Within days they'd formed an unholy alliance with a foppish young French vampire in the Garden District who had implausibly golden hair and a streak of ruthlessness as wide as the Mississippi

All that children need is love, a grown-up to take responsibility for them, and a soft place to land.

Her bark is worse than her bite.

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

If the butterfly wings its way to the sweet light that attracts it, it's only because it doesn't know that the fire can consume it.

Wordlessly I looked back at him, astonished that a kiss on the palm could be so intimate.

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