Funny how mishearing things-or not hearing them at all-can really screw things up

Nothing could convince Aunt Nelly to let Vlad stay home for the duration of the school year, which just goes to prove that parents and guardians don't care if they're sending you to face bloodthirsty monsters, so long as you get a B in English.

Joss's ears perked up. He loved libraries. Nowhere else in the world felt so safe and homey. Nowhere else smelled like books and dust and happy solitude quite like a library did.

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

Growing older is mandatory, but growing up is optional.

A label doesn't make something so. A label is just a word. It's what a person does that makes them who they are

Live and everyone would die. Die and everyone would live. It seemed like such a simple choice. But nothing is ever as simple as it seems.