She understood his passion because she felt the same way: as if nothing was more important than the touch of her skin to his, as if she'd die if he left her.

Apparently deciding Charles’s brief introduction wasn’t good enough, his brother reintroduced himself. “Dr. Samuel Cornick, elder brother and tormentor. Very nice to meet you, Anna—

Stefan: "Indian with a dot, not a feather.

In this dream, I wasn’t a coyote shapeshifter trying to hold a werewolf, I was Coyote’s almost daughter, and I had all the strength of the world in my arms.

Anger is stupid, and stupidity will kill you more surely than your opponent's blade.

It is the way of mortals. They fling themselves at life and emerge broken.

Such a small thing to cause so much trouble.