Vampires have risen from the dead, the grave, and the crypt, but have never managed it from the cat.
Terry PratchettNight poured over the desert. It came suddenly, in purple. In the clear air, the stars drilled down out of the sky, reminding any thoughtful watcher that it is in the deserts and high places that religions are generated. When men see nothing but bottomless infinity over their heads they have always had a driving and desperate urge to find someone to put in the way.
Terry PratchettShe was a beefy young woman and, whatever piece of music she was playing, it was definitely losing.
Terry Pratchett