“Cian smiled a little, but it didn t reach those cool blue eyes. Whether it s by violence or nature, the result is the same. I ve seen more death than you, more than you ever will. But still, you ve seen more than most humans have or will. And that separates us, you and me, from the rest. We don t have any choice about that. Oh, of course we do. I know a bit about loneliness, and what can chase it back, even for the short run.”
“Sexual desire is only the frustrated desire to eat human flesh.”
“I make the choice because it is one I can live with.”
“How do you keep all the balls you got dancing in the air from crashing down on your fucking head, Rousseau? Centuries of practice?”
“為了聽他唱歌…你願意獻出一切嗎?”
“Deja de ser perfecta. Intenta ser realista para que se produzca un cambio”
“The door opens and my new neighbor is a vampire. He’s nearly a foot taller than me. Unruly ink-black hair, and a face made of knife angles. If I were obnoxious, I might use the term shockingly attractive . Or terrifyingly handsome . Holy mother of balls would also be an option.”
“She swallowed his blood, a dark vintage from some forgotten cellar. She felt like Persephone in Hades, pomegranate seeds bursting against her teeth, juice rolling on her tongue, and the more she had, the more she hungered.”
“From here on, Kanin said, you will have to decide what kind of demon you will be. Not all meals will come to you so easily, ignorant and seeking to do you harm. What will you do if your prey invites you inside, offers you a place at the table? What will you do if they flee, or cower down, begging you not to hurt them? How you stalk your prey is something you must come to terms with, or you will quickly drive yourself mad. And once you cross that threshold, there is no coming back from it.”
“Don t know. Never let a wolf near my neck. He grinned and gave me a quick hug. I love you, Essie. Before you came into my life, I had considered ending myself. Three hundred years is a long time to be alone. You ve given me hope, a career as a drag queen and a dysfunctional family. I am supremely grateful. Bite me. And because I trusted him....I did.”
“Have you always been so refined? Your attitude and that mouth.” He sucked air through his teeth and grimaced. “Do you kiss your Mother with it?” I answered like the smart ass he knew I was. “I did before she died. Of course, my mouth was clean back then. It took years of trial and error to blossom into the fine outstanding young woman you see before you today.”
“Honestly, I d rather be anywhere else. Even home, where my dad begins almost every conversation with, You should lose the black clothes and wear something with color. Puh-lease. Like I want to look like every Barbie clone in Hell High, a.k.a. Oklahoma s insignificant Haloway High School. Ironically, Dad doesn t appreciate the bright blue streaks in my originally blond/now-dyed-black hair. Go figure. That s color, right?”
“Silly me, thinking you actually had potential. I thought, Finally, she s realized she s a vampire. Now we re getting somewhere. But now you re just a big fluffy bunny with sharp teeth.”
“Seriously, I ‘ve got to know if I need to protect you from people running with pencils. ~ Laney”
“We had given in to our vulnerability and cast down any pretenses that we were too strong to be weak.”
“He knew...there was no redemption for the damned.”
“After a life of being entombed, essentially a slave to an unfair beginning, I am free. I m a liberated whore of the world with little to no inhibitions. (Annie from upcoming book 3)”