The family consists of those who live under the same roof with the pater familias ; those who form (if I may use the expression) his fire-side.

Life isn't finding shelter in the storm. It's about learning to dance in the rain.

Laugh as much as you breathe and love as long as you live.

Everyone suffers at least one bad betrayal in their lifetime. It’s what unites us. The trick is not to let it destroy your trust in others when that happens. Don’t let them take that from you.

I tend to watch silently from the shadows. You learn a lot more that way.

You'll never see the moments coming that will for ever mutilate your life-at least not until after they've mowed you down. -Savitar

What are you? (a Daimon) Oh please, let me give you the job description. Me, Dark-Hunter. You, Daimon. I hit, you bleed. I kill, you die. (Zarek)

I am the god Apostolos. The Harbinger of Telikos. The Final Fate of all. Beloved son of Apollymi the Great Destroyer. My will makes the will of the universe. [Apostolos / Acheron Parthenopaeus]

Baby, I ain't trash. Trash is something you throw away. My people keep me.

Yeah, well, if ifs and buts were candy and nuts, then we’d never go hungry. (Syn)

The only vampires I've ever seen are the Goths trying to get a glimpse of Anne Rice's house, who drink strawberry sodas and tell each other it's blood.

Action cannot destroy ignorance, for it is not in conflict with ignorance. Knowledge alone destroys ignorance, as light destroys dense darkness.

One who conquers others is great, one who conquers the world is mighty, but one who conquers himself is divine.

How can you look at the Texas legislature and still believe in intelligent design?

What a person praises is perhaps a surer standard, even than what he condemns, of his own character, information and abilities.

Half the pictures directed by men of reputation fail.

Sweet is the breath of praise when given by those whose own high merit claims the praise they give.

I was sitting cross-legged in bed, trying without success to pretend I'd misunderstood the image I'd glimpsed. Yeah, right. Because Vlad had been between my legs looking for a set of keys he'd lost.

Philanthropic and religious bodies do not commonly make their executive officers out of saints.

If you are old and you wish to be young again, if only for a moment, try and identify a dragonfly.

The resources of this earth are inexhaustible, because God made man's mind inexhaustible.