VAMPIRE QUOTES IV
quotations about vampires
Vampires are vectors of protozoonoses, rickettsioses and especially rabies. The Latin American Paralyssa is only transmitted by vampires. Besides helping to prevent rabies, the control of vampires is an important tool in preventing these vector-borne diseases.
H. S. H. SEIFERT
Tropical Animal Health
I think what the vampires are doing is good, because it helps put into perspective what our conception of 'normal' is. Them doing what they're doing isn't a problem.... It's our preconceived notion of what normal is that's the problem.
JOHN EDGAR BROWNING
"'Real' vampires exist and there are over 5,000 of them in the United States", National Post, October 26, 2016
Vampires are real -- at least the amoebae variety -- and they have been around for millions of years, say researchers who found evidence of predation in ancient microbial ecosystems dating back more than 740 million years. Using a scanning electron microscope to examine minute fossils, the researchers found perfectly circular drill-holes that may have been formed by an ancient relation of Vampyrellidae amoebae.
IANS123
"Vampires are for real: Researchers have found tiny fossils that lived 740 million years ago", Firstpost, May 26, 2016
In the 1970s vampires were pretty boring. The scariest vampire was Count Chocula. One bite of Count Chocula and you were cursed with Type 2 diabetes.
CRAIG FERGUSON
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson, March 19, 2012
What if it turns out there really are witches and vampires and werewolves living right here alongside us? After all, what better disguise could there be than to get your image enshrined in the culture of the mass media? Anything that's described in artistic terms and shown in the movies stops being frightening and mysterious. For real horror you need the spoken word, you need an old grandpa sitting on a bench, scaring the grandkids in the evening.
SERGEI LUKYANENKO
Twilight Watch
Aren't you going to at least try to be sexy? Think of all those vampire fans out there--they'd be so disappointed.
KIERSTEN WHITE
Paranormalcy
Once I returned to the Church and began to see the universe as a place that really did incorporate redemption and really tried to understand the implications of there being a God, my identification with the vampires as outcasts, as outsiders and lost souls began to totally wane. It no longer worked for me. I had done it. It had led me to this point.
ANNE RICE
interview, BookPage, November 2005
Before people understood how certain diseases spread, they sometimes imagined vampires were behind the unseen forces slowly ravaging their communities.... Trying to kill vampires, or prevent them from feeding, was a way for people to feel as though they had some control over disease.
BECKY LITTLE
"The Bloody Truth About Vampires", National Geographic, October 26, 2016
Surveys conducted by the Atlanta Vampire Alliance have found that there are at least five thousand people in the U.S. who identify as real vampires.... These communities have largely kept to themselves, knowing enough about public perception to not want to attract prying eyes.
YANAN WANG
"'Real' vampires exist and there are over 5,000 of them in the United States", National Post, October 26, 2016
Vampires. Honestly, they're like children sometimes.
RICHELLE MEAD
Succubus Blues
Wow! When you become a vampire, men become broad shouldered and muscle-bound and women become tall and thin! You ever think of selling this on QVC?
PETE ABRAMS
"Vampires", Sluggy Freelance, September 27, 1998
I always thought of vampires, especially the young-adult ones, as a metaphor for sex -- sucking blood, forbidden, taboo. I think they just ooze sex. Vampires are all the big themes in life in one attractive bloodsucking package.
MELISSA DE LA CRUZ
attributed, Virginity in Young Adult Literature after Twilight
The world is a vampire, sent to drain
Secret destroyers, hold you up to the flames
And what do I get, for my pain?
Betrayed desires, and a piece of the game
SMASHING PUMPKINS
"Bullet With Butterfly Wings"
I want a cheeseburger so badly, but I have to be a vampire in a few weeks.
KRISTEN STEWART
"Kristen Stewart on Breaking Dawn diet", The Examiner, October 22, 2010
If there's one thing real vampires seem to have in common, it is their reluctance to tell the world about who, and what, they are.
KIM WALL
"Interview with a real-life vampire: why drinking blood isn't like in Hollywood", The Guardian, August 15, 2015
Sudden as a knife you thrust
into my sorry heart
and strong as a host of demons came,
gaudy and libertine,
to make in my corrupted mind
your bed and bedlam there;
Beast, who bind me to you close
as convict to his chains.
CHARLES BAUDELAIRE
"The Vampire"
You won't find a vampire in a Ford Fiesta.
CHARLAINE HARRIS
Dead Until Dark
Blood sucking creatures of the night
Nocturnal spectre hiding from the light
Cries screaming out every fright
Eagerly awaiting plight
Apparitions from the pits of Hell
Death plagues the streets in which they dwell
Demented lust, the secrets they must keep
Addicted to your blood
At dawn they sleep
SLAYER
"At Dawn They Sleep"
Vampires are more than the myth or Twilight saga -- they're REAL and drink more than just blood. An active online community across forums and social media reveals vampires also feed off human life and emotional energy.
NICOLE STINSON
"15,000 real vampires in the UK and they do more than just suck your blood", Daily Star, July 3, 2016
Well, vampires are evergreen. Every 10 or 15 years there's something about vampires. There is a BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER. Then it'll be quiet for a while, and then we'll have UNDERWORLD, and then it goes quiet, and then there's a TRUE BLOOD, and then it goes quiet.
DONNY CATES
"An Interview with Donny Cates, Creator of REDNECK", ComicsVerse, April 29, 2017