there’s nothing more powerful than human fear—not magic, not vampire strength. Nothing.

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

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

Remember the past - and await the future.

Se Souvenir du passe, et qu'il ya un avenir: Remember the past, and that there is a future.

Sorry, we've got ghosts.

That evening, rowing on the quiet river as sunset turned to dusk, I saw an occasional smoky smudge on the towpath, always slightly ahead of me, like a dark star guiding me home.