No one awakens in the morning thinking they will die that day. Not a saint or a sinner. Not even a condemned killer. We all know were mortal, and yet we all believe we'll live forever.

For feeling, not events, is to me the essence of history.

Truly it it not the tragedies that destroy us, but the memories of them.

There is not enough blood in her veins to keep her heart from skipping.

In that moment, there was no place for doubt. I was sitting with the supreme being. I had always sat beside her. She was inside of me.

When you were in love, you knew no fear or hatred. When you were fearful, there was no possibility of love or hate. And when there was hate, there was only hate.

I am a vampire," I say softly. "And you have pissed me off.