For an hour or more he was neither human nor vampire, just a howling, hungry creature of dark delights.

We all make basic assumptions about things in life, but sometimes those assumptions are WRONG. We must never trust in what we assume, only in what we KNOW.

Destiny is a tower of cards - nudge one just an inch and everything stacked on top comes crashing down. P116

But I also slaughtered you real mother and father. In a moment of mad rage, I took their lives and left you an orphan. If you choose to take my life as a payment for theirs, you will be within your rights and no vampire will hold it against you. Pass judgment on me, Gavner Purl, and let your hand rise or fall as destiny decides it must." -Larten Crepsley

Life is a challenge" he once told me, "and only those who rise to the challenge truly know what it means to live.

Your spikes have gone floppy.

Even a minute of dying is better than an eternity of nothingness.