Carmilla

But to die as lovers may—to die together, so that they may live together

Girls are caterpillars while they live in the world, to be finally butterflies when the summer comes; but in the meantime there are grubs and larvae, don't you see--each with their peculiar propensities, necessities and structure.

“Here am I, on a journey of life and death, in prosecuting which to lose an hour is possibly to lose all.