Bram Stoker was an Irish author, best known for writing the influential horror novel Dracula. Some of his most famous quotes are collected here. His quotes are just as spine chilling as his novel.
Bram Stoker Quotes
“I met the Devil once in the desert. He made me a very fair offer, but I refused.” ― Bram Stoker
“I can’t. I can’t! Not when I am afraid of him myself.” ― Bram Stoker
“The spell of the phantasmagoria is over, and I feel like a man who has awakened from a vivid dream to find it was reality.” ― Bram Stoker
“There are indeed ghosts, but they are all of us. The horrors of the mind are worse than the horrors of the world.” ― Bram Stoker
“We stop believing in God because we cannot conceive Him. We give up trying to conceive Him because we want to stop believing in Him.” ― Bram Stoker
“One word of criticism from you is like a spark on gunpowder.” ― Bram Stoker
“All brave men are prepared to die, but none are prepared to kill! Remember that and you may save yourself some agony and some awkwardness.” ― Bram Stoker
“You must never imagine that the things you cannot do, you can do easily.” ― Bram Stoker
“I’d rather be hated for who I was than loved for something I was not.” ― Bram Stoker
“I think ’tis best to get married than to burn; there’s the fire, but no smoke and less heat.” ― Bram Stoker
“If you are strong, men will think you wicked; if you are wicked, they will think you strong.” ― Bram Stoker
“It seems to me that the greater part of our misery or unhappiness is determined not by our absolute state, but by our relative state; not by what happens, but by the opinion we form about what happens.” ― Bram Stoker
“I have not yet begun to fight. ― Bram Stoker”
“To be wise, always look on the good side of things and the bad side of them both.” ― Bram Stoker
How strange that I should be the one left behind!” ― Bram Stoker
A man’s character may become his fate. ― Bram Stoker
I can’t. I’ll never tell him how he has set me free. ― Bram Stoker
“The truth is a beautiful and terrible thing.” ― Bram Stoker
All is well that ends better. ― Bram Stoker
The world is full of fools, I dare say, but yet you are the noblest fool of them all in your own way. ― Bram Stoker
There are worse crimes than burning a book. One of them is not reading it.” ― Bram Stoker
The world is full of fools, I say. Look at a man! More dust in your eyes than was ever in your brains. ― Bram Stoker
Have you ever loved anybody truly? ― Bram Stoker
“I give you my sacred word of honor that if I speak to you, it will be as a man to man.” ― Bram Stoker
There is no such thing as love: it is created, incited and perpetuated by appearances. The only eternal thing is the human heart. ― Bram Stoker
I am convinced that being at the mercy of shadows makes more men real than living in a whole light. ― Bram Stoker
All things have a deeply hidden purpose in the universe. That’s what I think. But maybe I’m wrong. ― Bram Stoker
Love is whatever you can still betray. Betrayal can only happen if you love. ― Bram Stoker
If he’s the right man, everything will be all right in the end. If he’s not, nothing will be all right. ― Bram Stoker
Obedience is not cowardice – it is one of the requirements of love. ― Bram Stoker
“It was as if some giant hand had wiped out all familiar landmarks.” ― Bram Stoker
We live in a world of pain and suffering, despair and want. But it would be no more so if men had not learned to give love. ― Bram Stoker
We tend to forget how strong we are when we look back. ― Bram Stoker
I do not know why I am here. I do not know why you are here. But we only know that the sea is here and a ship and they must have men to work them. ― Bram Stoker
There’s something strange about this place. I’m not easy in my mind. ― Bram Stoker
I knew that there was some mystery involved and that murder would out. One might say it was an intuition. ― Bram Stoker
It is not only in cities where one can find conspiracies of silence. There is also minimal talk among men in the deserts. ― Bram Stoker
I think I should send you away or lock the door. But I suppose that would be a cowardly thing to do. So I’ll say what the girls always say: Be brave and good luck. And then goodbye! ― Bram Stoker
Ah! You see! It does not matter what the facts are; it never has. The only thing that matters is what can be proved. ― Bram Stoker
It is dangerous to face a coward with a fear of death. ― Bram Stoker
I have no other happiness beyond my work, and I am fortunate. It would be for my work and not myself if I were remembered. It is all I have to leave my children. ― Bram Stoker
Troubles! Bless you! Troubles are the true jewels of the world. The more troubles one has, the richer one is. You can take a man’s life, but you cannot deprive him of his troubles. ― Bram Stoker
No matter how beautiful a girl may be, she must have something more. She has to have what is in her soul. Then she is beautiful and will always be beautiful. ― Bram Stoker
If you love someone, you say it; you say it right out loud without caring who is listening. ― Bram Stoker
Nothing can withstand the power of your imagination, even in your most impossible dreams. It is beyond the strength of time and space. ― Bram Stoker
Suspense is merely anxiety in slow motion. ― Bram Stoker
There are many reasons why you should love. But one is that you never know if you will meet him again. ― Bram Stoker
You cannot find peace by looking at violence. ― Bram Stoker
“We, who look out upon the night, we see also the stars; and when we see them, we know that they are also looking upon us.” ― Bram Stoker
“It is a funny world; a good deal funnier than anyone would imagine or suspect.” ― Bram Stoker
“Is it not better to love wisely, no matter how much it hurts?” ― Bram Stoker
“If you remember me in your prayers, I shall bless you all my life.” ― Bram Stoker
“Never tell me the future.” ― Bram Stoker
“We all make mistakes. We all do what we haven’t been taught to do. Just live, and let the mistakes take care of themselves.” ― Bram Stoker
“Don’t talk about doing things, just do them!” ― Bram Stoker
“Never trust a writer who says, ‘I never lose my temper.'” ― Bram Stoker
“I am happier than I deserve to be.” ― Bram Stoker
“The man who creates is a god, the man who destroys is a devil.” ― Bram Stoker
“There are no children in hell. Yet they live in hell too. They are the devils and the demons. They are the children of hell.” ― Bram Stoker
“If you fear your fate, don’t read!” ― Bram Stoker
“I’m not a very good dancer, but I am a good listener.” ― Bram Stoker
“Sometimes you win and sometimes you lose, but in either case, the important thing is to get up and try again. That’s what life is all about.” ― Bram Stoker
“You cannot escape your past. It would be best if you faced it.” ― Bram Stoker
Bram Stoker’s Dracula Quotes
“When you are dead, you won’t feel as bad now.” ― Bram Stoker
“The doors we open and close each day decide the lives we live.” ― Bram Stoker
“I believe in good friends and evil enemies.” ― Bram Stoker
“I never make a mistake; I just have successes, corrections and bloopers.” ― Bram Stoker
“There are no miracles in the world of science: everything must either be understood or appear beyond understanding.” ― Bram Stoker
“I am more than a mother: I am a friend.” ― Bram Stoker
“There are more things on earth, dear, than are dreamt of in your philosophy!” ― Bram Stoker
“First things first: we must get up and go. The future is never as dark as we think it will be.” ― Bram Stoker
“The great secret of existence is that…there is no great secret.” ― Bram Stoker
“I am in love with the sea, the fast ships and the wild waves.” ― Bram Stoker
“Beauty walks a razor’s edge between fear and desire.” ― Bram Stoker
“I have found good friends, and like the night, they belong to eternity.” ― Bram Stoker
“I should never forgive myself for my mistakes if I did not learn to laugh at them.” ― Bram Stoker
“True love is like ghosts, which everyone talks about and few have seen.” ― Bram Stoker
The road to success is dotted with many tempting parking spaces.” ― Bram Stoker”
“A true gentleman is never unintentionally rude.” ― Bram Stoker
“You must be cruel only to be kind.” ― Bram Stoker, Dracula
I’m not a very good dancer, but I’m a good listener.” ― Bram Stoker
“The world is full of magic things, patiently waiting for our senses to grow sharper.” ― Bram Stoker
“The mind of man can create anything, but it cannot create food for the spirit.” ― Bram Stoker
“The world has a heart. It may be cold, but it beats.” ― Bram Stoker
“Doubt thou the stars are fire; doubt that the sun doth move; doubt truth to be a liar, but never doubt I love.” — Bram Stoker
Love is like quicksilver. — Bram Stoker,
You cannot have too many good friends. — Bram Stoker
Coffee is better than sex. Sex is better than caffeine. — Bram Stoker
Bram Stoker’s Dracula Quotes Movie
I have this theory that if life gives you lemons, make lemonade. — Bram Stoker
“There are only two stories: the one we tell ourselves, and the one we don’t.” ― Bram Stoker
“Never trust a man who says, ‘I never lose my temper.’ All men lose their tempers. And when they do, it is not good for you.” ― Bram Stoker
“The hours we waste in speculating how we would spend our money if we had it are better employed in earning it.” ― Bram Stoker
“It’s a funny world; a good deal funnier than anyone would imagine or suspect.” ― Bram Stoker
“We are all going directly to Heaven, and the Devil is coming alongside us. He will come faster if we don’t mend our ways.” ― Bram Stoker
“If you love someone, let them go. If they return to you, it was meant to be. If they don’t, their love was never yours, to begin with.” ― Bram Stoker
“There are only two types of people I trust: those who are dead and those who will be.” ― Bram Stoker
“Never do anything or go anywhere that will make you look like a fool; nothing kills love faster than humiliation.” ― Bram Stoker
“Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.” ― Bram Stoker
Ignorance is bliss. — Bram Stoker
“Slavery is freedom’s exact opposite. It is freedom’s opposite because it is the total denial of freedom.” ― Bram Stoker
“Nothing renders one so completely powerless as the certainty that one cannot do anything at all.” ― Bram Stoker
“The sun shines for no one. Life is not measured by the breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.” ― Bram Stoker
“Men live and die, but words must endure.” ― Bram Stoker
“Never lose faith in yourself or your dreams. Understand that everything you have done and will do in life will be a reflection of who you are and what you have already accomplished.” ― Bram Stoker
“Only a life lived for others is a life worthwhile.” ― Bram Stoker
“What do women want? Whatever it is, it’s usually something they can’t have.” ― Bram Stoker
“The only person I can trust is myself. And the only man I can count on to be there when things go wrong is you. You are my best friend.” ― Bram Stoker
“A true gentleman is never unintentionally rude.” ― Bram Stoker
“It isn’t the work that kills. It’s the worrying.” ― Bram Stoker
“The only thing to do with good advice is to pass it on. It is never of any use to oneself.” ― Bram Stoker
Life is an absurd idea. It is valid only for a few. The rest of us live in a world that makes no sense. — Bram Stoker
“A good laugh and a long sleep are the best cures in the doctor’s book.” ― Bram Stoker
The lady with a past has to live in fear of her future. The lady with a future has nothing to fear from her past. — Bram Stoker
Dracula Book Quotes
“We can do more than just exist. We can live.” ― Bram Stoker, Dracula
“I have this theory that if life gives you lemons, make lemonade.” — Bram Stoker
“Doubt thou the stars are fire; doubt that the sun doth move; doubt truth to be a liar, but never doubt I love.” ― Bram Stoker
“There are two things to aim at in life: first, to get what you want; and after that, to enjoy it. Only the wisest of humanity achieve the second.” — Bram Stoker
“All men lose their tempers at times, and the wise won’t lose theirs just because they can’t get what they want.” — Bram Stoker
Life is a poisoner even as it is a preserver. It is a great destroyer and a great builder.” — Bram Stoker”
“Love is like quicksilver in hand. Leave the fingers open and it stays. Clutch it, and it darts away.” ― Bram Stoker
Nothing renders one so wholly powerless as the certainty that one cannot do anything. ― Bram Stoker
“It is better to forgive an enemy than to fight with him; for if you forgive him, you send him away with his honor intact.” ― Bram Stoker
“The world is full of magic things, patiently waiting for our senses to grow sharper.” — Bram Stoker
“As soon as a friend joins you in your joy or sorrow, the intimacy of friendship is created.” — Bram Stoker
Love has no color and no borders. — Bram Stoker
“Never do anything or go anywhere that will make you look like a fool; nothing kills love faster than humiliation.” — Bram Stoker
“If I ever do anything, don’t let it be something that you would be ashamed to remember.” — Bram Stoker
“Live as if you were to leave this world tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.” ― Bram Stoker
“To forget mistakes, one must have a keen sense of humor.” — Bram Stoker
“When you’re used to somebody, you don’t need to like him; all you need is to tolerate him.” ― Bram Stoker
When one is alone, one can be happy.” ― Bram Stoker”
Once a woman knows what she wants, she will stop at nothing to get it. — Bram Stoker
“The danger of knowledge is that it makes us incomprehensible.” ― Bram Stoker
“We are all going directly to Heaven, and the Devil is coming alongside us. He will come faster if we don’t mend our ways.” — Bram Stoker
Fools rush in where angels fear to tread. — Bram Stoker
“Men live and die, but words must endure.” — Bram Stoker
“Nothing renders one so completely powerless as the certainty that one cannot do anything at all.” — Bram Stoker
“The only person I can trust is myself. And the only man I can count on to be there when things go wrong is you. You are my best friend.” — Bram Stoker
Nothing serves man better than believing that his destiny or fate is in his own hands. But that belief is the fatal fallacy of all. — Bram Stoker
“When one has a great and difficult task to perform, it is necessary to conjure up in one’s imagination a certain image of success.” — Bram Stoker
“There are very few people who know what they are doing, and fewer still who do what they know.” — Bram Stoker