It was a brutal picture, a tug-of-war between two equal but opposing impulses. It had the ring of truth, however.

She was like a camera that had been chronically out of focus until someone came by and twisted the lenses into alignment.

Matthew kept hinting that his desire - for blood, chiefly- was so strong that it put everything else at risk. But vampires weren’t the only creatures who had to manage such strong impulses. Much of what qualified as magic was simply desire in action. Witchcraft was different- that took spells and rituals. But magic? A wish, a need, a hunger too strong to be denied- these could turn into deeds when they cross a witch’s mind.

Her bark is worse than her bite.

Sorry, we've got ghosts.

It is a blessing as well as a burden to love so much that you can hurt so badly when love is gone.

Scholars do one of two things when they discover information that doesn't fit what they already know. Either they sweep it aside so it doesn't bring their cherished theories into question or they focus on it with laserlike intensity and try to get to the bottom of the mystery.