Humans elect leaders on the basis of the promises they make. We [vampires] try to elect ours based solely on the strength of their character.

If mankind's destined to bite the bullet, let's bite it and be damned.

Ever hear of the phrase, Banging you're head on a brick wall?" Ah, but you forget, Darren, vampires can break brick walls with their heads.

But stories don't end. They continue as long as you're alive. You just have to get on with things. Turn the page, start a new chapter, find out what's in store for you next, and keep your fingers crossed that it's not too awful. Even if you know in your heart and soul that it most probably will be.

but you were a fool to bring that pider into this house

If I'd known how wrong I was - if I'd had any idea of the awful night that lay ahead - I'd have run after him and never returned to that disgusting circus of blood, that revolting circus of death.

Power always impresses the young and foolish.