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

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

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

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.

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.

Enjoy the beauty, love and peace of a sacred Christmas.

I moved to New York City for my health. I'm paranoid and it was the only place where my fears were justified.

It is only necessary to have courage, for strength without self-confidence is useless.

Artists must literally go into a zone of intense seeing so the subjective and objective almost fuse together.

The soldier, above all other people, prays for peace, for he must suffer and bear the deepest wounds and scars of war.

Pray for the best, prepare for the worst, and expect the unexpected.

The greatest works of literature seem to embody both "art" and "morality".

Developing skills is as important as training. A larger effort is needed to create a skilled workforce with employment potential.

Minimum-wage laws are one of the most powerful tools in the arsenal of racists.

That which I would discover The law of friendship bids me to conceal.