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

One of the things is that in times of severe disorder, you can't worry about the dead, only the living.

But you're like me,” he says. “An outsider. Different. A freak. We're both weird, which is why we get along.

But I don't think Art's an Einstein - he likes tugging ears, biting people and burping too much to be a genius.

Students never appreciate their teachers while they are learning. It is only later, when they know more of the world, that they understand how indebted they are to those who instructed them. Good teachers expect no praise or love from the young. They wait for it, and in time, it comes.

But the universe isn't fair. Things don't work out neatly, pain, hardship and challenges divided equally among those best equipped to deal with them. Sometimes individuals have to be Atlases and carry the weight of the world alone. It shouldn't happen that way, but it does.

A world without pain, loss, betrayal, hate, death, loneliness? Impossible!