Because teachers, no matter how kind, no matter how friendly, are sadistic and evil to the core.

Don't you find any irony in a vampire sucking up?

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

Morning, sunshine." Vlad blinked at her. "Morning, sulfuric acid." "Pardon me?" "Well, isn't it just kinda wrong to call a vampire 'sunshine'?

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

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

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.