Oh, ma petite, you are growing gargantuan." I looked at him and it was not a friendly look. "Never tease a woman about her weight, Jean-Claude. At least not an American twentieth-century one." He Spread his hands wide. "My deepest apologies." "When you apologize, try not to smile at the same time. It ruins the effect.

Never argue with your characters; they know themselves better than you do

The Greeks believed that once there were no male and female, that all souls were one. Then the souls were torn apart, male and female. The Greeks thought that when you found the other half of your soul, your soul mate, that it would be your perfect lover But I think if you find your other half, you would be too much alike to be lovers, but you would still be soul mates.

There are wounds that never show on the body that are deeper and more hurtful than anything that bleeds.

The fey in this country keep to themselves, and are a separate nation, much like the American Indians, but with even more autonomy.

Why is it that most things you might willingly do under other circumstances become distasteful when you have no choice?

A vampire victim. I'd never seen a lone kill. They were like potato chips; once a vamp tasted them, he couldn't stop at just one.