Francis Marion Crawford

Quotes by Francis Marion Crawford

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Novelist · American · 1854–1909

American novelist (1854–1909)

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“To expect defeat is nine-tenths of defeat itself.”

“Death is only a translation of life into another language.”

“No one person can possibly combine all the elements supposed to make up what everyone means by friendship.”

“I have seen an evil thing this night,' he said; 'I have seen how the dead drink the blood of the living. And the blood is the life.”

“A cool breeze stirred my hair at that moment, as the night wind began to come down from the hills, but it felt like a breath from another world.”

“What has life given me? The beginning is fire, the end is a heap of ashes, and between the end and the beginning lies all the pain in the world.”

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“Death is only a translation of life into another language.”
— Francis Marion Crawford
death language life translation

“I have seen an evil thing this night,' he said; 'I have seen how the dead drink the blood of the living. And the blood is the life.”
— Francis Marion Crawford
blood horror vampire

“I will come,' the priest answered, 'for I have read in old books of these strange beings which are neither quick nor dead, and which lie ever fresh in their graves, stealing out in the dusk to tast...”
— Francis Marion Crawford
blood horror vampires

“A cool breeze stirred my hair at that moment, as the night wind began to come down from the hills, but it felt like a breath from another world.”
— Francis Marion Crawford
night wind

“What has life given me? The beginning is fire, the end is a heap of ashes, and between the end and the beginning lies all the pain in the world.”
— Francis Marion Crawford
life life-and-death the-dead-smile weariness

“No one person can possibly combine all the elements supposed to make up what everyone means by friendship.”
— Francis Marion Crawford
Everyone Person Elements

“We need two kinds of acquaintances one to complain to while we boast to the others. -Logan Pearsall Smith No one person can possibly combine all the elements supposed to make up what everyone mea...”
— Francis Marion Crawford
friendship

“To expect defeat is nine-tenths of defeat itself.”
— Francis Marion Crawford
positive

“We need two kinds of acquaintances one to complain to while we boast to the others. -Logan Pearsall Smith No one person can possibly combine all the elements supposed to make up what everyone means...”
— Francis Marion Crawford
friendship