Krishna was once asked what was the most miraculous thing in all creation, and he replied, "That a man should wake each morning and believe deep in his heart that he will live forever, even though he knows that he is doomed.

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

The hourglass runs low.

I am a vampire, and that is the truth.

I would look up at the moon and see that it was not the smooth orb we had all believed, but a pitted and scarred world with no air.

I am a vampire. Blood does not bother me.

True courage, in the face of almost certain death, is the rarest quality on earth.