Do you even really know how vampires are made?' 'Well, when a mommy vampire and a daddy vampire love each other very much.

You want a round table meeting, we can have a round table meeting." "I love round tables," said Magnus brightly. "They suit me so much better than square.

Whenever I see interesting names, I jot them down. I've found them in lots of different places: on the news, in the phone book, even on hotel registry lists.

She had never imagined she had the power to make someone else so happy. And not a magical power, either--a purely human one.

How strange to have the power to literally transform yourself into other people, and yet be so unable to put yourself in their place.

It was a very bad idea. It was a terrible idea. It was the worst idea he had ever heard. It was irresistible.

You may be right. I think it was round about Christmas when I got my Welsh dragon tattoo.” At that, Tessa had to try very hard not to blush. “How did that happen?” Will made an airy gesture with his hand. “I was drunk…” “Nonsense. You were never really drunk.” “On the contrary—in order to learn how to pretend to be inebriated, once must become inebriated at least once, as a reference point. Six-Fingered Nigel had been at the mulled cider—“ “You can’t mean there’s truly a Six-Fingered Nigel?