If getting drunk was how people forgot they were mortal, then hangovers were how they remembered.

Make sure, as often as possible, you are doing something you’d be happy to die doing.

A book is a map. There will be times in your life when you will feel lost and confused. The way back to yourself is through reading. There is not a problem in existence that has not been eased, somewhere and at some time, by a book. I want you to remember that.The answers have all been written. And the more you read, the more you will know how to find your way through those difficult times.

And how could I believe that Australian wine was automatically inferior to wine sourced from other regions on the planet when I had never drunk anything but liquid nitrogen?

Dark matter is needed to hold galaxies together. Your mind is a Galaxy. More dark than light. But the light makes it worthwhile.

Laughter, along with madness, seemed to be the only way out, the emergency exit for humans.

Vampire? Such a provocative word, wrapped in too many clichés and girly novels.