He had never expected death to be this quiet, this secretive, this easy.

So we reach into the raging chaos, and we cling to it, and we tell ourselves it has meaning, and that the world is good, and we are not evil, and we will all go home in the end.

No matter how rudely someone treats you, remain kind. Walking away at peace with yourself is worth it.

It draws it's strength, this big secret, from the same root from which I draw my strength, both the good and the bad, because in the end, they cannot be separated.

Fear is only good when you have a choice in things.

You see,' [Armand] said, 'killing other vampires is very exciting; that is why it is forbidden under penalty of death.

There may be writing groups where people meet but it's occasional. You really do it all at your own computer or your own typewriter by yourself.