The problem, of course, was that turning into a monster was the brighter of my two choices. Choice Number 1: I turn into a vampyre, which equals a monster in just about any human’s mind. Choice Number 2: My body rejects the Change and I die. Forever. So the good news is that I wouldn’t have to take the geometry test tomorrow.

Hey, which one of them is supposed to be your boyfriend?” Stark asked me. Even in the terrible shape he was in, he caught my glance with his. His voice was scratchy, and he sounded scarily weak, but his eyes sparkled with humor. I am!” Heath and Erik said together.

Aphrodite makes us understand why women have drowned their babies.

We stand separate from the world because of our gifts. Never forget that, because you may be sure the world never will.

What if the beauty around us is meant as a reminder for the many gifts we have been given and our need to give thanks to them?

A big, studly football jock like me? I got plenty of blood to spare. For you, I have anything to spare.

Beautiful, see the cloud, the cloud appear. Beautiful, see the rain, the rain draw near.