Besides, the mhis that surrounded the compound could scramble anything from GPS to Santa Claus.

I'm in love," he said hoarsely. "With someone else. That's why." Qhuinn (Lover Unleashed)

Humans are threatened by anything different, and their response is to fight. They're bullies, picking on the weak, cowering from the strong.

I am barren of words. For no sounds from my mouth are worthy of your hearing

It was a universal truth among males that anytime you saw a guy get it in the nuts, you experienced a shot of phantom pain in your own croquet set.

Conflict is the microscope of a book. When it's trained on a character, you see what's underneath the narratives of physical description. You see whether someone is strong or weak, principled or apathetic, heroic or villainous." (J.R. on writing the BDB series)

We’re vampires,” he said. “Not fairies.” “Sometimes I’m not so sure about that. You see that study your king hangs out in?” “He’s nearly blind.” “Which explains why he hasn’t hanged himself in that pastel train wreck.” “I thought you were bitching about the gloom-and-doom decorating?” “I free-associate.