All I've done is give you a book. You have to have the courage to learn what's inside it.

I struggled to think pure thoughts, as Hector sucked out my psyche with his eyes.

I was dying, I realized vaguely. There was no getting out of that. The vampire author would be drained dry by a vampire. It was almost a poetic way to go.

A crown is merely a hat that lets the rain in.

I really love the dark of the night. It helps me to concentrate.

Heiresses are never jilted.

I came from a town of maybe 30,000 people.

It is easy to magnify human personality and agencies. Prayer recognizes that God is the source of life and light and energy.

There is comfort in routine.

The whole contains nothing that is not for its advantage. By remembering that I am part of such a whole, I shall be content with everything that happens.

We shall use only peaceful means and we shall not permit any other kind of method.