Vampire Quotes by Richard Matheson

9 Vampire quotes by Richard Matheson

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Richard Matheson’s influence on vampire fiction is unmistakable. In these nine succinct statements, he probes the thin line between monster and man, delivering a blend of dread and introspection that still resonates today.

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What would a Mohammedan vampire do if faced with a cross?

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The vampire was real. It was only that his true story had never been told.

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Really now, search your soul, lovie-is the vampire so bad? All he does is drink blood.

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“And suddenly he thought, I'm the abnormal one now. Normalcy was a majority concept, the standard of many and not the standard…

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“The strength of the vampire is that no one will believe in him.” Thank you, Dr. Van Helsing, he thought, putting down…

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Robert Neville looked out over the new people of the earth. He knew he did not belong to them; he knew that,…

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“He thought about that visionary lady. To die, he thought, never knowing the fierce joy and attendant comfort of a loved one's…

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“But are his needs any more shocking than the needs of other animals and men? Are his deeds more outrageous than the…

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“But are his needs any more shocking than the needs of any other animals and men? Are his deeds more outrageous than…

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Let the jagged edge of sobriety be now dulled.

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“It’s horrible," she said. He looked at her in surprise. Horrible? Wasn’t that odd? He hadn’t thought that for years. For him the word…

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In a world of monotonous horror there could be no salvation in wild dreaming. Horror he had adjusted to. But monotony was the greater…

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“No, by God, he had no intention of going on like a blind man, plodding down a path of brainless, fruitless existence until old…

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I think What Dreams May Come is the most important (read effective) book I've written. It has caused a number of readers to lose…

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“I looked at all the people, feeling sorry for them. They were still subordinate to clock and calendar. Absolved of that, I stood becalmed.”

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“The man of my dreams is almost faded now. The one I have created in my mind. The sort of man each woman dreams…

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