And, before science had caught up with the legend, the legend had swallowed science and everything.

To me there is nothing that goes against nature. If it seems incomprehensible, its only because we havent been able to understand it yet.

I hate it when something I've had published "inspires" some nut to imitate what I've written, or some teacher gets fired for having her students read one of my stories or novels.

What would a Mohammedan vampire do if faced with a cross?

Failures plagued me. Things I had omitted or ignored, neglected. What I should have given and hadn’t. I felt the biting pang of every unfulfillment.

That which you believe becomes your world

But it was hard to keep his hands still. He could almost feel them twitching emphatically with his strong desire to reach out and stroke the dog's head. He had such a terrible yearning to love something again, and the dog was such a beautiful ugly dog.