“You are afraid to die?' Yes, everyone is.' But to die as lovers may - to die together, so that they may live together. Girls are caterpillars when they live in the world, to be finally butterflies when the summer comes; but in the meantime there are grubs and larvae, don't you see - each with their peculiar propensities, necessities and structures.” WorldMayTogetherDiesGirlLoversSummerStructurePeculiarButterflyPropensityCaterpillars Author:Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
“For some nights I slept profoundly; but still every morning I felt the same lassitude, and a languor weighed upon me all day. I felt myself a changed girl. A strange melancholy was stealing over me, a melancholy that I would not have interrupted. Dim thoughts of death began to open, and an idea that I was slowly sinking took gentle, and, somehow, not unwelcome possession of me. If it was sad, the tone of mind which this induced was also sweet. Whatever it might be, my soul acquiesced in it.” IfsMindStillsIdeasSoulMightNightGirlFeltMorningChangedStrangeSweetPossessionStealingMy SoulGentleToneMelancholyEvery MorningSinkingInterruptedUnwelcomeThoughts Of Death Book:Carmilla: A Critical Edition Source: Carmilla: A Critical Edition
“but curiosity is a restless and scrupulous passion, and no one girl can endure, with patience, that hers should be baffled by another.” ShouldGirlPassionEndureCuriosityRestlessBaffled Author:Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
