Never interrupt when you're winning.

He's no more human than I am, ma petite." At least I'm not dead." That can be remedied.

Love, whether it's friendship or more, is like a cup. It fills up drop by drop, until one last drop and the cup is full. The liquid hangs there almost above the rim, hangs there on surface tension alone and you know that one more drop and it will spill over.

Most hatred is based on fear, one way or another.

She stared up at me, and there was something in her eyes, something that said we finally had an understanding. She was afraid of me, and sometimes that’s the best you can do with people. I’d tried kindness. I’d tried friendship. I’d tried respect. But when all else fails, fear will do the job.

When you spend all your time worrying that the devil is right behind you, eventually you start seeing him whether he's there or not.

The only good enemy is a dead enemy.