The House of The Vampire by George Sylvester Viereck Chapter 3 Page 5

“The laws are within us and in our control.”

“They are within us and beyond us. It is the physiological structure of our brains, our nerve-cells, that makes and mars our lives.

“Our mental companionship was so beautiful. It was meant to last.”

“That is the dream of youth. Nothing lasts. Everything flows — panta rei. We are all but sojourners in an inn. Friendship, as love, is an illusion. Life has nothing to take from a man who has no illusions.”

“It has nothing to give him.”

They said good-bye.

At the door Ernest met Abel.

“Where are you going?” he asked.