There were no vampires of note in Western literature until about the 18th century. But they tell us where we park our anxieties, whether its over-powerful women, death or damnation. We make our own monsters.
Deborah Harkness
Related We make our own monsters, then fear them for what they show us about ourselves. MIKE CAREY The best monsters are our anxieties given form. They make sense on the level of a dream - or a night... VICTOR LAVALLE In western culture, we have ignored death. We're running the other way - everything is about lif... ANDREW LINCOLN When we die our money, fame, and honors will be meaningless. We own nothing in this world. Everythin... MICHAEL HUFFINGTON All men and women are born, live suffer and die; what distinguishes us one from another is our dream... JOSEPH EPSTEIN since we all came from a women, got our name from a women, and our game from a women. I wonder why w... TUPAC SHAKUR Maybe there isn’t such a thing as fate. Maybe it’s just the opportunities we’re given, and wha... MARISSA MEYER To bring the matter to one point, Is the power who is jealous of our prosperity, a proper power to g... THOMAS PAINE We stopped looking for monsters under our bed when we realized that they were inside us. CHARLES DARWIN For a few thousand years, women had no history. Marriage was our calling, and meekness our virtue. O... STACY SCHIFF Deborah contacted us right at the beginning about a week ago. We were surprised but, of course, we a... AMITAI SANDY Whether you wish to chant 'Our houses, our selves' or 'We have houses, hear us roar,'... SANDRA TSING LOH For the barbarians were not only at our gates but within our skins. We were our own wooden horses, e... SALMAN RUSHDIE It is curious to note the old sea-margins of human thought! Each subsiding century reveals some new ... HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW It is curious to note the old sea-margins of human thought. Each subsiding century reveals some new ... HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW we sat there smoking cigarettes at 5 in the morning. CHARLES BUKOWSKI I liked it when they were pressing us full court. We broke through that. But in our half-court set w... DAN PARR Women: I liked the colors of their clothing; the way they walked; the cruelty in some faces; now and... CHARLES BUKOWSKI Do we not see the influence we have when we say we believe in one thing, but our children see us liv... DAN PEARCE When we allow our hands and our minds to wither in our efforts to control our own habits, our own hu... GENE CRAWFORD They were telling us where to attack, ... They told us they had no orders to shoot, so we were liste... VELIMIR ILIC The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now. CHINESE PROVERB Our acts make or mar us, we are the children of our own deeds. VICTOR HUGO I believe that who we are, and consequently the work that we make, whether we're visual artists ... BARBARA KRUGER There are vampires. They are real, they are of our time, and they are here, close by, stalking us as... NICKY RAVEN Film is our literature, so we should tell stories that are apropos of our culture, in that we can le... DAVID STRATHAIRN Where Matthew got his tag there was a zoo of hunters in the motorized areas. Where we were, we saw o... RANDY NEWBERG German writers in the late 18th century were the first to uphold a prickly, literary nationalism, in... PANKAJ MISHRA The seed for our tobacco originated in Venezuela. We grow it because it most closely resembles 18th-... DAVID NIELSEN Until we learn to give credit, not even always where it is due, all mal-happenings - whether its by ... JOSEPH ANNANG SOWAH Literature is the one place in any society where, within the secrecy of our own heads, we can hear v... SALMAN RUSHDIE We are monsters with good intentions, our instincts drive us but our passions devour us E.C. LEMUS There's no commodity we can take with us. There is only our lives, whether we live them wisely o... SHARON SALZBERG Since we own our bodies, we also inevitably own the effects of our actions, be they good or bad. If ... STEFAN MOLYNEUX He famously defended fairy stories against those who said they told children that there were monster... TERRY PRATCHETT There are three things we have no control over: our birth; our emotions, if we're sincere; and o... BETTY PARSONS We make our own sauce. We make our own rub. We make our own marinade. We make everything but the mea... JAMES ROBBINS All people are, at heart, egocentric. We exist at the center of our own little universes. We believe... PETER DAVID In passing, we should note this curious mark of our own age: the only absolute allowed is the absolu... FRANCIS SCHAEFFER In passing, we should note this curious mark of our own age: the only absolute allowed is the absolu... FRANCIS SCHAEFFER Everybody talks about how Western Illinois has never been there. It's something that we've wanted to... LESLIE CRANE Where there is perhaps a province in which the photograph can tell us nothing more than what we see ... DORTHEA LANGE Where there is perhaps a province in which the photograph can tell us nothing more than what we see ... DORTHEA LANGE Only in death will we have our own names since only in death are we no longer part of the effort. In... CHUCK PALAHNIUK Desire urges me on, while fear bridals me. GIORDANO BRUNO Western Union is dedicated to serving its customers in the communities where they live and work. As ... CHRISTINA GOLD One of our anxieties is de-focusing the relatively small number of engineers we have. Within our own... HAROLD HUGHES We were all born equal, but where we are in life now is of our own making. STEPHEN RICHARDS It fits our 20th-century view of us as ecological monsters. There's no doubt that we do terrible thi... CARL LIPO I was a little bit busy to wonder where they were, but in the first three weeks, we were on our own. LARRY INGARGIOLA We are not defined by our things. Its not our clothes we wear or the cars we own or the art we aquir... ALYSON NOEL There was never a point where we panicked. But there was a time where we were hanging our heads wond... LEVI STUKES When we tell about our cause,Politicians only smile;While they mould and make our laws,What care the... ELLA WHEELER WILCOX We were wise indeed, could we discern truly the signs of our own time; and by knowledge of its wants... THOMAS CARLYLE When we hate our enemies, we are giving them power over us: power over our sleep, our appetites, our... DALE CARNEGIE After all, what can a first impression tell us about someone we’ve just met for a minute in the lo... AMOR TOWLES There were about 15 other kids our age, and this park meant a lot to us. We remembered the fun and d... HOLLY FAULK We need to empower women. Give women a voice in the decision-making process. Give women a political ... MARGARET CHAN Actors are so fortunate. They can choose whether they will appear in tragedy or in comedy, whether t... OSCAR WILDE The twentieth century may tell us that we have nothing to be complacent about in the recent history ... ROWAN WILLIAMS We walk in circles, so limited by our own anxieties that we can no longer distinguish between true a... INGRID BERGMAN If we were not impressed by job titles, suits, and jargon, we would demand that financial advisors s... MOKOKOMA MOKHONOANA I'll tell you that when an innocent person is killed, we never go about asking or inquiring whet... HASSAN ROUHANI We can leave a place behind, or we can stay in that place and leave our selfishness (often expressed... JOHN H. GROBERG Soldiers of the American Revolution fought that 18th century war with heavy muskets. In the early 20... PAUL ENGLE My prayers, my tears, my wishes, fears, and lamentations, were witnessed by myself and heaven alone.... ANNE BRONTë We could have no communication whatever with our surroundings if they were absolutely foreign to us.... RABINDRANATH TAGORE We found our heaviest users were using it every day all over their house, whether there was an odor ... JOHN SEBASTIAN We speak of nature; it is folly; there is no such thing as nature; what we call by that misleading n... MARK TWAIN For all of us who are alive, life is the real issue. Yet so often we judge our existence by the thin... PREM RAWAT EVANGELIST, n. A bearer of good tidings, particularly (in a religious sense) such as assure us of ou... AMBROSE BIERCE They didn't have pesticides in the 18th century. DAVID NIELSEN Films and gramophone records, music, books and buildings show clearly how vigorously a man's life an... MARTIN BORMANN Films and gramophone records, music, books and buildings show clearly how vigorously a man's life an... MARTIN BORMANN Films and gramophone records, music, books and buildings show clearly how vigorously a man's life an... MARTIN BORMANN Death is a part of all our lives. Whether we like it or not, it is bound to happen. Instead of avoid... DALAI LAMA While horror may make us squirm or quake, it will not make us cry at the pity of things. The vampire... THOMAS LIGOTTI Daughter, we didn't need your note - or a prince's visit - to tell us you'd done nothing wrong. We k... GAIL CARSON LEVINE He just complained and complained the whole time we were there...But it didn't make any difference i... CHRIS CORNELL There are such beings as vampires, some of us have evidence that they exist. Even had we not the pro... BRAM STOKER We all wish to live every moment of our life but its the death who gives us a surprise. NEYMAT KHAN We’d all lived through our own horrors, and whether they showed on our skin or not, we all bore sc... MADELINE SHEEHAN We'd like to think that it is not our fault that great men and women died fighting for the security ... D'ANDRE LAMPKIN We'd like to think that it is not our fault great men and women died fighting for the security of ou... D'ANDRE LAMPKIN And one by one, driven to exhaustion, trapped by fence and horses and bewilderment, under an immacul... GLENDON SWARTHOUT In this universe, and this existence, where we live with this duality of whether we exist or not and... SHEKHAR KAPUR The liveliness of literature lies in its exceptionality, in being the individual, idiosyncratic visi... SALMAN RUSHDIE Each of us will have our own Fridays—those days when the universe itself seems shattered and the s... JOSEPH B. WIRTHLIN There's nothing we fear more than our own Reflection. We scream at the monsters within us, hidden de... SOLANGE NICOLE I remember the moment in which we were taken hostage in Libya, and we were asked to lie face down on... 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course, powerful muscles, but no ... THOMAS CARLYLE We should take care not to make the intellect our god; it has, of course, powerful muscles, but no p... ALBERT EINSTEIN Our consciences take NO notice of pain inflicted upon others until it reaches a point where it gives... MARK TWAIN I don't want this new (advisory) committee to tell us what to do -- or they're going to take our sup... BEVERLY HOWELL
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DEBORAH DAY The biggest mistake is believing there is one right way to listen, to talk, to have a conversation -... DEBORAH TANNEN I would love to be bilingual. I think having a second or third language at my bidding would open up ... DEBORAH RANEY The biggest surprise, which is also the best, is that I didn't know I would love motherhood as m... DEBORAH NORVILLE A government that operates under the guise of capitalism does not necessarily mean it is free of the... DEBORAH SIMPSON Ninety percent of board members said they were there to make a difference in the organization. DEBORAH HECHINGER Accessories in general add warmth to a room, but you can switch out your accessories to showcase onl... DEBORAH CARPENTER In choosing where to live or vacation, we may be setting the stage for the play of ourselves, treati... DEBORAH TALL We always see a few orders for wedding invitations with wedding dates around college graduation time... DEBORAH GOMIA My mind became agitated with the enquiry - why a nation, separated from us by an ocean more than thr... DEBORAH SAMPSON U.S. gasoline may be rattling people's cages. We're going to see another steep draw. That, Nigeria a... DEBORAH WHITE I always thought that it was every performer's dream. That's the epitome of being an artist,... DEBORAH COX 'Tulip Fever' did change my life. It did that thing that sometimes happens when a book takes... DEBORAH MOGGACH It's not a failure if a marriage or partnership ends after a certain number of years. I think, i... DEBORAH MOGGACH It's a very quick place to come in. I'm not going on 21 at lunchtime for anything unless it's a dire... DEBORAH DURHAM They said the wreath is still on the door. DEBORAH ROBERTS In whatever I may be thought to have been unnatural, unwise and indelicate, it is now my most ferven... DEBORAH SAMPSON The song came out to be a gem, just came out to be a really, really interesting rendition of it. DEBORAH COX Risk initiatives require active cooperation among the business line heads who will ultimately benefi... DEBORAH WILLIAMS It's really a grand old, legendary theatre where the spirits of like Judy Garland and all these ... DEBORAH COX Wisdom is not attained by the journey through life's circumstances and lessons learned, but rather, ... DEBORAH SIMPSON The truth is, it's never about what someone does for you, but rather, what you've done for someone e... DEBORAH SIMPSON The seeds of time are the precious elements that define who we are and carve the path of our future. DEBORAH SIMPSON Spiritualism is not about bending to religious ideology, it is about leading from the spirit. DEBORAH SIMPSON If love needs to be chased, then the chasing isn't worth your love. DEBORAH SIMPSON If you close your eyes sometimes your vision becomes clearer as it is not clouded by pictures. DEBORAH SIMPSON If today is yesterday' s promise, tomorrow certainly holds miraculous wonders. DEBORAH SIMPSON Following the direction of the wind is not necessarily the right direction. Sometimes, walking again... DEBORAH SIMPSON Fear of rejection is a faith in failure DEBORAH SIMPSON A shallow faith is debilitating, even if it fits into your ideals. DEBORAH SIMPSON There comes a time in every man's life when courage is no longer defined by the chances he takes, bu... DEBORAH SIMPSON Boldness often attracts adversity, and the louder the conviction, the more shrilling the opposition.... DEBORAH SIMPSON If the American people do not believe that what they collectively established in the White House is ... DEBORAH SIMPSON We are all artists, painting new canvases every day. Be sure today's picture is what you truly want ... DEBORAH SIMPSON