It was an hour before dawn. When all the Whos down in Whoville were asnooze in their beds without care. Sorry, wrong book. If I get to stay awake until dawn, I get just a tad slaphappy.

Can the sarcasm,' he said. 'Please, I always use fresh sarcasm, never canned.

Power makes you a monarch, and all the fancy robes in the world won't do the job without it.

I got out my jar of ointment. I knew animators who had special containers for the ointment. Crockery, hand-blown glass, mystical symbols carved into the sides. I used an old Mason jar that had once held Grandma Blake's green beans. Larry fished out a peanut butter jar with the label still on it. Extra-crunchy. Yum-Yum.

That kiss was really nice you know before you...bit me, but it was still nice.

There are some things more important than physical survival. You gotta be able to look at yourself in the mirror.

I cannot say how strongly I object to people using other people's writing as research. Research is non-fiction, especially for horror, fantasy, science fiction. Do not take your research from other people's fiction. Just don't.