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81 " No woman lives a life unscathed. It’s what makes us strong. We are broken and mended, remade every time. We must, or it destroys us. "
― Lydia Kang , Opium and Absinthe
82 " Tillie was shocked at the numbers. Those children could fill a city. “How awful that their mothers did not want them.” Sister Cecilia smiled kindly. “They are often very much wanted, but poverty prevents their mothers from keeping them. Or madness. Or sickness and death. "
83 " How blessed are some people, whose lives have no fears, no dreads; to whom sleep is a blessing that comes nightly, and brings nothing but sweet dreams. —Lucy Westenra "
84 " asked Dr. Seward to give me a little opiate of some kind . . . I hope I have not done wrong, for as sleep begins to flirt with me, a new fear comes . . . Here comes sleep. Good-night. —Mina Harker "
85 " Clarity is a wonderful thing. Sometimes, obfuscation is too, but I digress. "
86 " Forgetting is an act of survival. "
87 " How rude of the sky to be so blue and pretty when Lucy couldn’t admire it. "
88 " I love my little oubliette. "
89 " They had placed her in her wedding dress, of all things, as though Death were her betrothed. "
90 " Cosmetics had been used to make her skin porcelain white. A blush of pink had been dusted onto her cheeks, and her lips were reddened with salve. "
91 " Ah, well, poor girl, there is peace for her at last. It is the end!” He turned to me, and said with grave solemnity: “Not so, alas! Not so. It is only the beginning!” —Dr. Seward and Van Helsing "
92 " reticule. "
93 " cortege "
94 " advertisement for Coca-Cola. The Ideal Brain Tonic. "
95 " vitascope movie. "
96 " Even if she be not harmed, her heart may fail her in so much and so many horrors; and hereafter she may suffer—both in waking, from her nerves, and in sleep, from her dreams. —Van Helsing "
97 " saying goodbye to a version of herself she had taken for granted her whole life. Planned as this was, there was still shock and mourning to be done. But she also knew that she would survive this. Purpose thrummed strongly in her heart. This would be worth it. "
98 " Opium, she thought vaguely as she drifted away. And absinthe. I must learn more about these marvelous wonders. "
99 " It was such an awful book. No lady of standing would be caught reading such a story. It was replete with visions that were wholly unchristian. But it had opened a world Tillie didn’t know, and that was always heavenly. She wished the mysterious Carpathian Mountains were yet undiscovered and that she could be the first to witness their grandeur. She thought of this monster, this Dracula, and despite her disgust, recognized how elegant and romantic he was. He was in love, and he was lonely. Tillie "
100 " But we are strong, each in our purpose; and we are all more strong together. —Van Helsing "