The most content people are those who expect nothing, who have ceased to dream.

I am a vampire, and that is the truth.

I'm tired of being responsible for 203 lives, and I'm tired of deciding which mission is too risky and which isn't, and who's going on the landing party and who doesn't... and who lives, and who dies.

It is a paradox. Life is that way. God designed it that way. I believe I met him once. He was full of mischief.

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

Power, wealth and immortality--they don't bring happiness. You will never know what the word means.

One question always leads to another question. Some things are better to wonder about.