He seemed like he was baiting me to ask, like he wanted me to know his troubles but wanted me to ask first.

Besides the pain in my gut, why shouldn't I laugh? I've almost escaped death in a foreign country.

I think that Richard was more of a one-girl-for-the-rest-of-your-life-marry-and-make-a-family kind of guy.

There has to be at least one other reason besides money that makes you do the things that you do.

There's no need to blame fate or destiny for a stupid decision.

The day, like all good days, passed far too quickly.

She's happy to be home but being home means that it's an end to her adventure and escape.

Our bags will be light because it's the best way to travel.

Besides, if it was the wrong choice, what difference was one more bad decision going to make?

Your choices can only be limited by your mind.

Don't just hope, dear. Plan and do. Only reserve hope for the things you cannot control.

How you perceive yourself is how others will see you.

Stupidity isn't punishable by death. If it was, there would be a hell of a population drop.

Everything I learned I learned from the movies.

A jest's prosperity lies in the ear Of him that hears it never in the tongue Of him that makes it.

One of the goals of education should be to teach that life is precious.

Not everyone is selfish in fashion. There are people who go to bed feeling good about themselves and then spread the love.

When we have learned something, there's this thing called belief perseverance. Having learned something, we tend to cling to that belief, even in the face of overwhelming evidence to the contrary.

even if vampires were stupid. Especially American vampires. They hung out in places Alaric himself would never have gone, especially if he were immortal. Such as high schools. And Walmart.

...Though drowned was just as dead as any other way of dying.

When the world is in trouble, Australia responds. Australia is a good, global citizen.