Silently, I lifted my doggy bowl off the floor. Then, with a quick, powerful flip of my wrist, I threw it into the back of Blondie’s head so hard that – with an earsplitting bang – it smashed flat before it ricocheted across the room and snapped the round top piece off the thick newel post at the foot of the stairs.

Happiness expanded like an explosion inside me – so extreme, so violent that I wasn’t sure I’d survive it.

Alice: "No one will dare to call you plain when I'm through with you." Bella: "Only because they're afraid you'll suck their blood.

Those who lived in peaceful nations had looked the other way as members of their own species starved on their door step.

Bachelor parties are designed for those who are sad to see the passing of their single days. I couldn’t be more eager to have mine behind me. So there’s really no point.

Never before had I recognized the ring of majesty that was in Billy Black's voice, though I realized now that this authority had always been there.

His eyes flashed open. “Is it so unbearable to have me love you? Is that it?