I know,I can smell it, too.

You do angry. I just saw it. And you left at least one hole in my carpet to prove it.

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.

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

Remember the past - and await the future.