“I entered his apartment without being invited, which is perfectly fine if you're not a vampire.”
Lisa Lutz (1970) US author
Source: The Spellmans Strike Again
“A vacant mind invites dangerous inmates, as a deserted mansion tempts wandering outcasts to enter and take up their abode in its desolate apartments.”
George Stillman Hillard Six Months in Italy (1853), ch. 5.
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