Denn die Todten reiten schnell.

For the dead travel fast.

Esteemed Traveller,It is our pleasure to greet you into our humble abode. Venture forth only if you dare, for the things that lurk in the shadows are more often foes than friends.

As he spoke he smiled, and the lamplight fell on a hard-looking mouth, with very red lips and sharp-looking teeth, as white as ivory. One of my companions whispered to another the line from Burger's "Lenore". "Denn die Todten reiten schnell." ("For the dead travel fast.") ― Bram Stoker, Dracula.