You do not have to be alone. The world never inflicts loneliness upon us. That is something we choose or reject by ourselves.

Real life's nasty. It's cruel. It doesn't care about heroes and happy endings and the way things should be. In real life, bad things happen. People die. Fights are lost. Evil often wins.

She was a beautiful woman." Gavner sighed, tracing the outline of one of the elephants. "She just had very bad taste in underwear …" "And in boyfriends," I added impishly. Mr. Crepsley burst into laughter at that

Destiny's what you make of it. You have to face whatever life throws at you.

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 this were a made-up story, it would begin at night, with a storm blowing and owls hooting and rattling noises under the bed.

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