Carmilla (Illustrated)

by J. Sheridan Le Fanu

You, who live in towns, can have no idea how great an event the introduction of a new friend is, in such a solitude as surrounded us.

I don’t know myself when you look so and talk so.”

“Nevertheless life and death are mysterious states, and we know little of the resources of either.”

You will think me cruel, very selfish, but love is always selfish; the more ardent the more selfish.

The vampire is prone to be fascinated with an engrossing vehemence, resembling the passion of love, by particular persons.