People fear what they can't understand and harm what they fear.

Wrong. Enemies don't fight with such determined passion. That kind of focus is reserved for friends at odds with one another." pg 69 Tomas to Vlad

Vlad's heart sank into his stomach, then squeezed its way down his leg and popped out of the hole in his shoe, where it struck the floor and broke.

Present company excluded, this looked to be the most pleasant detention ever experienced by mankind. Further proof that librarians should run the world-or a least be in charge of detention at Bathory High.

Lesson #456 of high school life: Never, EVER trust an alarm clock.

Sometimes you have to be alone to think, and sometimes the best place for thinking isn't home.

Bullying is a horrible thing. It sticks with you forever. It poisons you. But only if you let it.