Had pretended to be Abbadon of the Dark, when always he had been working for the Light.

This is college?' Schyler asked. 'or Downton Abbey?

I am not sorry for a moment . It was worth every moment, every second we were together. I would not change it for an immortal lifetime

He was like a shooting star you tried to catch with your hands. She would only get burned.

It was maddening how your best friend could twist the knobs inside of you so much that it hurt.

School was more than academics; an education prepared you for the humdrum of real life: working with others, tempering one's personality to assimilate with the group but without losing your individual identity, understading the factors of logic, reasoning, and debate. For a person - vampire or human - to succeed in the world, unlocking the mysteries of the universe was insufficient. One would also need to grasp the mysteries of human nature.

But there's always a first time for everything