I have it on good authority that Victor's going to have car trouble. Also that Robert really likes Cheerios, so if you want some, you're out of luck. He doesn't seem like the sharing type.

You can't save everyone, though God knows you try.

Adrian was easily distractible by wacky topics and shiny objects.

Dimitri seemed like the kind of guy you could throw into the wilderness and he would survive off anything.

I'm getting better at avoiding this, but when something sets me off, I tend to punch first and then find out who I actually his later.

She has very strong ideas about family - ideas that probably sound kind of sexist to you. She believes all dhampirs should train and put in time as guardians, but that the women should eventually return home to raise their children together. But not the men? No, he said wryly. She thinks men still need to stay out there and kill Strigoi.

His warmth was all around me, as was his love, and again, I felt that completeness. I had that missing piece of my word back. The soul that complemented mine. My match. My equal. Not only that, I had my life back -my own life. I would protect Lissa, I would serve, but I was finally my own person.