The ill-informed masses included her own family among their ranks, a family that specialized in being both inconvenient and asinine.

How ghastly for her, people actually thinking, with their brains, and right next door. Oh, the travesty of it all.

The important question is, what will your wear for a wedding dress, Alexia? You look horrible in white.

Highland werewolves had a reputation for doing atrocious and highly unwarranted *things*, like wearing smoking jackets to the dinner table.

Cats were not, in her experience, an animal with much soul. Prosaic, practical little creatures as a general rule. It would suit her very well to be thought catlike.

He has been mad for you these many months, ever since you prodded him in the nether regions with a hedgehog.

Great, Alexia thought, I have gone from soul sucker to electrical ground. The epithets just get sweeter and sweeter.

The vampire's eyes were open, and he was staring at her intently. It was as though he were trying to speak to her with simply the power of a glare.Alexia did not speak glare-ish.

It is better to believe than doubt.

Jesus Christ of Nazareth remains our solid Rock.

The balloon seems to stand still in the air while the earth flies past underneath.

I have not been more robust towards female rather than male assembly members and I do not believe I have been remotely sexist.

Choosing our own aims and seeking to bring them to fruition creates a sense of vitality and motivation in life. The only things that derail our efforts are fear and oppression.

Not what we have, but what we use, not what we see, but what we choose, these are the things that mar or bless the sum of human happiness.

Every duty is a charge, but the charge of oneself is the root of all others.

The drama of life begins with a wail and ends with a sigh.

My publicist always said as long as they pronounce your name or spell your name right, it's all good.

At a certain point, I stopped seeing my clothing worn by people on the streets . . . It seemed like they were being treated as museum items.