I am a vampire, and that is the truth.

When you were in love, you knew no fear or hatred. When you were fearful, there was no possibility of love or hate. And when there was hate, there was only hate.

I would look up at the moon and see that it was not the smooth orb we had all believed, but a pitted and scarred world with no air.

Some loves have to be given up, others have to be forgotten. Strange as it may sound, if you think of me as a monster, but I can love most passionately. I do not think of myself as evil.

For feeling, not events, is to me the essence of history.

People with power always take advantage of those without power.

Before I begin, may I ask how old you are?""You may ask.""How old are you?""It's none of your business

He cries. 'Please! I don't want to die.'I lean over. My hair smothers him.'Then you should never have been born, ' I say.

Darkness approaches from outside.I feel no light inside me strong enough to resist it.

OH, I LIKE smoking, I do. I smoke for my health, my mental health. Tobacco gives you little pauses, a rest from life. I don't suppose anyone smoking a pipe would have road rage, would they?

Sail on, O Ship of State! Sail on, O Union, strong and great.

The god of war is impartial: he hands out death to the man who hands out death.

I will use my position as chairman emeritus on the Energy and Commerce Committee to try to bring some common sense to EPA regulations.

I think everything happens for a reason, so there is no such thing as fail.

I see possibilities in everything. For everything that's taken away, something of greater value has been given.

I kind of take Hilary as a role model because she started out at about the same age. She hadn't done much before starting her series, and I haven't either.

What was your secret?" That brought another smile. "Learn to laugh, otherwise, you'll beat them to death with a hammer first chance

Abstract knowledge is always useful, sooner or later.

Proactive people carry their own weather with them.