The vampire was real. It was only that his true story had never been told.
Richard MathesonStichwörter: mythology
A surfeiting of terror soon made terror a cliché.
Richard MathesonStichwörter: adaptation
For him the word 'horror' had become obsolete.
Richard MathesonStichwörter: adaptation
After a while, though, even the deepest sorrow faltered, even the most penetrating despair lost its scalpel edge.
Richard MathesonStichwörter: sadness
That's what was wrong with drinking too much. You became immune to drunken delights. There was no solace in liquor. Before you got happy, you collapsed.
Richard MathesonStichwörter: alcohol
No, by God, he had no intention of going on like a blind man, plodding down a path of brainless, fruitless existence until old age or accident took him. Either he found the answer or he ditched the whole mess, life included.
Richard MathesonStichwörter: curiosity
He turned away from the bar as if he could leave the question there. But questions had no location; they could follow him around.
Richard MathesonStichwörter: self-honesty
If men only felt about death as they do about sleep, all terrors would cease. . . Men sleep contentedly, assured that they will wake the following morning. They should feel the same about their lives.
Richard MathesonStichwörter: contentment sleep death
Now when I die, I shall only be dead.
Richard MathesonStichwörter: death
[...] Pero luego el silencio cubrió las cabezas, como una manta pesada. Todos volvieron hacia Neville unos rostros pálidos. Neville los observó serenamente. Y de pronto comprendió. Yo soy el anormal ahora. La normalidad es un concepto mayoritario. Norma de muchos, no de un sólo hombre.
Y comprendió, también, la expresión de aquellos rostros: angustia, miedo, horror. Tenían miedo, sí. Era para ellos un monstruo terrible y desconocido, una malignidad más espantosa aún que la plaga. Un espectro invisible que había dejado como prueba de su existencia los cadáveres desangrados de sus seres queridos. Y Neville los comprendió, y dejó de odiarlos.
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