I haven't left a mark on the world, but is that so bad? Considering how deeply the world has marked me?

So you are a vampire." "I most certainly am not." He looked annoyed. "That's such a common phrase, such a cliche, and so unflattering. I suppose you believe in werewolves and aliens too. I blame television.

It's not easy to be Light when you've been Dark. It's almost too much to ask anyone. -Macon Ravenwood

Ro trails his hands against the wall as he walks. The archivists look at him as he passes. Ro is good at irritating people; he'll find the one thing you don't want him to do, and do it every time. It's one of his many gifts.

For me a book has always been a chance to reach out and connect to someone and not be alone.

I am powerful because of who and what I am. Not because of who I am not.

There are more reasons for people's actions than the number of actions that are actually set in motion.