It begins with absence and desire. It begins with blood and fear. It begins with a discovery of witches.

Be yourself-- Matthew Clairmont. Complete with your sharp vampire teeth and your scary mother, your test tubes full of blood and your DNA, your infuriating bossiness and your maddening sense of smell.

The most beautiful experience we can have is the mysterious. It is the fundamental emotion that stands at the cradle of true art and true science. Whoever does not know it and can no longer wonder, is as good as dead, and his eyes are dimmed (Albert Einstein)

My experiences thus far had me planning to throttle the first Tudor historian I met upon my return for gross dereliction of duty.

Just because something seems impossible doesn't make it untrue.

My ideas about vampires may by romantic, but your attitudes toward women need a major overhaul.

I was planning on starting a new file on my computer with the title "Phrases That Sound One Way to Witches but Mean Something Else to Vampires.