Why should an old hermit like me have anything to do with the outside world? Who could ever want to write to me and who would I ever write to?"

"[On Tatars] They are good people. If only they were more numerous, many things would be different. For centuries, they have faithfully preserved many treasures of the occult sciences that would otherwise have gone into oblivion. When the time comes, their loyalty will be rewarded."

"The masses are made up of common people of low intelligence and you will never gain any power. [...] They will never be anything more than an instrument in the hands of the strong, who govern with them and on them. But only a few fully understand the wisdom of this truth. Oh, you Englishmen are so proud of your political freedom and your progress – as you call it – but among all of you there are only two or three men who fully understand what progress is and how the freedom of the masses is the his worst enemy!"

"You Westerners still have so much to learn; you have not gone much further than the antechamber of the sciences, where life and death are still unsolved mysteries."

"It's been a long time since I was used to... guests. And I feel the fatigue of the many years spent mourning the dead."

"Mina, [...] I crossed oceans of time to find you. Can you understand how I feel about you? It was a continuous, desperate, interminable search. Until the miracle happened."

"I have endured oceans of time, committed unspeakable acts, to cling to life, until I could find you."

"I tell you that without you, without the life, the love that you give me, I am dead to all humanity. Without you I am nothing more than a beast that feeds on human blood!"

"I lied, to you, to myself. The gift of eternal life is far beyond my power. The truth is that you will be condemned, as I am, to walk in the darkness of eternal death. I love you too much to do this to you!"

"The love of mortals cannot have a hold... on us. Our love will last for all eternity."

"[Hearing wolves howling] Listen carefully. They are creatures of the night. What music to my ears!"

"The spider is spinning its web for some unwary fly."

"I never drink... wine."

"Die a real death. It must be wonderful."

"There are things far worse than death that await man."

"For someone who hasn't lived a single existence, you are a very wise man, Van Helsing."

"Van Helsing! Now that you have learned everything you have learned, you would do a great job returning to your home country."

"It's too late now. My blood already flows in her veins. Mina will live. She will live for centuries to come, as I have lived."

"I want a girlfriend. [...] Monsignor Mueller's niece. [...] her Bring her to me."

"You disobeyed me. [...] You must be punished."

"And so my revenge is complete."

"Remove that cross from my sight immediately! Throw it away!"

"She's not the one I want. You haven't learned to obey. That's not her!"

"You ask?! I have returned to destroy the Van Helsing family forever, both the old and the young. You and your friends have been chosen."

"Are you crazy enough to compete against me? Against me who dominated entire nations?"