Honestly," she sighed, "I don't know what kind of life we'll have together, with me always flying off in one direction and you in the other." I smiled. "It's a good thing the world's round," I said.

You see, when medicine works, it is blessed science, and when it fails, it is witchcraft. - Polidori

The preface? Why would he waste time with the preface? Skip the preface and move on to the meat of the thing!

Why do you need to fly so much?” she asked. “If I don’t, it’ll catch up with me.” The words just came out. “What will?” I took my hands from my face, panting. I stared out at the storm. “Unhappiness.

If anyone comes near you, just scream and run.

I'm cursed with this puritanical streak that makes me want everything to be about something. It's a terrible affliction.

If you were closer, I'd slap you," she said. "Let me help," I replied, and stepped closer. She promptly slapped me, which surprised me only a little. We glared at each other in the near dark, and then she looked away. "I'm sorry I slapped you," she said. "That's all right. I quite enjoyed it.