Masquerade/Quotes

"The first rule of Fight Club is, you do not talk about Fight Club. The second rule of Fight Club is, you do not talk about Fight Club!"

—Tyler Durden, Fight Club

"Masquerade! Paper faces on parade! Masquerade! Hide your face so the world will never find you!''

—The Phantom of the Opera

"Yeah, it sucks having to hide from your food. Yeah, you could take any mortal out without thinking about it. When you can take out a few thousand of 'em, then come talk to me. Until then, keep your fucking head down."

—A potty-mouthed Nosferatu, Vampire: The Requiem.

"There's always an Arquillian Battle Cruiser, or a Corillian Death Ray, or an intergalactic plague that is about to wipe out all life on this miserable little planet, and the only way these people can get on with their happy lives is that they Do... Not... Know about it!"

—Agent Kay, Men in Black

"Anonymity is Synonymous With Longevity"

—The Arc Words of the Vampires in Necroscope. When the final Big Bads break this things really start going downhill.

"You've just seen behind a curtain you weren't even supposed to know existed."

—Richardson, The Adjustment Bureau

Come one come all welcome to the grand ball
Where the strong run for cover and the weak stand tall
I'm not one to scare the masses
But there's some things that melt the plastic
Try and dig down deeper if you can
I'm not afraid
I'm not ashamed
I'm not to blame
Welcome to the masquerade

—Welcome To The Masquerade by Thousand Foot Krutch

The secret that your blood conceals
Is not for those whose chat reveals
The whereabouts of all their kin
To strangers with a wolfish grin.

— Blood Will Tell by Bob Kanefsky, in which a "Little girl of little wit" is even more doomed than in the original