It’s just a party, right? What could possibly go wrong?

Real men don’t kiss with the gentleness of a butterfly’s wing.

All the better to bite you, my dear!

I was dying, I realized vaguely. There was no getting out of that. The vampire author would be drained dry by a vampire. It was almost a poetic way to go.

When you live in a glass house, buying curtains for the windows doesn't help.

Of course there must be lots of Magic in the world, but people don't know what it is like or how to make it.

[W]hat should I have done? Gather dirt in my purse?

To new beginnings. To the pursuit of...somethingness.

You listen to the intelligence community, they say, listen, maybe it's ISIS today, it's somebody else tomorrow. We'll deal with the caliphate, but it's going to take years to be able to handle this.

I find that once you start helping others, it makes you feel better about yourself. It helps you figure out what you want to do with your own life.

Ideally, peace means the absence of violence. It is an ethical value.

Daniel supposed he had a secret life. Most people did; it was hardly possible to live without one.

Once you know what to expect, it gets easier and easier. And now I know what I have to do to prepare for each season and what to expect through each season.

What I tell ya? Don't blink! It's just gonna be over quick.