Don't, " she begged, knowing that surely she was trying his patience, that his kindness would stretch just so far, that if he were truly kind he could never have survived as a vampire.

Number one rule for fiction: Coincidence can be used to worsen a characters predicament, but never to solve his problems.

Then, early, early, early in the morning-just as in countless Disney films-I heard a rooster crow. But guess what? They don't do it just once.

Mothers are legendary for being able to read the thoughts of their children at just the right moment.

If you don't like vampire games, don't play

There, close enough to spit on--if I'd been a barbarian and inclined to spit--was the dragon.

People always talk about good, fresh country air, but I kept getting wiffs of something that was neither good nor fresh but definitely country.

if Saint Bruce doesn't like your poem, he chops your head off.

Those Grimm brothers," she said with a sigh, "they'll never amount to anything." And she was right because all they ever became was writers.

The wolf sniffed beneath the door to be sure this was a human cottage. The scent was undeniable. No pigs, except in bacon form. The wolf thought bacon form was a very sensible way for pigs to behave.

They'd poisoned me, dammit. Probably to trade my dead body to the barbarians for Wulfgar's safe return. Or maybe just for the fun of it.

Stress is always a stranger to any mind that's in love with the spirit of gratitude.

While some consider God's standards as too confining, a true believer sees them as loving and freeing.

Nature is a catchment of sorrows.

Senators don't really provide good gossip - until they do, and then it's an A1 story and they're out of a job.

And you know, talk about something else is falling from the sky. And that is an asteroid. What's coming our way? Is this an effect of perhaps global warming or just some meteoric occasion?

Most Hispanics are concerned with the same issues other Americans are - the economy, jobs, education. Similar to Main Street America.

That fact is that we live in an extremely violent culture, and we all justify violence if it's for what we believe in .

I have a secret passion for mercy. . . but justice is what keeps happening to people.

When it's raining pudding, hold up your bowl.

We must be gentle now we are gentlemen.