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

People are supposed to fear the unknown, but ignorance is bliss when knowledge is so damn frightening.

Death didn't bother me much. Strong Christian and all that. Method of death did. Being eaten alive. One of my top three ways not to go out.

His eyes widened just a bit, his lips flexed. I realized he was trying not to laugh. I hate it when people find my threats amusing.

He'd kill you all right. No sweat. But for the wrong reasons. Amateur's reasons. Of course, you'll be just as dead.

What do you do with a master vampire that won't leave you alone? Good question. Unfortunately, what I needed was a good answer.

The sunken grave would fade away, probably in my lifetime. If I could avoid killer zombies for a few years. And vampires. And gun-toting humans. Oh, hell, the hot-spot would probably outlast me.

For you not to waste or spend your life, you must first understand that time is life and life is time.

Because sometimes it’s being in a crowd that makes you feel lonelier than when you’re alone.

It's the good old paradox of democracy. We are individually pretty small drops in the bucket, but collectively we are all powerful.

Stress is a function not of events, but of our view of those events.

If you are the light, if your enemies are darkness, then there’s nothing that you cannot justify. There’s nothing you can’t survive, because there’s nothing that you will not do.

Loneliness is lessened when you're lonely by choice.

What time is it on the clock of the world?

That's who you really like. The people you can think out loud in front of.

We sometimes freeze the specimen with liquid nitrogen, which is extremely cold, you know. This is another technique we use now - but the specimens are not alive.

There is more than a morsel of truth in the saying, "He who hates vice hates mankind."