I was shaking all over, and it wasn't from the vampire. Memories have teeth, too.

There are wounds that never show on the body that are deeper and more hurtful than anything that bleeds.

I love animals, always have, and it seemed natural to help the ASPCA. Animals have no voice of their own, so we have to be that voice

I am not a morning person.

I always treated writing as a profession, never as a hobby. If you don't believe in yourself, no one else will.

Remember your personal demons should be afraid of you, because you are their home, their food, and as you heal, their executioner.

You'd think a sociopath assassin wouldn't have a fan following but he does

Zebrowski says that if you killed someone else just hide the body, he's not starting over on the paperwork.

Never trust people who smile constantly. They're either selling something or not very bright.

My writing style is very sensual, as in sensory detail

The best lies are always at least partially true.

Children know perfectly well that unicorns aren’t real, but they also know that books about unicorns, if they are good books, are true books.

It must be an odd person indeed that can say for certain they are normal.

I wanted to become courageous so I started to accept everything with kindness.

The thing about Christmas is that it almost doesn't matter what mood you're in or what kind of a year you've had - it's a fresh start.

The refreshing pleasure from the first view of nature, after the pain of illness, and the confinement of a sick-chamber, is above the conceptions, as well as the descriptions, of those in health.

In the mid nineteenth century, the typical murderer was a drunken illiterate; a hundred years later the typical murderer regards himself as a thinking man.

Peace is the umpire for doing the will of God.

Procrastination is the soul rebelling against entrapment.

I know of few men over 50 that seem to me entirely human, virtually none who has long exercised authority.

I ain't ever satisfied.