I wasn’t sure what was worse: being oblivious or living within reality. (Eric)

One moment of true happiness was worth all the moments of pain. (Jessica)

Don’t trust anybody else—no matter how close you are to them.” (Eric)

I wanted to protect her, and, if I couldn’t do that, I’d at least be there for her. (Eric)

My insanity begged for a distraction. (Eric)

I wasn’t in the mood for a fight, but fights weren’t always conveniently scheduled. (Jessica)

Everything seemed so unreal—so supernatural—and I had to remind myself that is was. We weren’t human. We never were. (Jessica)

I’d prefer you accuse my son, so he can defend his innocence rather than prolong unnecessary guilt." (Spoken by Bracke, told by Eric)

Identity was everything, but it seemed I never had one. (Jessica)

Just because I wasn’t human, didn’t mean I could discount human life. (Eric)

Shadows could be anywhere in blackness. (Eric)

It felt dangerous. It felt amazing. It felt like of course the lights were out, because all the electricity in the city was in my veins.

You have a manure pile of memories. Nothing you can do about that. Now, you can drown in the stink, or turn it into compost and grow a garden.

There's bound to be a recovery in [capital spending] sometime soon. We have had basically no capital investment for about year. At some point, machinery wears out, and you've got to replace it.

The Loire Valley is grossly underestimated. The prices are fair, and the wines are real.

If I answer questions every time you ask one, expectations would be high. And as you know, I like to keep expectations low.

Exercise is really for the brain, not the body. It affects mood, vitality, alertness, and feelings of well-being.

Those who would hunt a man need to remember that a jungle also contains those who hunt the hunters.

Compassion is the keen awareness of the interdependence of all things.

Looking at something changes it.

The blood weeps from my heart when I do shape, In forms imaginary, th' unguided days And rotten times that you shall look upon When I am sleeping with my ancestors.