A man learns with age, if he is lucky.

Knowledge is a better weapon than a sword.

People as old and powerful as he should never be given someone to love. For Anna he would destroy the world.

I was going to fight vampires, and my name wasn't Buffy--I was so screwed.

Your woman tells me you will hunt me down and eat my marrow while I live." "Did she?" Charles looked at her, and she saw the approval in his face. She doubted anyone else would have read anything at all. His voice was a caress, just for her. "Would you like that, love?

Drink it,” I told her. “It’s good for what ails you. Caffeine and sugar. I don’t drink it, so I ran over to your house and stole the expensive stuff in your freezer. It shouldn’t be that bad. Samuel told me to make it strong and pour sugar into it. It should taste sort of like bitter syrup.” She gave me a smile smile, then a bigger one, and plugged her nose before she drank it down in one gulp. “Next time," she said in a hoarse voice, “I make the coffee.

Truth is without flourishes or manners and runs with a logic all its own.