Mulling this over, Vlad wiped her lip gloss from his lips with the back of his hand.Vampires, after all, didn't sparkle.

They'll torture you for months before killing you if you run" Otis shrugged, as if this was an everyday occurrence.

Wrong. Enemies don't fight with such determined passion. That kind of focus is reserved for friends at odds with one another."pg 69 Tomas to Vlad

Henry held up his taco- formerly Vlad's- and grinned. " Little known fact, gentlemen. Tacos are the food of genius."pg248 Henry to Vlad & Joss

Knowledge is all about knowing it and Intelligence is all about using it

I had a system, and the system worked.

How about if I had two people in the race? The number would've been twice as good. In other words, people with 2 million people. Because the Republican party increased.

I can't count how many goalposts I've hit!

We waste a lot of time and a lot of talent trying to write for the common reader, whom we will never meet. Instead we should be writing for our ideal reader.

I read a lot, almost anything and everything. I make an effort to use any knowledge I attain and express my opinions even at the risk of being wrong at times.

I have three kinds of friends: those who love me, those who pay no attention to me, and those who detest me.

He had won but he didn't feel like a winner.

How should Spring bring forth a garden on hard stone? Become earth, that you may grow flowers of many colors. For you have been heart-breaking rock. Once, for the sake of experiment, be earth!

Poor decisions and bad luck are contingencies of most horror films.