I'm too tired to reign over vampirekind, let alone enslave the human race.

It never gets easier, missing you. And sometimes I wonder if it ever will.

To his amazement, he could already hear Henry snoring in the backseat. That guy could fall asleep on a car trip to the mailbox.

The worst pain in the world goes beyond the physical. Even further beyond any other emotional pain one can feel. It is the betrayal of a friend.

If you thought eighth grade was tough, try it with fangs and a fear of garlic.

Because teachers, no matter how kind, no matter how friendly, are sadistic and evil to the core.

Bullying is a horrible thing. It sticks with you forever. It poisons you. But only if you let it.

If citizens followed their leaders' example throughout history, the human race would have died out centuries ago.

Getting staked had been a hard lesson in choosing one's friends wisely.

Growing older is mandatory, but growing up is optional.

Sometimes you have to be alone to think, and sometimes the best place for thinking isn't home.

Life is too short, so don't let no one to ruin your day, the best way to avoid them is to kill them with kindest

In any case, though, I believe that I have not been fair to you and that, as a result, I must have led you around in circles and hurt you deeply.

You are young and have the world before you; stoop as you go through it, and you will miss many hard bumps.

We can sometimes waste years of our lives waiting to be chosen. But that is a false premise. You are already chosen!

I think lowering the age of consent to thirteen in New Jersey was a great idea. It might give boys a better chance to get girls before maga­zines. That's when they get hooked, in junior high.

He wandered into the Newsroom and asked for a job the same way he’d walk into a barbershop and ask for a haircut, and with no more idea of being turned down.

Of course it's trivial, but then most things are.

The avowed aim of all utopian movements is to put an end to history and to establish a final and permanent calm.

Those who refuse to play second fiddle may wind up playing no fiddle at all.

It's fun to give pleasure to people.