70 Vampire Quotes That’ll Leave You Thirsty For More
“I want to drink your blood!”
This famous vampire quote is just one of many. If you’re looking for vampire sayings from books, movies, and TV shows, you’re in the right place. We have a whole collection for you.
Vampires are a Halloween staple, but our interest in these mythical creatures dates back to ancient times.
Popular shows and movies like “Twilight” and “True Blood” keep our love for them alive.
Celebrate these creatures with chilling lines from “Dracula” or funny quotes from “What We Do in the Shadows.”
You’ll also find quotes from famous figures like Lord Byron, William Shakespeare, and Anne Rice.
Use these quotes as a fun Instagram caption, share them with friends, or just get in the Halloween mood.
One thing is clear—these vampire quotes are captivating.
Vampire Quotes
“I am Dracula, and I bid you welcome, Mr. Harker, to my house. Come in, the night are is chill, and you must need to eat and rest.” — Bram Stoker, “Dracula”
“We are the things that others fear.” — Anne Rice, “The Vampire Lestat”
“Souls and memories can do strange things during trance.” — Bram Stoker, “Dracula”
“The blood jet is poetry, There is no stopping it.” — Sylvia Plath, “Kindness”
“Nothing else but an insatiate thirst of enjoying a greedily desired object.” — Michel de Montaigne
“Evil has only the power that we give it.” — Ray Bradbury, “Something Wicked This Way Comes”
“They cannot be seen because they creep only in the dark.” — H.P. Lovecraft, “The H.P. Lovecraft Collection”
“Whoever is not in his coffin and the dark grave, let him know he has enough.” — Walt Whitman
“Life itself is but the shadow of death, and souls departed but the shadows of the living.” — Thomas Browne, “The Garden of Cyrus”
“Vampires, werewolves, fallen angels and fairies lurk in the shadows, their intentions far from honorable.” — Jeaniene Frost
“The thirst that from the soul doth rise, Doth ask a drink devine” — Ben Jonson
“A deep sleep fell upon me — a sleep like that of death.” — Edgar Allan Poe, “The Pit and the Pendulum”
“By the pricking of my thumbs, Something wicked this way comes.” — William Shakespeare, “Macbeth”
“I want you to believe … to believe in things that you cannot.” — Bram Stoker, “Dracula”
“But first, on earth as vampire sent, Thy corse shall from its tomb be rent, Then ghastly haunt thy native place, And suck the blood of all thy race.” — Lord Byron
“Be careful in the company of monsters that you don’t become one.” — Cindy Gerard, “Take No Prisoners”
“Everybody is a book of blood; wherever we’re opened, we’re red.” ― Clive Barker, “Books of Blood: Volumes One to Three”
“He had existed for a long time and was fluent in many languages — most of them … dead ones.” — Alan Kinross, “Longinus The Vampire”
“Give me my robe, put on my crown; I have Immortal longings in me.” — William Shakespeare, “Antony and Cleopatra”
“Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there wondering, fearing, doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before.” — Edgar Allen Poe
“I said farewell to sunlight, and set out to become what I became.” — Anne Rice, “Interview with the Vampire”
“The undead did not love, but they remembered love with a savage loyalty.” — Kim Harrison, “A Perfect Blood”
“Immortality is not a gift, Immortality is an achievement; And only those who strive mightily, Shall possess it.” — Edgar Lee Masters
“I can smell that hot blood just under your skin.” — Luke McDonald, “True Blood”
Funny Vampire Quotes
“One thing about living in Santa Carla I never could stomach; all the damn vampires.” — Grandpa, “The Lost Boys”
“Yeah, some of our clothes are from victims. You might bite someone and then, you think, ‘Oooh, those are some nice pants!’ — Viago, “What We Do in the Shadows”
“Some people have swimming pools, others have private cemeteries. It can happen.” — Sara Evers, “Haunted Mansion”
“Pardon me, boy. Is this the Transylvania station?” — Dr. Frederick Frankenstein, “Young Frankenstein”
“I got the sneaking suspicion that the vampire was a couple of Peeps short of an Easter basket.” — Jim Butcher, “Proven Guilty”
“But I don’t want to be a vampire drone. They’ll suck my blood and make me wear only the very latest fashions.” — Gail Carriger, “Etiquette & Espionage”
“Creepy paper. Creepy paper. Creepy … Oh! Multipack!” — Nandor, “What We Do in the Shadows”
“If stakes and garlic were the top two things that could kill a vampire, ninth grade gym was a close third.” — Heather Brewer, “Ninth Grade Slays”
“I can’t believe I’m in a graveyard with a strange man hunting for vampires on a school night.” — Buffy, “Buffy the Vampire Slayer”
“I go for a look which I call ‘Dead but Delicious.’” — Vladislav, “What We Do in the Shadows”
“How stupid is it to French kiss a vampire and not expect sharp teeth?” — Katie MacAlister, “Sex, Lies and Vampires”
“Twinkle, twinkle little bat! How I wonder what you’re at! Up above the world you fly! Like a teatray in the sky!” — Lewis Carroll, “Alice in Wonderland”
“I ate John. I wept the entire meal. Even though he tasted delicious.” — Nandor, “What We Do in the Shadows”
“You know you’re a vampire when a mosquito bites you and then books an appointment with a therapist.”
“I never drink… wine. But when I do, I prefer type O.”
“Vampires are the only creatures in the world who can’t take a selfie.”
“Why don’t vampires use social media? Because they can’t take pictures in mirrors!”
“What type of artwork do vampires love most? A bloodscape.”
“Vampires are just really passionate about recycling… They want to save every last drop!”
“Trying to organize a vampire party? It’s a total pain in the neck.”
“I’m not saying he’s a vampire, but he could give Dracula a run for his money in a paleness contest.”
“Vampires are like government bonds—they might not yield much, but they sure last a long time!”
“What’s a vampire’s least favorite meal? Steak.”
Short Vampire Quotes
“Ere the bat hath flown” — William Shakespeare, “Macbeth”
“Sometimes it was so easy to forget that I was kissing a vampire.” — Stephenie Meyer, “Breaking Dawn”
“Perhaps the universe is suspended on the tooth of some monster.” — Anton Chekhov
“Thirst drove me down to the water where I drank the moon’s reflection.” — Rumi
“The dead don’t walk. Except, sometimes, when they do.” — T. Kingfisher, “What Moves the Dead”
“Night has become painful for me. It brings to light the regrets of the day.” — Bram Stoker, “Dracula”
“Blood is life and it shall be all ours.” — Bram Stoker, “Dracula”
“The night is my court, and the dark is my palace.” — Elie Wiesel
“Fear is the vampire’s greatest weapon.” — Darren Shan, “Cirque Du Freak”
“I have been dead for centuries, yet I still feel so alive.” — Unknown
“Vampires prey on beauty because they cannot create it.” — Kim Harrison, “Every Which Way But Dead”
“Immortal beings are often the loneliest of all.” — Richelle Mead, “Vampire Academy”
“Do you believe in destiny? That even the powers of time can be altered for a single purpose?” — Bram Stoker, “Dracula”
“The darkness that surrounds us cannot hurt us. It is the darkness in your own heart you should fear.” — Silver RavenWolf
“Even monsters can be made to bleed.” — Gena Showalter, “The Darkest Night”
“I was a newborn vampire, weeping at the beauty of the night.” — Anne Rice, “Interview with the Vampire”
“Our ways are not your ways, and there shall be to you many strange things.” — Bram Stoker, “Dracula”
“There falls no shadow where there shines no sun.” — Hilaire Belloc, “On the Same”
“The light of the sun, the sustained heat of an intense fire — these things might destroy me. But then again, they might not.” — Anne Rice, “The Vampire Lestat”
“I like the night. Without the dark, we’d never see the stars.” — Stephenie Meyer, “Twilight”
“Something black and of the night had come crawling out of the Middle Ages.” — Richard Matheson, “I Am Legend”
“His old life lay in mists, dark adventure lay in front.” — J.R.R. Tolkien, “The Lord of the Rings”
“There are only two kinds of vampire hunters: good ones and dead ones.” — Laurell K. Hamilton, “Circus of the Damned”
