You just don't want a vampire pissed off at you.

It was one of God's jokes that such a dumb mind had been put in such an eloquent body.

Should I just bite you, and end it all?", he whispered. "I would never have to think about you again. Thinking about you is an annoying habit and one I want to be rid of.

All the pictures on the walls, they all white as lilies and smiling like alligators.

When you've been really beaten, you realize that you are just an envelope of skin, an easily penetrated envelope that holds together a lot of fluids and some rigid structures, which in their turn can simply be broken and invaded.

No matter what happens in public—no matter what—don’t doubt that I love you and care about your welfare . . . as much as I am able.

Sometimes you just have to regret things and move on.