There are little gems all around us that can hold glimmers of inspiration.

And than suddenly he was there, charging down the hallway like death in a cowboy duster.

Would he have said he loved me? I would ask myself that for the rest of my life.

Do you believe in fairy tales?" "What...what kind of fairy tales?" "The kind you aren't supposed to waste your life on.

The only thing true about what you just said was the storybook damsel part - and that only because you're pretty enough to be one.

Vladimir did great things—so could she. Besides, they come first, right?" "Not always." I stared. I'd had they come first drilled into me since I was a child. It was what all guardians believed. Only the dhampirs who'd run away from their duty didn't subscribe to that. What he said was almost like treason. "Sometimes, Rose, you have to know when to put yourself first.

You will not! It's wrong." "What, kissing you, or kissing you in Pies and Stuff?