
Heimsljós (World Light) (1940), Book One: The Revelation of the Deity
Ch. 37 : Invention of the Lovely Vampire http://xroads.virginia.edu/~hyper/CABELL/ch37.htm
Jurgen (1919)
Context: Jurgen returned again toward Barathum; and, whether or not it was a coincidence, Jurgen met precisely the vampire of whom he had inveigled his father into thinking. She was the most seductively beautiful creature that it would be possible for Jurgen's father or any other man to imagine: and her clothes were orange-colored, for a reason sufficiently well known in Hell, and were embroidered everywhere with green fig–leaves.
"A good morning to you, madame," says Jurgen, "and whither are you going?"
"Why, to no place at all, good youth. For this is my vacation, granted yearly by the Law of Kalki—"
"And who is Kalki, madame?"
"Nobody as yet: but he will come as a stallion. Meanwhile his Law precedes him, so that I am spending my vacation peacefully in Hell, with none of my ordinary annoyances to bother me."
"And what, madame, can they be?"
"Why, you must understand that it is little rest a vampire gets on earth, with so many fine young fellows like yourself going about everywhere eager to be destroyed."
Heimsljós (World Light) (1940), Book One: The Revelation of the Deity
The Beast of Property (1884)
“"I see..." said the vampire thoughtfully, and slowly he walked across the room towards the window.”
first line
Interview With The Vampire (1976)
Source: Alexander the Great, 1973, p.254
Pierre Fauchery, as quoted by the character "Jules Labarthe"
The Age for Love
J.B.S. Haldane, Lecture on BBC Third Program, 1965
Anecdotes