There is no time for grief; there never is.

I went to work at the library. I know that sounds crazy but I didn't know where else to go. Besides, at the library I was constantly surrounded by people. And I loved my job, surrounded by so many books, so many lives, so much of the past.

As to blood—ah, blood, the whole subject fascinates me. I do like that as well, warm and dripping, when I am thirsty. And I am often thirsty.

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

That is the mysterious thing about tragedy- it often strikes at the happiest moment.

Love me...I am not evil.

In this world of gossip, a good listener is rarer than a great orator.